Absolutely. My sister loves her Ryzen gaming build that I did for her, and my Threadripper is doing a marvelous job of what I got it for - specifically ripping and encoding 100's of DVDs and blurays while still doing a bunch of other things
I'm happy that they have forced Intel to up their core count too - that's just good for everyone.
. I'd love one though. I'm currently running an i7-6700K and would love to upgrade, but yeah, money haha. I'm sure the new 2700X would torch my i7-6700K.
Threadripper is so overkill for a single person
Threadripper is so overkill for a single person
Yeah, for what I'm doing with it, it wrecks an i7-6700K - I know first hand, because that's exactly what my Plex server runs on, is an i7-6700K. With the Threadripper, I will rip two discs simultaneously while encoding all the backlogged rips I already have, while watching a movie on another screen, while browsing, and often while playing something like Minecraft at the same time. No hiccups at all, while still absolutely destroying what the 6700K would do with the encodes.
I think the 6 core r5's still weren't a bad option when you factor in motherboard costs and features - at least in the Canadian market. I do kind of wish that Intel's price and core shift had happened before my sister needed a system, so I would have had more options, but that said, her r5 1600 has been a pretty solid system for her, and I think was the best option available for her at the time.
I didn't sleep last night, so I'm largely in TLDR mode - do you have a TLDR? I read the last page, which made it sound like the new chips won't perform to the same degree as the Intel chips in gaming (but do great in productivity use), but still won't hurt most people in gaming, and are relevant due to aggressive pricing - am I close?Might have finally reached the end for Sandy Bridge.
My keyboard had been bugging out disconnecting and reconnecting. I figured it was the KB. But then the mouse started doing it too. Probably the motherboard.
Also I saw this linked the other day. A *VERY* thorough benchmarking of CPUs @1080p from many generations as part of the new Ryzen review.
It was done by a French site but here's a translate link:
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Wish they included minimum FPS as I think that's the most important factor in when you need a CPU upgrade or not. But still very interesting. Also it's with a 1080 ti so the test is a little silly when you pair it with a core 2 quad
Thanks. Yeah, I agree... 1080ti tests are interesting and all... but most gamers are definitely gaming with something more in the 1050ti to 1070 and their AMD equivalents range. Like you mentioned in your previous post, minimum frame rates can be a bigger deal than average frame rates too. I'd rather play something at a consistent 30 to 40 fps than something that averages 60 fps but will at times dip to 10 or 15.I don't really have a fully formed opinion yet. I want to see some reviews with a card that's something less than a 1080 ti
The new R5 and R7 have a single threaded score on passmark that's pretty close to an i3 8350k but worse than the 6 core i5 8600k.
3-7% slower than Intel 6+ cores. But again that's with a stupid 1080 ti. Switch it to an Rx 480 or even a 1070 and you'll see the margins shrink considerably I'd imagine.
You should be buying a second 1060, and sending it my way... other than that, no glaring holes
Thanks SniperHF -- I was just planning on throwing a stream on it whenever I'm doing something on the other screen. Having the same silver scheme will look better in my opinion, so I think I may pull the trigger on that first link you posted, I have an extra VGA, and DVI port in my GPU so everything should be good.
