AMD Ryzen Deals & Offers

When you look at the cost of the TR motherboards the small difference in CPU prices becomes a very minor issue. Not that is competing with that Intel CPU anyway as this is aimed at a much much smaller niche.

YES! (y) I wholeheartedly agree.

I'm not sure why you keep quoting me as saying things I never did, my comment was in reference to this quote: "Who would actually need an 8 core TR im not sure? who would use one for fun or in a soho? Although at this price who cares!" As in, it's not an impulse purchase at this price and most other people will or should just go for a mid-high end quad-core which will do most of what they'll need perfectly well. Also, I wouldn't lump content creators (a real job) in with YouTube streamers (a pseudo pretend role for the entitled generation)!

The 16 cores are going to be the sweet spot for a while even when the 32 core threadripper is introduced later this year. You really have to need the features of these chipsets though to justify it, because for most anyone else they are much better sticking to the consumer AM4 socket.

Threadripper is not a average user product, It is extreme user platform specially for YouTube streamer or content creators who will go for Intel i7 8700K which is atm more expensive than this can hugely benefit from the multi-core count and additional memory slots and PCIE lanes. And i believe whoever is looking at this thread and serious about buying it knows that. Myself just couple of weeks ago built the Ryzen 2700x system and won't go for threadripper as I don't have need for that.

Why am I soo skint! Damn you 4k TVs , damn you steam sale! Damn youuuu hotdeals!

Physically yes it will take all Ryzen processors. However depending on whether the retailer is on the ball or stock age, if it is updated to a recent enough Bios or not then it may not. AMD will loan out an older AM4 processor to do an update if required. Bit of a hassle if you ask me.

Pretty sure newer stock will have newer bios flashed already. You can always ask the merchant.

Does anyone know if it supports all Ryzen chips out of the box? ie even the XXXXG APUs?

Apologies for the thick question, but would this support a 2700X? (I assume if it did I would have to first use a donor processor and upgrade the BIOS on it of course)

It's a bit of a niche atm - it needs a specific use that can (efficiently) use all the cores. For example rendering, encoding, or (as like me) cpu-bound machine learning.

I shall not be upgrading my Ryzen 1700 for a good 3-4 years...Gfx card, maybe ... Vega64 at moment. Nothing TAXES this in VR at the moment. Oculus CV2 might...

reddit.com/r/Amd/comments/6lh9ui/x399_vs_x299_pcie_lanes_explained/?utm_source=reddit-android Going to leave this here. It summarises a long discussion and several articles on x399 Vs x299. Back to the central topic, I built a TR beast for a mate and it is really incredible. Lightroom export + Davinci Resolve + PUBG @4k smooth as silk... The IO is excellent as well. NVMe raid for a scratch drive, huge SATA 6 raid for bulk storage. Boom

Not at all, you refuse to give any room and are extremely rude. Are we 'Done'? We can be 'Done' for the sake of things. But your optics on this conversation are so broken and misguided that you can't see past your nose. Notice at no point did you answer my valid questions? Address the link talking about 48 lanes usable? You even, overtly, commented that you were not using the built in storage M.2 (You said you had an adapter card). So, you're running 56 PCIe lanes on 48 available, so something is wrong there. But I see how you approach this, don't answer any of the questions, just personal attacks. Cool. Good job, you win. Cya later. We're 'Done'.

Actually looking at the launch price of the previous flagship TR 16-core, the 32-core will be closer to £1500 in all likelihood. So makes this a better deal.

Yep exactly the same. The 2700X is being dropped into my Gigabyte X370 mobo (will update BIOS first) to replace my trusty 1600, which I bought for £148 last year, a great processor. Got a text from DPD saying delivery window is between 10.30-11.30am today :) £262 for a flagship 8-core processor is mad. I remember several years back I bought an Intel HEDT 5820K 6-core for £350 and that was the best value CPU from Intel for years. 8-cores would set you back £400+. AMD bringing massive competition and value to the market again, and great CPUs to boot.

That's what I spent my 20% off on as well. Did have one arriving via Amazon on Monday, but now it's coming tomorrow and for £40 less too. Once I sell on my 1600 it won't have cost much to upgrade really.

BTW, I had a trial with Which. I was found "Not Guilty".

Be aware that most motherboards will need a BIOS update before recognising a 2000 series Ryzen cpu - to update the BIOS you need a working 1000 series cpu!! Some new boards are appearing with the updated BIOS, but there are still plenty of old stock that hasnt had the update, so check before buying. Some sellers are updating the boards before sending out, or may do it if you ask.

Got one of these being delivered tomorrow.[ Used the eBay 20% off coupon.

agreed, I coudln't live with it personally. Nice deal otherwise.

