So I'm still thinking my R5 1600 was a good decision

[Ratman6161]

Today's announcement from Intel doesn't change my mind at all. I was looking for a path to up my core/thread count from 4/8 on my i7 2600K to 6/12. The newly announced i7-7800 would do that and would likely perform better than my R5 1600 (don't mention games cause I don't give a crap about games🙂) but would cost $170 more just for the CPU and there won't be any inexpensive motherboards for the 7800 either. All-in-all, I'm still feeling good about going with the R5.

 

[scannall]

That 1600 is in a sweet spot for Price/Performance. A very good decision.

 

[Futmut]

Today's announcement from Intel doesn't change my mind at all. I was looking for a path to up my core/thread count from 4/8 on my i7 2600K to 6/12. The newly announced i7-7800 would do that and would likely perform better than my R5 1600 (don't mention games cause I don't give a crap about games🙂) but would cost $170 more just for the CPU and there won't be any inexpensive motherboards for the 7800 either. All-in-all, I'm still feeling good about going with the R5.

Well after 6 years of owning the i7 2600k you could have gone with a bigger upgrade.

I think the R7 1700 would have been a better purchase considering that it has 8/16 threads and costs only $300 or sometimes even less.

 

[nathanddrews]

I think the R7 1700 would have been a better purchase considering that it has 8/16 threads and costs only $300 or sometimes even less.

Sale prices always mess with me. When Microcenter was selling the 1700 for $289 BEFORE the $40 motherboard bundle price, I should have bought it if only to flip it and make a couple bucks. But $200-220 for a 6C/12T is pretty freaking epic on its own. No shame, OP!

 

[Ratman6161]

Well after 6 years of owning the i7 2600k you could have gone with a bigger upgrade.

I think the R7 1700 would have been a better purchase considering that it has 8/16 threads and costs only $300 or sometimes even less.

Well, the best choice tends to depend on what your objectives are and how you use your system. Single thread performance for the R5 is not as good as current generation Intel CPU's. But I figure the R5 would have the same to somewhat better single thread performance than my old 2600K. So you are probably thinking why "upgrade" to something that's the same or only slightly better? Well, its the same or slightly better only if you are looking at single thread. For running multiple simultaneous VM's with each of them actually doing something, or any other task that benefits from more cores/threads, the 1600 is clearly the winner (even against the 7700K) . Given that the 2600K was more than good enough for everything else I do, the R5 1600 was a no brainer as a way of upping my core/thread count..

Having a new system also opened the door to other modern features such as an NVME SSD so the money I saved on the CPU and motherboard bundle mostly paid for a Samsung 960 EVO.

 

[VirtualLarry]

But $200-220 for a 6C/12T is pretty freaking epic on its own. No shame, OP!

I thought so, too! I bought a Ryzen R5 1600 myself, a week ago. Still waiting for the mobo. Now I'm thinking that I want to get a nice Tempered Glass case, with RGB LED strips, and a 240/280mm CLC to build it with. But I need some more money for those parts, so I might build my Ryzen rig in another case, just for now, to get it working, and then worry about the fancy case and CLC in the next few months.

 

[krumme]

The r5 1600 is the best thing since cel 300a 20 years ago.

Man i regret i never got that cel and probably will not get the 1600 - got the 1700 instead. Its not as outstanding value.
The 1600 is insane amounts of computing power and imo actually does the same 90% of the way as 1000 usd cpu.

 

[Ratman6161]

The r5 1600 is the best thing since cel 300a 20 years ago.

Man i regret i never got that cel and probably will not get the 1600 - got the 1700 instead. Its not as outstanding value.
The 1600 is insane amounts of computing power and imo actually does the same 90% of the way as 1000 usd cpu.

My only regret now is that today I could get it for $20 less than I paid for it in April. But that's the breaks in the technology world. Besides, I've had more than $20 worth of fun with it since then.

 

[Topweasel]

The r5 1600 is the best thing since cel 300a 20 years ago.

Man i regret i never got that cel and probably will not get the 1600 - got the 1700 instead. Its not as outstanding value.
The 1600 is insane amounts of computing power and imo actually does the same 90% of the way as 1000 usd cpu.

On one hand the Celeron 300A is still the best value CPU ever by such a high margin I don't think anyone will catch it. But that said the 1600 even at twice the price of the Celeron back then, has to be the second best value CPU ever. Better than first gen Duron's, better than the Thuban's, better than the Core 2 Duo's, better than the 2500k. I can't think of anything outside the Celeron that gives as much for the money compared to its competition as the 1600 does.

 

[AMDisTheBEST]

You definitely should feel good. More cores feels good. The more cores it has,the better it feels.