Ryzen has risen but I still need to wait, since the cheapest high-end CPU starts at RM1599.

I know, but last time we have the cheapest highest end at RM999. Sad. I thought when I start to work, this things becomes more approachable, but now seems like it's getting further and further away. T.T

Yeah, definitely they need to show their best for the mainstream first. They said they're returning to compete Intel at the top of the crop level, it would not make such a bang to see the Ryzen 3 series beat Core i3 with 10% more performance at 30% lower price. Hehe. I'm really eager too to see what they bring to the table this time, planning for an AMD system this year.

Well, lets just hope our currency improve soon

No la, people are still waiting for the budget models to be introduced. Seems like gaming is one thing that Ryzen chip isn't much optimized for.

Yeah, but AMD still need to guide devs for it. I hope they'll manage to put Ryzen back on it's track.

Well, it's okay if it doesn't overclock great I think, as long as they can compete with Intel's parts. Bulldozer last time, even clock until 5GHz also still can't compete. Sad. My last AMD was Phenom II x4 960.

Haha, the parts will come la, so be patient.
For now, need to be satisfied with the bundled cooler.

Should be better in every way imaginable.

From Digital Foundry review of Ryzen, they mentioned that faster RAM will benefit any system.

I believe they running benchmark (tools and games) when they mention it. From what I know, the basic use case for most people using PC, won't benefit much from faster RAM.

Great result~
Looking forward for further updates regarding this issue.

It is as what you've explained.

"AMD's upcoming Ryzen processors are "unlocked," in that they feature unlocked base-clock multipliers that let you easily overclock them; yet a few of its variants feature a brand extension "X." As our older article details, the "X" refers to availability of the XFR (extended frequency range) feature. Think of it as a second stage boost that rewards good CPU cooling with higher CPU clocks set automatically. The Ryzen R7-1800X, R7-1700X, R5-1600X, R5-1400X, and R3-1200X feature this. "
source : https://www.techpowerup.com/230609/amd-ryze...encies-revealed

Ah, I see. So it's just 50Mhz extra for the auto-overclock. Is there any other distinction between the regular and the X model to justify the increase in price? Thanks

I see, I see. That doesn't seem like a very good move from AMD since it basically means that the 1700 can perform as fast as the 1800X if manually overclocked right?

The 1600X and 1500X do look very tempting from a regular consumer point of view. Or would the middle 1600 non-X a better buy? Thanks for sharing the information with us, I'll be looking into your reviews for more insight.

Overclocking isn't really my cup of tea though, but, I do am interested.
Overclocked an atom netbook previously, it was running fine with the benchmark they recommend on trying, but somehow, refuses to ever turn on after several days.

Yeah, the difference of RM 900 and RM 1040 isn't that much to be missing out on the 2 additional cores, and if overclocked, can reach the 1600X's speed while saving RM 160. But, I do expect AMD to price the new Ryzen CPUs cheaper though, but hey, it's not too shabby still.

This post has been edited by Mubarak90: Apr 14 2017, 04:57 PM

Wow, 899 was the price of RAM...I thought it was CPU. I missed the old days where RAM is cheap.

It is, the problem isn't due to our falling currency only. The price of desktop RAM has been steadily increasing, more so from last year. This is due to RAM chip makers are changing from making desktop RAM to making smartphone RAM, because of more demand...

Yeah, kinda frustrated to see the price is significantly higher already. They mentioned that there is no indication of the price getting any lower in the near future as desktop sales is still on downward trend. Now, 2x 4GB normal RAM is already more than RM300...which makes it more sad

I see, haha. If you have the extra income, why not? Unless they develop a RAM that can be shared between phones, notebooks, and desktops, it'll be hard that RAM for desktop is going cheaper by the day.