It's a little after the fact now since this thread is from pre-summer but I put a 1600x in a fatal1ty x370 gaming with some Gskill 16gb 3200 and a very affordable AIO 120 from Cooler Master and this machine is amazing! Sooo happy I opted for the x, my friend's 1600 in a b350 Tomahawk and 16gb of spendy Geil 3200mhz ram can't touch my X. Even with an aggressive OC he can't hit what I do without any clocking. The 1600 is going to shine in prebuilts I think and the X will be found more in custom enthusiast builds. If your a clocker I would reconsider going with a 1600, you'll be happier in the long run if you just spend the extra 20 bucks for the X and a frugal cooling solution. I think the 1600 stock cooler is smaller than the wraith from the r7's but are still pretty good, if your a clocker your going to be buying a new cooler anyway so in the end your not going to save anything with a 1600 and your going to work it way harder to hopefully break even with the X which is still running stock settings. I run 3.7 to 4.1 with stock settings. Of course blue teams clock speeds are going to be higher, for the last decade devs have been focused on the low core/thread count on Intels. What are you going to do in another year or so when vulcan and a superior dx12 build step into the spotlight? Lets look at the opposite possibility. So what if Intel can get a competitive multicore to market (they almost have but 2 or 3 thousand dollars), probably they already had it and chose to just hold it back and milk their customer base for as much money as they could, wouldn't that kinda irk you intel people a bit? So none of that is true in my 3rd version, If intel can put out a product to compare to Zen, I have to ask you how much will they charge for it? Probably double or a little under double the cost of comparable Ryzen. So everyone has their own opinion and I will probably get some hate if anyone reads this old thread but i have to ask those people... Why is Intel putting AMD in their systems? Why did an iMac just release with Vega ? Face it within a couple years the I series is done in it's current form at least, while am4 users will just drop a new processor in their system IF they need it. I dont think they will. Tbh Ryzen 7 is overkill for gaming and if you render or have more demanding computing needs the X399/Threadripper is amazing deal for what they offer. People are building R3's for 5 or 6 hundred bucks that run Pubg or Overwatch, etc, just fine in 1080. Thats 5 or 6 hundred complete not just a board, ram and a cpu but all new parts. Just think of the money you could put toward that epic new gpu if you choose to do a red build over blue. I did x370, 1600x and 16gb 3200 and an AIO for under 500. To me thats much better value than 3 to 4 hundred dollars for a quadcore alone with almost just as low of core clocks. Black Friday 1600x were $200, 1600 were $180 and 1700x for $260 or $270. Your going to pay $300 to $350 for a 7700 and still have to de-lid to get decent temps. You will not get a lower price for performance than Zen. I am happy to admit Intels business practices and gouging have turned me into a red fanperson and I have no shame of that. My final testimonial is sure my buddy's dual quad zambezi (220w? I think and I am aware thats last generation) is clocked to just over 5 ghz and my humble lil 6 core is 2 to 3 times stronger @ 3.6 to 4.1, clock speeds. There is more to life than fps and clock speeds.
Mad love to all my techie bretheren be you red or blue and I hope you all get your preference of gear and stay safe through the holidays! (Oh and I have a little blue in my Zen if it makes anyone feel better, Intel gigabit lan ; ) hehehe)
