AMD RYZEN 1700 or 1700X

[silentstorm161]

Just looking at ordering but unsure whether or not to go for the X or not. Apart from the automatic overclocking is their anything else. Also would that automatic overclocking make a difference when playing and stream or rendering.

 

[Supahos]

We do not have any idea. Check back Thursday

 

[silentstorm161]

It just seems to me at this point they are the same apart from the overclocking and a slightly higher speed.

 

[Supahos]

No telling what else internally could affect performance in different areas. Could just be a higher binned (better oc) version or could have e instruction sets disabled we won't know until Thursday

 

[TechyInAZ]

I'd go for the 1700 and do a minor overclock on it. However, I'd wait for benchmarks and the real reviews to come out, just to make sure...

 

[Supahos]

The only ryzen CPU I'd feel comfortable pulling the trigger on is the 1800x if it fit your budget. I'd wait if I was going for any other one to see what shakes out

 

[drinkingcola86]

Based on leaks and your needs, the 1700x seems like the cpu for people who don't want to manually overclock their cpu with the extended range. From the couple leaks that have been released, the extended range is based on cooling solution which should give +100-200 mhz which might translate to a couple seconds/minutes quicker on complex renderings and video processing.

I myself am looking at the base 1700 because I'm usually ok overclocking myself but usually only do that after the CPU is out of warranty. I do light video editing and some streaming but beyond that, just games.

If you want to wait for official reviews, you'll have to wait until March 2nd, which is 2 days away. Not too long now.

Edit: I'm also waiting until March 7th since the Motherboard that I'm looking at isn't coming out until then.

 

[bloodroses]

Another difference between the 2 is the 1700 has a wraith heat sink, the 1700x doesn't come with one at all.

https://www.techpowerup.com/230847/amd-ryzen-stock-cooling-solutions-detailed

 

[silentstorm161]

Another difference between the 2 is the 1700 has a wraith heat sink, the 1700x doesn't come with one at all.

https://www.techpowerup.com/230847/amd-ryzen-stock-cooling-solutions-detailed

Does that make a difference?

 

[bloodroses]

Another difference between the 2 is the 1700 has a wraith heat sink, the 1700x doesn't come with one at all.

https://www.techpowerup.com/230847/amd-ryzen-stock-cooling-solutions-detailed

Does that make a difference?

Not at all if you plan on buying an aftermarket heat sink anyways.

 

[silentstorm161]

Another difference between the 2 is the 1700 has a wraith heat sink, the 1700x doesn't come with one at all.

https://www.techpowerup.com/230847/amd-ryzen-stock-cooling-solutions-detailed

Does that make a difference?

Not at all if you plan on buying an aftermarket heat sink anyways.

Yeah i was planning on buying a AIO due to clearance

 

[Avro Arrow]

Just looking at ordering but unsure whether or not to go for the X or not. Apart from the automatic overclocking is their anything else. Also would that automatic overclocking make a difference when playing and stream or rendering.

It all depends on what you want. Personally, I wouldn't get the 1700X because I save overclocking for when my CPU is old and starts to feel slow just to make it "live longer". It doesn't seem to matter which one you get because from what I've seen in the benchmarks, Intel's most powerful CPUs get matched for far less money and far lower power consumption. Their IPC is all exactly the same, on par with the i7-7700K but they're much more impressive in multithreaded benchmarks than the 7700K.