The AMD FX 9000 Series processors feature a 220 Watt TDP and have three unique requirements:
1) A robust CPU liquid cooling system. The Antec Kuhler H20 925, Cooler Master Nepton 120XL, and Corsair H80i are examples of products with sufficient cooling capacity.
2) A socket AM3+ motherboard that supports processors with a 220 Watt TDP.
Yeah, most people with a high end board that supports 220W TDP, are the type that are going to spend more for a more expensive Rizen before pairing it with this.
However if you happened to have a board and cooling that supports 220W, it is faster than a ~ $105 Rizen at tasks that can effectively use more than 4 cores.
A Ryzen 5 1600 is a much better deal if you can afford the platform upgrade! Or, wait to see if prices drop even more in a week or two, after coffee lake reactions.
Just curious, is anyone building new machines? My workhorse is still Q6600 running at stock speed. The only things done was HD to SSD added a Radeon R9 380 4GB video card and 4 to 8 gigs of RAM in recent years.
I'm building a Ryzen R5 1600 / 16GB Memory / M.2 SSD machine for my birthday this weekend! The system it replaces is ancient...a 2008 build which has seen quite a few upgrades (4 to 8GB, 2 GPU upgrades, SSD upgrade), but the processor is certainly showing its age. I'm thinking of replacing with a used 4-core Phenom II which may become a home server or go to my kid one day...
What are you thinking of building? A Coffee Lake i5 8400 looks nice...but you'll only be getting two more cores/threads. Ryzen gets you more threads...but slower cores/threads, I think. Maybe prices will drop!? I haven't read any detailed i5 8400 reviews, but think it'll be good at the price point...and at least worth considering against the Ryzen R5 1600. I do like AMD's intended platform longevity, but as infrequently as I upgrade, it probably isn't really worth considering.
Just curious, is anyone building new machines?[...] I'm building a Ryzen R5 1600 / 16GB Memory / M.2 SSD machine for my birthday this weekend! The system it replaces is ancient...a 2008 build which has seen quite a few upgrades (4 to 8GB, 2 GPU upgrades, SSD upgrade), but the processor is certainly showing its age. I'm thinking of replacing with a used 4-core Phenom II which may become a home server or go to my kid one day...
What are you thinking of building? A Coffee Lake i5 8400 looks nice...but you'll only be getting two more cores/threads. Ryzen gets you more threads...but slower cores/threads, I think. Maybe prices will drop!? I haven't read any detailed i5 8400 reviews, but think it'll be good at the price point...and at least worth considering against the Ryzen R5 1600. I do like AMD's intended platform longevity, but as infrequently as I upgrade, it probably isn't really worth considering."/>
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1) A robust CPU liquid cooling system. The Antec Kuhler H20 925, Cooler Master Nepton 120XL, and Corsair H80i are examples of products with sufficient cooling capacity.
2) A socket AM3+ motherboard that supports processors with a 220 Watt TDP.
However if you happened to have a board and cooling that supports 220W, it is faster than a ~ $105 Rizen at tasks that can effectively use more than 4 cores.
I'm building a Ryzen R5 1600 / 16GB Memory / M.2 SSD machine for my birthday this weekend! The system it replaces is ancient...a 2008 build which has seen quite a few upgrades (4 to 8GB, 2 GPU upgrades, SSD upgrade), but the processor is certainly showing its age. I'm thinking of replacing with a used 4-core Phenom II which may become a home server or go to my kid one day...
What are you thinking of building? A Coffee Lake i5 8400 looks nice...but you'll only be getting two more cores/threads. Ryzen gets you more threads...but slower cores/threads, I think. Maybe prices will drop!? I haven't read any detailed i5 8400 reviews, but think it'll be good at the price point...and at least worth considering against the Ryzen R5 1600. I do like AMD's intended platform longevity, but as infrequently as I upgrade, it probably isn't really worth considering.
I'm building a Ryzen R5 1600 / 16GB Memory / M.2 SSD machine for my birthday this weekend! The system it replaces is ancient...a 2008 build which has seen quite a few upgrades (4 to 8GB, 2 GPU upgrades, SSD upgrade), but the processor is certainly showing its age. I'm thinking of replacing with a used 4-core Phenom II which may become a home server or go to my kid one day...
What are you thinking of building? A Coffee Lake i5 8400 looks nice...but you'll only be getting two more cores/threads. Ryzen gets you more threads...but slower cores/threads, I think. Maybe prices will drop!? I haven't read any detailed i5 8400 reviews, but think it'll be good at the price point...and at least worth considering against the Ryzen R5 1600. I do like AMD's intended platform longevity, but as infrequently as I upgrade, it probably isn't really worth considering."/>
Thank you!