The AMD Zen and Ryzen 7 Review: A Deep Dive on 1800X, 1700X and 1700
by Ian Cutress on March 2, 2017 9:00 AM ESTTest Bed Setup and Hardware
As always, defining a regular test bed is key to these tests. At a CPU launch, with a new chipset, new socket, and almost new everything, that can be difficult. It’s also worth noting that our testing suite is currently in a state of flux as well, as we migrate testing to Windows 10. For the most part, our test beds use off-the-shelf components, sometimes supplied by vendors for the purpose of being in our test bed. For the Ryzen review, our AMD Test bed is as follows:
- AMD Ryzen 7 1800X (8C/16T, 3.6-4.0 GHz, 95W, $499)
- AMD Ryzen 7 1700X (8C/16T, , 95W, $399)
- AMD Ryzen 7 1700 (8C/16T, 3.0-3.7 GHz, 65W, $329)
- ASUS Crosshair VI Hero Motherboard
- Corsair Vengeance 2x8GB DDR4-3000 C16 running at DDR4-2400 C15
- Crucial MX200 1TB SSD
- Rosewill SilentNight 500W Platinum PSU
- ASUS GTX 950 Ti (95W)
- MSI GTX 1080 Gaming 8GB
- Windows 10 Pro
Of course, many thanks to all our partners who supplied equipment for our test beds.
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rudolphna - Thursday, March 2, 2017 - link
Demonizing gamers in your post does nothing to contribute to your credibility, and will only turn off more well reasoned people from listening, or caring, about your opinion.samer1970 - Friday, March 3, 2017 - link
Gamers dont buy 8 cores chips .. If you want good AMD gaming chip at very low price , wait for the 6 and 4 cores Ryzen and then judge ...I expect the 4 cores/8 threads Ryzen at 150$ to blow Intel to pieces ... SOON ..
Imagine a 4.5Ghz AMD Ryzen 4 cores for $150 then talk .
Sttm - Friday, March 3, 2017 - link
4 cores that are noticeably slower than Intel's 4 cores, which sell in a handsome i5 package for $200. I think they need a software miracle and they need it fast to win over the gaming crowd.Cooe - Sunday, February 28, 2021 - link
Bet you're feeling like a massive idiot now if you actually got that 4c/4t Kaby Lake i5 over a 6c/12t Ryzen 5 1600. It was about as fast at 1080p gaming in 2017 as the R5, but nowadays isn't even in the same UNIVERSE as the Ryzen chip. Let alone the performance difference for literally EVERYTHING else.Diji1 - Thursday, March 2, 2017 - link
Hurr durr you don't like what I like so you're a dumbo making me smarter than you! (yes, I know but they cannot see it themselves because their so smart in their own imagination).JoeyJoJo123 - Thursday, March 2, 2017 - link
What exactly are you trying to say here?Holliday75 - Thursday, March 2, 2017 - link
I think it was "Hurr durr".BikeDude - Friday, March 3, 2017 - link
sounded more like 'hold door' to me?star-affinity - Thursday, March 2, 2017 - link
I didn't know what is considered "wasting your life" is objective – please elaborate. What do you do with your life that makes it better than someone who likes to plays RPGs?Dug - Friday, March 3, 2017 - link
I'm so glad you are the one to judge what people are when they play games. Your insight and thought process is inspiring.I'm only to guess that what you do with a computer is going to change the world.