Tuesday, April 4th 2017

Full Review of AMD Ryzen 5 1600 Surfaces

Ahead of its April 11th launch - and before the NDA lifting - AMD's Ryzen 5 1600 has already been put through its paces in a review, courtesy of website ElChapuzasInformatico.

Some memory compatibility problems seemed to surface during the review (the website used a MSI X370 XPower Gaming Titanium paired with four modules of G.Skill TridentZ DDR4 3600 MHz @ 2400 MHz.) Other specs for the test system include a Be Quiet! Dark Power Pro 11 1200W PSU, a Kingston SSDNow KC400 128 GB SSD, another SSD in the form of a Corsair LX 512 GB, and a 64-bit version of Windows 10. The six-core, 12-thread Ryzen 5 1600 acts as was already being predicted - namely, as an equivalent to the more expensive, media-powerhouse Ryzen 7 1800X and the other 8-core, 16-thread processors in the AMD lineup. Other workloads will, however, be affected, due to the 2 less physical (and 4 logical) cores grunting away at any given task. I'll leave you with the pretty pictures, so you can get an early impression for yourselves.
Source: ElChapuzasInformatico
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30 Comments on Full Review of AMD Ryzen 5 1600 Surfaces

#26
trparky
With the Ryzen 5 1600x clocked at 3.6 GHz with a boost clock of 4 GHz I'm going to put it right out there and say that the 1600x is going to be the chip that most people are going to want in their systems. The 1600x comes far closer to what Intel has to offer in terms of raw GHz numbers than any of the other Ryzen chips.

Basically... Ryzen 5 1600x = Performance Sweetspot
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#27
phanbuey
trparkyWith the Ryzen 5 1600x clocked at 3.6 GHz with a boost clock of 4 GHz I'm going to put it right out there and say that the 1600x is going to be the chip that most people are going to want in their systems. The 1600x comes far closer to what Intel has to offer in terms of raw GHz numbers than any of the other Ryzen chips.

Basically... Ryzen 5 1600x = Performance Sweetspot
I would be really careful about this... I doubt that they re-tested the 1700x with the bios updates and performance patches.

It might look slightly faster because it's comparing old scores.
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#28
trparky
phanbueyI would be really careful about this... I doubt that they re-tested the 1700x with the bios updates and performance patches.

It might look slightly faster because it's comparing old scores.
I'm basing my assumptions upon raw GHz numbers only.

Good God man, I've never been this excited over a processor launch in a long time. When was the last time we've been this excited? I think like ten years ago. For the first time AMD actually has something worth talking about. My God, these are exciting times we live in. Up until now everything has been... meh.
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#29
phanbuey
trparkyI'm basing my assumptions upon raw GHz numbers only.

Good God man, I've never been this excited over a processor launch in a long time. When was the last time we've been this excited? I think like ten years ago. For the first time AMD actually has something worth talking about. My God, these are exciting times we live in. Up until now everything has been... meh.
oh I agree... I love my R7 - I think the prime x370 is one of the fastest boards out there too - I'm beating scores at 4.025 ghz that peeps at 4.1+ cant even touch (like 1847 cb 15 score).
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#30
trparky
I figure that by this time next year when Ryzen v2 comes out Intel is going to have something to be scared about. I can see it on the horizon. The signs are there, you just need to know how to read them.

This is the kind of innovation that many of us in the tech community have been begging for. A return to the good old days when we saw real innovation, not just "here, these are some table scraps we picked up off the floor". This is the sign of a new PC industry renaissance.
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