Why did you build a RYZEN system?

I wanted a new gaming rig that would last several years, sort of like my old LGA1366 system did.  I had that thing for at least 6 years.  It started with an i7 930, and then I upgraded it to a Xeon X5650 that I oc'd to 185 BCLK.  It's actually still a fairly decent system, but it was getting long in the tooth.

  I will upgrade to the last generation of Ryzen on the AM4 platform about 5 years from now, and seeing where things go from there.  I suspect I will be using this Taichi for the next 7 years or so.

My current setup is:  

CPU

1700 @ 3900 MHz

LLC level 3

1.35v

DDR4

TridentZ 4000 MHz @ 3200 MHz

14-14-14-34

1.368V

VDDCR_SoC 1.104v

VDDCR_SoC LLC = Level 5

Edited by mysticjbyrd - 05 Apr 2017 at 9:46am

Asylum wrote: The reason why I upgraded to an 1800X was because I saw the platform I had was at risk of becoming a bottleneck in the future due to newer games capping my CPU and even 3DMark was making fun of me saying, "GPU is ready to rumble, but your CPU doesn't want to play"  lol Ryzen's new design and performance attracted me for the price... and to me, 8 cores are the future, like the same as when dual core came out, and I go where there the future is because I am a computer enthusiast, and keeping up with technology and building computers has been my hobby my whole life.

twf85 wrote: For those out there who were either brave or excited enough to take a gamble on AMD's latest, what motivated you? If your last computer was an Intel build, what ended up being the reason you switched to AMD for this build?

The reason why I upgraded to an 1800X was because I saw the platform I had was at risk of becoming a bottleneck in the future due to newer games capping my CPU and even 3DMark was making fun of me saying, "GPU is ready to rumble, but your CPU doesn't want to play"  lol Ryzen's new design and performance attracted me for the price... and to me, 8 cores are the future, like the same as when dual core came out, and I go where there the future is because I am a computer enthusiast, and keeping up with technology and building computers has been my hobby my whole life.

My incoming Ryzen system (next week) will be simply to really see what it's all about in real world usage.

I must say that gaming is not the only use or reason to have a PC. For those that dismiss Ryzen for not beating every Intel processor in gaming performance, your view of the world is very narrow.

Ryzen processors were released for retail sale in the first week of March. Has it even been four weeks since then? To be coming to conclusions about it now is extremely premature.

AMD has yet to provide updates to mother board manufactures to fix several issues, including the FMA3 instruction bug. There are other updates that won't be released until May. Who knows if those will be the last. For example:

https://www.techpowerup.com/231997/amd-community-update-bios-updates-patches-performance-improvements

Improvements in game performance are also beginning to appear, as games are being updated specifically for Ryzen systems.

Memory compatibility has been a major issue with Ryzen, as owners know. The Ryzen memory controller is not the same as Intel's, and all existing DDR4 memory has been designed to work with the four Intel processor generations that support DDR4, the only ones that existed before Ryzen. The main problem is the timing settings, and that some of the speeds that Intel supports are not supported by Ryzen (DDR4 3000 and 3400). The XMP data for Intel systems is not compatible with Ryzen systems.

One of the main questions I have is, why are the memory manufactures seemingly so behind in providing Ryzen specific memory in the marketplace? That is, plug and play memory, which we have been accustomed to for a long time. We saw some memory incompatibility between the various Intel DDR4 platforms, again caused by mismatches in the SPD and XMP data.

Ryzen is far from a mature platform, all of the first generation Ryzen processors are not even available yet! I also will be building a Ryzen system to learn about it, since it will be with us for a while, and is worth getting to know. But the relationship is just getting started.

twf85 wrote: Ronin4740 wrote: Hadn't upgraded in forever (i7 920) and always liked an underdog.  Back in the early days I ran Cyrix processors :) Ryzen seemed like a good value for the cost and I felt like rewarding AMD for their hard work in the hopes they'll continue to improve the product line and give Intel a reason to look over their shoulder again. Intel users, diehard and casual alike, seem to be split in the way they've responded to RYZEN. Many are using their buying decisions to air grievances over cost and a perceived lack of innovation, while others seem to be as supportive of Intel as they ever have been. What caused you to assume your current position?