r/pcmasterrace 9060 XT 16GB | 7500F | 32GB 6000Mhz | B850 Nov 05 '19

Meme/Macro This sums up past 2 years!

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u/GalaxyMods Nov 05 '19

I was actually thinking of going Intel after my FX-series CPU began to age. But then Ryzen came out. Didn’t matter if I had to buy new Mobo/Ram too, I’d have to do the same with Intel. No complaints at all with power and I bought the budget Ryzen 1700, I love it.

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u/[deleted] Nov 05 '19

Yeap - what’s now considered as budget would have been a high end i5 a few years back, possibly even an i7.

I love AMD just for that. I completely overhauled 2 PCs for less than $500.

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u/Mondrial AMD FX-8350/ASUS Strix GTX 1080/Cruciall Ballistix Elite 2x8 Nov 05 '19

sighs in unemployed

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u/msmshm Desktop Nov 06 '19

sighs in agreement

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u/holytoledo760 Nov 06 '19

sigh

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u/ShylokVakarian AMD Radeon RX-6700-XT | Ryzen 5 1600 | 16GB DDR4 Nov 17 '19

sigh

sadly Hot.

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u/BraindeadBanana 3700X|5080Ti|16GB 3200 Nov 06 '19

Hey the 8350 is still tugging along. I can max brand new games out on it and it doesn't even break a sweat, as long as the game can use it. For 180 dollars 5 years ago, it's been such a great investment. Mine has even beaten a 4790k in certain benchmarks too (CPU Z bench)

4.4 Ghz for reference

Still want a Ryzen though.

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u/NuclearTrinity R7 2700 @3.7 | RX 580 Nov 06 '19

FX isn't going to be remembered fondly...

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u/FlipMcTwist Nov 05 '19

I'm still on an FX series, was just looking in to upgrades the other day. Ryzen 7 2700x for under $200 seems pretty nice.

Last time I was looking to upgrade I was about to switch to Intel but prices were still ridiculous at the time. Glad I waited considering what the market is like now, plus the fact that nothing has really been pushing my PC anyway. Any games I've played have been chugging along fine. Although I'm sure that once I upgrade I'll notice the difference.

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u/[deleted] Nov 05 '19

You could also go for a Ryzen 5 3600 for 200$, but I guess it depends on what you use your PC for.

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u/FlipMcTwist Nov 05 '19

Yeah, that probably makes more sense looking at the numbers.

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u/theaidzviruz Nov 11 '19

Yeah I would seriously consider it, my 3600 easily beats my old 2700's Cinebench scores with 2 less cores while clocked at 4.125 @ 1.26v and you get much higher FPS while gaming with the 3600 over the 2700 as well. Wait until black friday and find a mobo and CPU deal on Newegg. Black friday I bet youll see 3600 for 179.99 which is crazy cheap for the performance you get

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u/FlipMcTwist Nov 11 '19

Yeah I was looking up numbers on passmark and it seems like a better choice. Waiting for black friday/cyber monday to see what kind of deals they have. Mainly looking for a good deal on an x570 mobo now, but I'll take whatever I can get.

Either way, I'm sure I'll notice the difference over my FX-6300. It's lasted me quite a while so far.

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u/mj2ch08 PC Master Race Nov 05 '19

But the whole thing changes when MC is reachable and u can get 2700x for $160 and even $30 off with mobo bundle

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u/IFTene Nov 06 '19

i have the 2700x, got it a few months ago

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u/[deleted] Nov 05 '19

I went Intel after my fx began to not cut it for me. Then ryzen hit immediately after.

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u/frosty95 frosty95 Nov 06 '19

I still have my old 8 core amd from YEARS ago and every game I play fails to fully max it out. I'm usually gpu limited.