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AMD RYZEN Builders Thread

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Crumpet said:
Is the Hyper 212X even relevant these days? I'm sure I read somewhere that the Wraith cooler performed the same as one, or near enough as to make little difference.

Edit - it's wtftech but;
http://wccftech.com/amd-wraith-cooler-hyper-212-evo/

there's basically nothing in it, including in noise levels, except the wraith cooler is lower profile and er, free.

So I would presume that unless AMD has gone backwards with their cooler design, any non-X Ryzen cpu should be adequately cooled.
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As said earlier, Wraith is a good enough CPU cooler. However, we are not sure yet if it will come bundled with every Ryzen ir not.

If it is not, Hyper 212X is a low cost solution available in India.
 
I'm looking at the MSI Core Frozr L, which Newegg lists as being AM4 compatible in the specs, and should fit fine on an ITX mobo (hopefully without blocking RAM). Reviews look fairly good on other sites. Anyone have one?
 
Crono said:
I'm looking at the MSI Core Frozr L, which Newegg lists as being AM4 compatible in the specs, and should fit fine on an ITX mobo (hopefully without blocking RAM). Reviews look fairly good on other sites. Anyone have one?
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Sexy looking cooler.. but everything i've ever bought from MSI has been tacky, underwhelming or had a very short lifespan... So i'd be reading a hundred reviews before I personally bought one.. But it don't arf' look good.
 
I think people are underestimating the non-x versions. However, if I have to pick one before benchmarks are in, I might go with the 1600x, because it's not that much more expensive, and could be filled with winners.

Near Perfect CPUs, Good Binning + All cores functioning, are rare and will be denoted as 1800x & maybe 1700x. Therefore, the well binning CPUs that aren't functional as 8 cores likely get demoted to the 1600x category. So, If I have to blindly put my hand in one of the pots, then this will be the one I will put my hand in.
 
I spy a LN2_Mode silkscreen print near a on/off switch on that motherboard...
 
OMG... Look at all those USB ports :screamcat:. I will be getting this mobo or the Sabertooth equivalent and the 1800x if I can get the 2 in a combo for $750.
 
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Got all the components except for the motherboard and the CPU:

getting a 1800X or whatever the top model is and will probably go with MSI Titanium or Asrock X370 Taichi.. but this will widely depend on availability on the day I can procure the CPU.

The rest of the build is Noctua D15 (AMD edition). 3200 C16 2x16Gb of DDR4 RAM. I got a few SSDs from other builds, also sticking with my rx480 until Vega is out. Seasonic Platinum 80 650 watt PSU.
 
Don't care for the LEDs by the PCIe slots, but the ones by the DIMMs look nice.
aorus02.jpg
 
unseenmorbidity said:
I think people are underestimating the non-x versions. However, if I have to pick one before benchmarks are in, I might go with the 1600x, because it's not that much more expensive, and could be filled with winners.

Near Perfect CPUs, Good Binning + All cores functioning, are rare and will be denoted as 1800x & maybe 1700x. Therefore, the well binning CPUs that aren't functional as 8 cores likely get demoted to the 1600x category. So, If I have to blindly put my hand in one of the pots, then this will be the one I will put my hand in.
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I can see how its easy to underestimate the 6 core variants. They would be very cheap, very powerful and very close in performance to both the higher clocked Intel quads and the higher core count Zen chips. I can see builders selling truly high end gaming rigs for never before seen low prices.
 
I don't think motherboards need to be aesthetic. What matters is price and functionality. Electronics and circuits are beautiful on their own, no need to hide them.
 
railroadmaster said:
I don't think motherboards need to be aesthetic. What matters is price and functionality. Electronics and circuits are beautiful on their own, no need to hide them.
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gl finding a nice feature set on a mb that isn't pimp'd out

sirmo said:
Got all the components except for the motherboard and the CPU:

getting a 1800X or whatever the top model is and will probably go with MSI Titanium or Asrock X370 Taichi.. but this will widely depend on availability on the day I can procure the CPU.

The rest of the build is Noctua D15 (AMD edition). 3200 C16 2x16Gb of DDR4 RAM. I got a few SSDs from other builds, also sticking with my rx480 until Vega is out. Seasonic Platinum 80 650 watt PSU.
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Need
mb X370?
cpu 1600x?
cpu cooler Cryorig H7?

Have
MSI RX 480 4gb
MSI RX 470 4gb (different pc, but might try xfire)
850 evo
HDD

Bought
3000mhz cl 15 DDR4
phanteks enthoo pro m
Thermaltake Toughpower TPD-0750M
 
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Elixer said:
Don't care for the LEDs by the PCIe slots, but the ones by the DIMMs look nice.
aorus02.jpg
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Agreed. That one is done somewhat tastefully. I still do not get the overt/excessive cubism on those "shields" and the yellow neon light to the edge with lots random geometry.
 
moonbogg said:
I can see how its easy to underestimate the 6 core variants. They would be very cheap, very powerful and very close in performance to both the higher clocked Intel quads and the higher core count Zen chips. I can see builders selling truly high end gaming rigs for never before seen low prices.
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Yeah I know what you mean. Just something inside of me wants to be OCD and have everything as a power of 2..
 
Upgrading from my 3570k rig (non-gaming oriented)

1700 or 1700x (depending on price and that RGB stock cooler)
x370 taichi
2x16 DDR4 2400
512GB sandisk x400 M.2 (plus a bunch of old drives from the current rig)
gtx 750 (stopgap for Vega, to be salvaged from the current rig)

Currently unplanned:
- case
- psu
- heatsink
 
Yeah there's been so much price gouging across the board with shops in preparation for Ryzen, it really annoys me to be honest.
 
Being that this is all so new, I will just wait at least until user reports start coming in to make sure there isn't some crazy hardware bug or something. I really don't want to build my rig only to have to tear it apart for a board recall or something. Happened with the 2600k and it SUUUUUCKED.
 
moonbogg said:
Being that this is all so new, I will just wait at least until user reports start coming in to make sure there isn't some crazy hardware bug or something. I really don't want to build my rig only to have to tear it apart for a board recall or something. Happened with the 2600k and it SUUUUUCKED.
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You know the drill, let the cannon fodder go in first.
It is like chess... 😀
 
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