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AMD RYZEN Builders Thread

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RoarTiger said:
If you are speculating, you should have bought some motherboards not the CPU. 😎 There should be plenty of CPU stock for launch. The popular mobos may be hard to find.
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Couldn't its instore pick up and they'll offer the $30 off a MB I'll get one then.

I can always not pick it up or return it unopened.
 
I ordered my Ryzen system earlier today
Current:
Intel 3570K @ 4.2
Intel Stock HSF
ASRock Z77 Pro4
G.SKILL Ripjaws 8GB DDR3 2400
Gigabyte GTX 1070 8 GB Windforce OC
SAMSUNG 830 120GB 2.5 inch SSD (OS)
Crucial MX300 750GB 2.5 inch SSD (Games/Media)
Corsair HX650W PSU
Antec Three Hundred Two

New System:
AMD RYZEN 7 1800X
Noctua NH-D15 SE-AM4
ASRock X370 Killer SLI/ac
G.SKILL TridentZ Series 16GB DDR4 3200
Gigabyte GTX 1070 8 GB Windforce OC
Crucial MX300 M.2 275GB (OS)
Crucial MX300 750GB 2.5 inch SSD (Games/Media)
Seasonic X-850 PSU
Fractal Design Define C

Edit reason: changed new powersupply from Seasonic M12II Evo 620
 
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Do you guys think we will see X300 motherboards soon, and will they support 3200 MHz RAM speeds?
I have only two unkowns at this moment for my Ryzen Build: How good is Be Quiet! Dark Rock TF, and will the X300 MoBos support 3200 MHz RAM.
 
Glo. said:
Do you guys think we will see X300 motherboards soon, and will they support 3200 MHz RAM speeds?
I have only two unkowns at this moment for my Ryzen Build: How good is Be Quiet! Dark Rock TF, and will the X300 MoBos support 3200 MHz RAM.
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X300 is basically the CPU's integrated chipset, IIRC Gamersnexus in one of their videos said X300 is a tiny tiny chip enabling some required functionality but that's it, you get to use what's in the CPU. It should be a chipset for microATX and especially for ITX motherboards because of the PCB space savings. I think we'll see X300 once the ITX motherboards start showing up.

So in this case you'd still have all the functionality X370 offers in terms of overclocking, but not the extra connectivity the X370 chipset enables. You could always overclock your RAM to get to 3200MHz I suppose.


I'm waiting for reviews on March 3 on the CPUs (well, we already know almost everything..) and especially on motherboards. Then I'll pull the trigger sometime mid August around my birthday (gotta get a gift, right? 😀) after the AM4 platform itself is more refined and motherboards get a few BIOS updates. That is, if my 2500k rig doesn't die before that, after 5.5 years of 24/7 use... It should endure some more months without problems... should...
 
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.vodka said:
I'm waiting for reviews on March 3 on the CPUs (well, we already know almost everything..) and especially on motherboards. Then I'll pull the trigger sometime mid August around my birthday (gotta get a gift, right? 😀) after the AM4 platform itself is more refined and motherboards get a few BIOS updates. That is, if my 2500k rig doesn't die before that, after 5.5 years of 24/7 use... It should endure some more months without problems... should...
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You're lucky - my (ancient!) Q9450 rig kicked the bucket this saturday. Dead as ... a PC that gets a 100% error rate in memtest. That's dead enough for me.

And now I find out the 6-cores aren't launching yet. I am incredibly torn on what to do now. Wait it out? Convince my girlfriend to buy the CPU+mobo for her planned editing rig and lend it to me for a couple of months? I guess if reviews are good and the 1700 OCs to 1800x stock levels, I could move up two cores. Though that 65W TDP makes me wary.

I guess for now I'll console myself by marveling at the build quality of the three Gentle Typhoon 1850rpms I got in the mail yesterday. I didn't know a case fan could possibly be that well built. Wow. Now I just need a radiator to mount them on. And a CPU block to hook that rad up to. And a CPU. And a motherboard, and RAM. Damn.
 
