Anyone interested in AMD Ry(Zen) CPUs

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To all who have an interest in AMD (Ry)Zen processors, do not buy if you have a Intel Core i5 / AMD FX 8/9xxx CPU or better from the past 4 years*

* Only consider if you absolutely require full multithreading for specific software, or have slower CPU. It won't really make any meaningful difference in terms of games (going from Intel i5/FX 8/9xxx to RyZen)
 
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There is zero doubt it will slaughter anything amd makes in every situation. Today every AMD processor for sale is completely useless from a gaming standpoint. That changes the day ryzen is released. That is a big deal. If they'll drop a 6c/12t for $1 less than a 6700k I'll build a new computer if the early benchmarks are accurate. A new batch came out a day or two ago (benches) and they were showing around a i5 6500 fps on a 3.1/3.4 engineering sample. I think the actual release will be 3.4 to who knows turbo boost with their auto oc based on cooling thing. But as I said earlier there really is now way to tell someone to stay away from something that is an unknown quantity. And telling someone to stick with a x3xx FX processor is...
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I'm very much anticipating launch and the first reviews! Let's be honest the CPU front has been a snooze fest for years now. I'll buy and run what works well and is priced well...as much as I wanted to support AMD the last couple years my old FX8350 was like a boat anchor tied to my then GTX970's arse, Bulldozer and it's descendants were an interesting architecture which sadly just didn't pan out for gaming workloads. Honestly I can't wait to see what they've cooked up for us!
 
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The accuracy of your comment is suspect. First most good games these days have at least 4 to 8 threads. If Ryzen is within 20% IPC at its base frequency of Skylake it will be able to run even single thread games without a hiccup. Do you think most users only play games. I really doubt that.Many do video encoding and streaming. Ryzen will kick butt on any I5 or 4 core I7 for such tasks. For databases it will run Intel 4, 6 , and 8 core I7's short of the $1400 I7 6950 ragged. It will run every game on the market at a very good frame rate. I think you should think about such warnings before you care to tell others what to do.
 
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There is zero doubt it will slaughter anything amd makes in every situation. Today every AMD processor for sale is completely useless from a gaming standpoint. That changes the day ryzen is released. That is a big deal. If they'll drop a 6c/12t for $1 less than a 6700k I'll build a new computer if the early benchmarks are accurate. A new batch came out a day or two ago (benches) and they were showing around a i5 6500 fps on a 3.1/3.4 engineering sample. I think the actual release will be 3.4 to who knows turbo boost with their auto oc based on cooling thing. But as I said earlier there really is now way to tell someone to stay away from something that is an unknown quantity. And telling someone to stick with a x3xx FX processor is almost laughable.
 
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