AMD RYZEN Builders Thread

[unseenmorbidity]

Got my preorder for an Asus Crosshair VI Hero and Ryzen 1800X in:

I went with asrock fatality x370 k4 + 1700.

I can always cancel my order, if it turns out that the 1700 doesn't OC up to snuff.

 

[CentroX]

Just pre-ordered asus prime pro and ryzen 1800X.

 

[JimmiG]

Quite happy with my current Gigabyte mobo, so I might go for another Gigabyte board when I put together my Ryzen setup, but it's going to be tough to choose a board.

What I need are:
-At least 6 SATA ports

-Plenty of fan headers (I hate having to plug them into the PSU and run them at 100% RPM all the time)

-Good inbuilt fan speed control (so I don't have to use Speedfan). Why is this so hard for mobo manufacturers?

-Good design, but without the excessive bling, oversized heatsinks that look like space craft, the neon and the go-faster stripes of "gamer" motherboards. I put my mobo inside the case and see it perhaps once every 2 years.

-Good support, stability and frequent firmware updates

Probably going to stick with the GTX 970 for a GPU until we know more about Vega. It would be cool to build a completely "red" system after all these years being blue/green.

 

[Doom2pro]

I pulled the trigger, preordered at Amazon for 1800x with bundled Corsair Hydro Series H100i v2, and preordered the MSI X370 XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM.

Needless to say my wallet is now $958.70 lighter

 

[unseenmorbidity]

I dont see anything on amazon.

 

[plopke]

Durign last year
PSU be quiet 500 -> Corsair 550rm
GPU 5770 -> RX470 during flash sale
memory had to return , so auch on double the memory prices atm , will settle for 16gb instead high speed instead of 32gb i guess
SSD -> 480 sandisk ultra disk II
P55-UD3 gigabyte -> very likely a B350 , all tough it feel like the B350 is missing quality audio , can't tell without full specification

CPU is a 750 ->??? is a 1700 worth it over the 1400-1600X range? 1700X is a little bit to expensive if i include a cooler. And I am not a overclocker , I run my RX470 on the silent bios for example , it is passive cooled a lot of time even during the light gaming i do

Only demanding game i sometimes play is arma III , but since operation flashpoint 16(corrected) years ago , buying hardware for that game series is never enough because never optimized , but hey we might see 64bit arma 3 soon

 

[Doom2pro]

I dont see anything on amazon.

Second page.

 

[sirmo]

@Doom2pro (since quoting doesn't work for me)

We'll have a similar setup

I went with the Noctua D15 for cooling though..

 

[Doom2pro]

@Doom2pro (since quoting doesn't work for me)

We'll have a similar setup

I went with the Noctua D15 for cooling though..

Sweet, I want a little more flexibility with my case so I went with AIO. I like Nactua and was on the edge but at the end of the day I don't want to fuss with RAM clearance and Case dimensions and that baby poo brown color fans.

 

[CentroX]

is the 1800X coming without stock cooler?

 

[sirmo]

Yeah I struggled with that one a bit.. my last 3 builds were AIO.. I had one of them fail and another wasn't really giving me the performance I expected.. so for Ryzen I said to myself.. let's try AIR one more time.. we'll see how it goes..

 

[sirmo]

@CentroX these are without the cooler.

 

[Doom2pro]

is the 1800X coming without stock cooler?

The bundled deals are the WOF SKU, but I seen some other ones on there with Wraith I believe. Newegg has the one with Wraith I'm sure.

 

[sirmo]

The one I ordered is without the cooler:

 

[Rifter]

ill be reusing my D14 for sure, its been amazing on my i7 930 and i expect it will be equally amazing on a zen chip.

 

[Arachnotronic]

The one I ordered is without the cooler:

That's the one I got, too.

 

[Doom2pro]

That's the one I got, too.

I'm glad to see you getting on the Ryzen Hype Train, for real, maybe when our builds are done we can have a ZDaemon match on our vastly over powered rigs

 

[CentroX]

wait a sec, pretty sure that asus said they would support 3200 DDR4, but now I see 2667 at the retailer page.

I have 3200 memory at home, can I run these memories at lower speed?

 

[sirmo]

Funniest thing would be if @Arachnotronic wins the silicon lottery.. hehe

 

[Absolute0]

What's so good about the AMD Ryzen processor, could someone please summarize? Is it cooler, faster, and less power consumption than Intel's offerings?

I'm building 4 mini-itx rigs and looking for quality gaming parts. Thanks!

More cores, lower prices, competitive IPC but lower clocks... Wait a week, look @ gaming benchmarks.

 

[Arachnotronic]

I'm glad to see you getting on the Ryzen Hype Train, for real, maybe when our builds are done we can have a ZDaemon match on our vastly over powered rigs

You've got it. We can even live stream it on Twitch or something!

 

[CentroX]

well I just got $1000 poorer. But ryzen will be worth it

 

[JimKiler]

You've got it. We can even live stream it on Twitch or something!

for some reason i would watch that.

 

[Arachnotronic]

for some reason i would watch that.

It would be weirder if you didn't want to watch that.

 

[ufopinball]

So the Ryzen chips being sold at present don't include a cooler? What are our options, then? I can't seem to find any AM4 fans for sale?