Ryzen 5 1600 or Ryzen 7 1700

[Kiddwikked]

I am going to upgrade from the FX series. I have Around $500 with a $49 credit as well on Amazon..

I want 16 gigs of ram so I have 2 upgrade options

Ryzen 7 1700
Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 DRAM 3200MHz
ASUS Prime B350-Plus

Ryzen 5 1600
Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 DRAM 3200MHz
ASUS Prime B350-Plus
SSD ..probably 120 gig maybe 250

I am way behind the times, never had an SSD drive..would it make a big difference? or should I just go with the Ryzen 7?

Oh...any comparable Intel upgrades? System going to be used for gaming and college work..excel, photoshop, adobe premier..stuff like that

 

[IceMyth]

Hi,

I think the R5 1600 is better choice since you can get an SSD. SSD will make a big difference if the HDD you have is kinda old or transfer speed/cache is not that great.

As for Intel, I would think of 6700K = OC better than the 7700K but you will need a good cooler, also you need to drop RAM to maybe 16GB as Intel CPUs & Z series MB kinda costly. Or wait for Cannon Lake which seems it will come this year and then decide. But if you want to get something now I think the R5 is good choice 6/12 core/thread and seems Intel is going that direction too -> will affect future gaming and application as well.

 

[mamasan2000]

SSD helps with load times. In games and OS. 5 times faster. Is that worth something to you?
Do you spend time on loading screens?

 

[mdd1963]

The R15-1600 is pretty much just as fast as the R7-1700 when at similar clocks, as 6c/12t seems quite sufficient for any game out...

An SSD is a night and day difference in bootup/shutdown times, and, level loading times, but....never get a lesser GPU to allow for the SSD. (The SSD can always be quickly added $100-$150 later!)

 

[madmatt30]

Unless you have need that specifically require the 8c/16t capability of the 1700 then honestly the 1600 is more than enough.

That covers about 99% of general consumers.

I bought a 1700 because at the time the price difference was only £50.

I can hand on heart say I honestly will never make full use of it , the 1600 would have suited me absolutely fine looking at it now.

If the 1600 nets you a 240gb ssd (it should really because theres a $85 price difference) then its the sensible choice.

 

[Faike]

Gamers get a 1600, for graphic rendering get the 1700. The 1600 I got is REALLY fantastic for gaming and has really impressed me due to how well it allocates services to provide you with the best FPS in any game when you change the settings around. For example, in PUBG if I set it to ultra or on very low I get almost the same frames as it switches performance loads around pretty efficiently (80+ fps regularly).

After discussing with a few techs at an electronics store we all tended to agree that the 1700 is really for multiple monitor crazy graphic design intensive people while the 1600 is stronger for gaming.

 

[androbourne]

Again I guess this really depends on what exactly you are using it for.

I agree with 1600 is a great CPU. But I had this convo with Mad earlier. I believe in the terms of longer life span The 1700 would be better.

With DX12 and Vulkan now pushing for better muti-threaded performance in gaming. That is the future of gaming, all new API's will be working on getting better and better muti-threaded performance for newer games. This is ruling out single core performance slowly but surely.

In the long term scale of things. That extra few dollors you would spend on a 1700 would last you for quite a bit. If you have the cash, I would recommend the 1700 over the 1600 in simple terms of performance for longer scale.

However, again. The 1600 is more then capable of performing gamers needs.

It's just my thoughts on the subject.

 

[madmatt30]

^ we have indeed & I see your case on the other thread.
This one is a little easier though with that set budget the op has.

Straight away when productivity stuff like photoshop & premier is mentioned you just have to say an ssd is going to benefit a fair bit,apart from the actual general speed increase the fact you're keeping OS & programs seperate from working & stored projects can benefit the user immensely.
Generaly always best to have a miniumum of 2 drives for productivity anyway,If you can make the main one an ssd then so much the better.

Assuming $550 total (becasue of the amazon vouchers) Id be looking at the below personally.

 

[androbourne]

You are correct. When budget comes into play. 1600 is the best bet.

I just can't help to mention the 1700. It is important to note what is being givin up when going cheaper.

 

[TerafloppinDatP]

1600 + SSD all day every day and twice on sunday

 

[Ditt44]

1600 + SSD. Best value package.