CentroX said:
Fractal define S
Asus prime pro

I like silent but effective cooler.
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Given that your case is made specifically for water cooling it would almost be a shame not to build a custom loop. Or at the very least kit out both CPU and GPU with dueling AIOs. But if that sounds like too much of a hassle, I'd go for the Noctua NH-D15 SE-AM4. You'll have to look hard for a more quiet cooler, and it's still among the absolute highest performing coolers out there. Beats most AIO water coolers in terms of both noise and temps. It fits in your case just fine, even though it's huge. That's what makes it good, though.
 
Valantar said:
Given that your case is made specifically for water cooling it would almost be a shame not to build a custom loop. Or at the very least kit out both CPU and GPU with dueling AIOs. But if that sounds like too much of a hassle, I'd go for the Noctua NH-D15 SE-AM4. You'll have to look hard for a more quiet cooler, and it's still among the absolute highest performing coolers out there. Beats most AIO water coolers in terms of both noise and temps. It fits in your case just fine, even though it's huge. That's what makes it good, though.
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I bought the hydro 60v2
 
Valantar said:
You're lucky - my (ancient!) Q9450 rig kicked the bucket this saturday. Dead as ... a PC that gets a 100% error rate in memtest. That's dead enough for me.

And now I find out the 6-cores aren't launching yet. I am incredibly torn on what to do now. Wait it out? Convince my girlfriend to buy the CPU+mobo for her planned editing rig and lend it to me for a couple of months? I guess if reviews are good and the 1700 OCs to 1800x stock levels, I could move up two cores. Though that 65W TDP makes me wary.
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Sorry to hear man. In the Q9450's defense, it's well beyond 10 year old at this point and it's probably had that much use and then some.. it had to give out at some point. It could've had better timing for sure...

If you're doing editing then you're going to make good use of the extra two cores. It could be a stretch for your budget, but it's easily justified. Time is money.

R7 1700 already has 3.6GHz turbo, it's a little BIOS tweaking to get all eight cores up to 3.6GHz base and then you're well into 90% of the way to the 1700x or even the 1800x, and from 65w rating to 95w as the higher end models. You're going to be watercooling so it'll be more than alright for that mild overclock.

coercitiv said:
I foresee many "accidents" will happen to Sandy Bridge systems in the week following the Zen official launch. Hard luck!
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LOL, yeah. People shouldn't be mean to their good old Sandy systems, they're legendary!
 
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.vodka said:
LOL, yeah. People shouldn't be mean to their good old Sandy systems, they're legendary!
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They sure are, and I was mostly thinking about noticing all the small defects and quirks of old age tech, things that only become a "problem" once a compelling alternative presents itself (either Zen or whatever Intel responds with).

But yeah, Sandy deserves a place in the hall of legends. That also reminds me why I never parted with my Athlon 64 and probably never will 🙂
 
coercitiv said:
I foresee many "accidents" will happen to Sandy Bridge systems in the week following the Zen official launch. Hard luck!
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Not just SB but SB-E systems. I have a 3930k that I was thinking about gearing up for an upgrade. But Intel hasn't made the barrier in these 5 years any easier to get past 6c. So I was still going to have to spend nearly 1k if I wanted to get 8c. So now instead of looking at a refresh of my current computer, I am probably just going to build a whole new one cheaper. Do a NVME Raid 0 setup, 8c16t, less push to get 64GB of ram. Probably will wait till July and see how the whole roadmap is going to look and let the coolers catch up to AM4.
 
Sandy Bridge was the "final nail in the coffin" after I saw Bulldozer benchmarks in disbelief that made me switch to Intel. It indeed is a legendary CPU. I still have a system sporting it.. (usually a lan box when relatives are in town and we need an extra computer for some games).

Intel really pissed me off with Haswell however. I bought a 4770k to build an ESX box and it turned out it didn't have VT-D, even though VT-D worked fine on the 2500k, completely threw me off.. So I actually had to buy a 4770 (non K) for a project I was working on. I turned that original 4770k into a gaming machine but it had the lid heat transfer issue. Even with an AIO the thing was overheating and I could never hit more than 4.0Ghz OC.

I've been pining for the AMD to comeback since my Phenom II, and I have held off on my HEDT build every since I heard ol' Jim Keller was on the case. I am glad I waited.
 
I think this is actually my first AMD build in over a decade. You can build a Ryzen-based system for the cost a 6900K.
 
Food for thought,

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