Quidco might not pay out the £30 as I think they exclude VAT which means minimum price of laptop has to be £623.75. I made a purchase of £799.99 and it tracked on Quidco at £666.66

Can't find it at £680 on Amazon, only here. https://www.saveonlaptops.co.uk/NX.GQUEK.001-Acer-Swift-3-SF314-52G-59DZ_2268981.html

This is better value, plus it's bigger 15.6" vs 14".

Could you provide the link to the amazon one?

https://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/alienware-15-i7-7700hq-1070gtx-8gb-120hz-tn-g-sync-display-1275-using-promo-code-at-dell-2921855

would like to see thus deal lol

I think it has freesync too

RX580 will struggle to drive a 17 inch screen, it lacks the power to handle the larger sized pixels

Paid less than that for a 1070 Alienware, definitely overpriced

yeah the k5 has always been around the 120-130 at ebuyer

Oh. I just realised this is the K5 variant, thought it was K7. This board is significantly cheaper over at eBuyer (£121.98): https://www.ebuyer.com/780984-gigabyte-amd-x370-gaming-k5-ryzen-socket-am4-motherboard-ga-ax370-gaming-k5?mkwid=s_dc&pcrid=51482416499&pkw=&pmt=&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIx5OJmaKr2wIVb77tCh0KuQMFEAQYBCABEgIzDfD_BwE VOTED COLD!

What did they say about it they still haven't changed it you should ask them to give you a mouse and keyboard like they have stated in the description pretty sure they'll be lawfully obliged as it's stated in the product description.

Hi I purchased this and it says it is 256GB (M2) so it is an M2 drive. There are a couple of other things wrong in the John Lewis description. 1st error is it does have an optical 24xDVD-rw drive 2nd error is it doesn't come with any keyboard or mouse. I have double checked they have given the correct item. I'd rather have the drive than the wired mouse/keyboard so will point the errors out to JL but won't complain

Can anyone recommend me a budget monitor to go with this since I’m broke now lol

eBay bid bro brand new aswell

Where did you get it from that costs over 1.1k normally

Im building my gaming PC this weekens.Managed to get Ryzen 2700x for £258 from eBay with 20% code last week.

If you can wire a plug you can build a pc, loads of guides on YouTube, go on have a go 😳 Hardest part is picking the right components.

can you suggest ..who does cheapest pre built PCs ..I dont have much experiance in building a pc but finding pcs from dell and asus expensive

Running a new build Ryzen 2600 with Msi Mortar B350m @ 4.1ghz on stock 1.35v prime stable. Upgraded my cooler though because stock cooler was a bit too toasty for me.

I have the 1700 on an Asus Pro X370 Prime board and 2x8GB Corsair LPX 3000 RAM. It was an absolute pig on early BIOS revisions so haven’t done much. It is running stably in 3.6Ghz, no manual voltage change. It was doing that on the supplied Wraith Spire cooler. Stuck a spare ND15 on, really should play some more.

Thank you for posting the deal. I've just ordered one.

Pity they don't offer any bundles with a better B350 board. This one and the MSI Gaming Pro one are pretty much bottom of the barrel.

Not the best reviewed Mobo....?

RAM chip makers (not the memory manufacturers that buy and use those said chips into their own PCB and sell as their products) are currently being accused of and being investigated for price fixing. Hope it would help bring the pricing of memory back down to more sane level soon.

I got gigabyte gaming mobo which is Ryzen ready if bios updated ended up the old stock outdated bios from Amazon . returned both CPU and mobo

Great deaI but unfortunately I came to the party late :( Amazon's price has gone back up to £169.99, so perhaps this deal should be expired. Hopefully Amazon will soon drop back down! :D

Depends what you're doing with your pc. If you're just gaming an i5 8400 seems to be the way to go benchmark wise. If you're using it as a workstation with some gaming too then I would agree, this or the Ryzen 5 1600 are both good choices.

This is a steal at this price. The Intel 8600K is £218 on SCAN. This has more threads and loses negligible gaming performance in terms of FPS unless you are gaming at the extreme (unrealistic) scenario of having a 1080 Ti and 1080p monitor... it also comes with a good stock cooler, and AM4 motherboards are much cheaper (considering you can buy older B350 motherboards that are compatible with this).

It performs better clock for clock, has lower memory latency and a better memory controller on the chip. The main thing though is that it requires roughly 0.2v less to hit 4Ghz on all cores (1.4v for 4Ghz on a 1000 series vs 1.2v or less on a 2000 series chip), and can still be pushed higher (though the voltages goes up exponentially past 4Ghz). Not really worth the upgrade for an existing owner like myself, but definitely worth the extra £20 if you're buying one or the other today.

I wouldn't hang about if you want a 1600 , i expect they will be cleared off the shelves pretty quick. Dont think they will have time to drop to 120