Question If you have bought a CPU in the last 3 years or so (since Ryzen came out) What was it ?

[Markfw]

I have gotten one or more of every AMD choice, including EPYC and threadripper. My signature has most of the details. I also got a couple of 14 core Xeons.

My complete list is:
Quantity, then breakdown.

3 - 1xxx series Ryzen
4 - 2xxx Series Ryzen
4 - 3xxx series Ryzen (still have)
9 - threadripper, 6 1950x, 2 2990wx, 2770wx
2 - 14 core Xeons
5 - EPYC, 2 7742, 2 7601, 7551 7452


After reading a few posts here, I am curious.

I wish there were more choices (more than 10) allowed, so I did my best to categorize.

Update: as of 9/22/2020 at 1:46 pm below are the percentages (rounded to the nearest % point)
Ryzen all series 71%
Threadripper all series 5%
Intel 4,6,8 CORE 15%
AMD other 3%
Intel other 6%
EPYC 1%

Its certainly obvious that this community vastly favors AMD since Ryzen came out 3 years ago. AMD total 79%, Intel 21%

Edit: since the poll allows up to 3 votes each, 300% could be the total. I calculated real numbers/total

 

[cellarnoise]

My small group used laptops for remote audio recording work and then we started including video work on the side.

My 4700mq laptop with integrated video was then struggling, but still does a good job with just audio out in the field.

The three of us now use a 1700x and a 1950x that followed 6 months later for audio / video editing for the past few years.

I plan on getting a Zen3 12+ core and motherboard soon after release. Wish we could justify a threadripper again. We shall see.

Love the multi-thread power AMD has brought to the table the past 3 year with Zen.

I have an Athlon 1.2 ghz tower back in the basement. It was last overclocked to 1.33 ghz with a solid copper air cooler and an 80mm fan adaptor! Used that thing for years! Wonder if it would still fire up with the 17 inch fishbowl monitor?

 

[chimaxi83]

I bought a 3700X to update my 8 year old 3770K. I also just bought a cheap 9900K to update my son's system. I haven't purchased anything else since my old 3770K.

 

[Gideon]

1700X, 3700X

I've also recommended (and helped built) at least 6 additional Ryzen rigs since then.

 

[pututu]

I've have several xeon rigs (2670, 2695v2, 2697v3, 4669v3) running DC over the past few years and my last purchase was 3950x early this year. Love it for its power efficiency as I live in a state with very high electricity cost.

 

[Elfear]

1700 on release
2700X from Craigslist for a smoking deal
3900X
3600 (got in trade for the 3900X + cash)

 

[eek2121]

Threadripper 1950X
Ryzen 3900X
Ryzen 3600XT

I did have access to a 10900K, but I had to return it.

 

[Markfw]

Threadripper 1950X
Ryzen 3900X
Ryzen 3600XT

I did have access to a 10900K, but I had to return it.

Why did you have to return the 10900k ?

 

[eek2121]

I don't see "A13 Bionic" in the poll.

Probably because it’s only in a phone.

 

[eek2121]

Why did you have to return the 10900k ?

It was on loan. I wanted to do some benchmarking, but I barely had time to do anything with it because of other projects. I have been on the fence about buying one, but stock has been an issue. I will probably wait for Zen 3 and Rocket Lake to launch, then pick up one of each.

 

[lightmanek]

My list for home devices:
1. Ryzen 7 1700
2. Ryzen 5 1600
3. Ryzen 7 2700X
4. Athlon 3000G
5. Threadripper 1920X
6. Ryzen 7 3750H
7. Ryzen 5 3600
8. Ryzen 9 3900XT

In semi chronological order haha! Obviously some are now sold and replaced with newer ones, but I still run on 1,4,6 and 8 at home. That's last 3 years for you.

On Intel side I bought:
1. i5 7300HQ
2. i5 2400s (recent purchase)

But had or have access and played with many Intel laptops, including the IceLake i7 10somethingG7

 

[thigobr]

My list goes as:
Ryzen 7 1700 (launch)
Ryzen 7 1700 (couple months later)
Intel i9 9900 non-K (running as a "homelab virtualization server")

Planning to get a Zen3 by December!

 

[scannall]

A 2600X, several 2600's when they were at $104, and a 3200u in a laptop.

 

[Arkaign]

I've bought everything listed other than Epyc (and recent Xeon, only used ones).

 

[Jimzz]

Bought a 2700x. I was going to buy a 3600 but microcenter had the 2700x for $130 with $30 off with board.

 

[anthrax]

I built my current PC in Q3 - 2017. The choices then where.

AMD Ryzen 1xxx series
AMD Threadripper 1900x series.
Intel Kaby Lake 7xxx
Intel Skylake-X

I went for the Skylake-X 7900 on x299 and do not regret it at all. If I went with the other options, I likely would have to have re-built it.

AMD Ryzen 1xxx and Threadripper have poor game performance. While it has got better, the chiplet design ultimately traded higher core counts for higher memory latency.
Intel Katy lake only had 4 cores , which isn’t really enough today.

The Skylake-x on x299 was a good platform, and there were ways to extract good gaming performance from it, unlike the AMD 1st gen AMD Ryzen platform.

 

[Shivansps]

In the last 3 years?

-Ryzen 7 1700
-Ryzen 3 2200G
-Ryzen 3 3200G
-Ryzen 5 3600
-Ryzen 5 2400G


On my main pc it was 1700->2200G-3200G->3600

The 2400G i got it cheap for a ITX home server because it has a broken pin and only one channel of memory works.

 

[misuspita]

I've got a Ryzen 1600 since January 2018 but plan on upgrading it maybe next spring with a 3600XT or 3800XT. Also just bought a laptop with 4500u and another in summer with 3500u, all work flawlessly.

Performance jumped very much since I was looking at what's on the table, at end of 2016 when I considered getting something new. The rise of Ryzen (ahem) was just what doctor ordered

 

[Avalon]

Got an AMD Ryzen 5 1600 for myself back at launch and a year down the road some Intel Core i3 7000 series something or other for the lady that was on sale. Looking forward to Zen 3, itching for an upgrade!

 

[cytg111]

Still waiting for a worthy successor to an i7 4770.

 

[Markfw]

Still waiting for a worthy successor to an i7 4770.

Just curious... What makes a worthy successor ? AMD and Intel both have far superior CPUs to that. Intel for gaming, and AMD for everything else.

 

[Eug]

2 x Xeon E5345

 

[cytg111]

Just curious... What makes a worthy successor ? AMD and Intel both have far superior CPUs to that. Intel for gaming, and AMD for everything else.

I am thinking singlethreaded performance. I am struggling to find the app that really uses more than 4 cores/8 threads... maybe some some lazy game ports, so yea a ~50% uplift in single-threaded would be nice and added cores as a bonus. Might be a Zen3.

 

[Space Tyrant]

Ryzen 1600 (x2)
Ryzen 2200G
Ryzen 2700X
Ryzen 3600X

 

[Martimus]

Still waiting for a worthy successor to an i7 4770.

Here is a new video that shows how Devils Canyon (4690K,4770K,4790K) performs in modern games.

The video shows that the 4770K is a pretty heavy bottleneck in almost every game they tested.

 

[Mk pt]

Still waiting for a worthy successor to an i7 4770.

R3 3300X is a worthy sucessor for an i7 4770.