My 2011 PC which uses the Intel i5 is having problem. Was browsing the PC market looking for new intel platform then i read up about ryzen. Seems like I might be upgrading to Ryzen platform. Will wait for news later this week and see what Malaysia retailer have to offer.

went to cycom digital mall yesterday. From brief chat it seems there's CPU available but as of late yesterday no info on mobo vendors on malaysia side yet. It's useless to grab Ryzen processors tomorrow when you got no mobo to run with.

Well, that chart shows that the

AMD USD 399 1700X has about the same performance as the Intel USD 359 i7 6800K
AMD USD 329 1700 has about the same performance as the Intel USD 299 I7 7700K

Take note that Intel has slash price across the board on its CPU two days earlier. The new price reflected on some online sites like microcenter and Amazon already since two days ago. With the new price structure, Intel has better bang for the buck. Intel has less cores, however Intel has higher clock speed when comparing CPU at the same price range with AMD. Most gamers who just game and don't do streaming will benefit more from higher clock speed rather than having multi cores. This price war seems to be going to benefit us the consumers.

With the latest intel price cut:

Intel I7 7700K is cheaper than AMD 1700 by USD 30
Intel I7 6800K is cheaper than AMD 1700X by USD 40

Do share your thoughts on the benchmark slides. More opinions will enlighten ppl here.

Ryzen is good, but not crushing Intel like what it's hyped up to be. In fact, the best Ryzen 7 turns out to be the Ryzen 7 1700 at 65W TDP. It can be overclocked to the same clock speed as Ryzen 7 1800X and still runs cooler than 1800X. And when overclocked, it runs on par with Intel I7 7700K on all fronts and with process that utilize multi cores, the overclocked Ryzen 1700 will outperform the I7 7700K.

Between I7 6900K vs Ryzen 1800X, get the Ryzen 1800X just because the price difference is huge. But a better option is just get the Ryzen 1700 and OC it to 3.9 GHz clock speed if you really need it to be that fast.

Between I7 7700K vs Ryzen 1700, this is tough call. Price wise they are similar, performance almost similar. Should be ok if you pick either camp. AM4 can't fully utilize high speed ram now, so if you insist on running DDR4 at 3600 or higher, then maybe go with Intel (though i dont think ram frequency will have any noticeable effect in real world utilization scenario). For me, given that these two are about the same price, I am leaning towards the Intel side. More familiarity with Intel than AMD. But if AMD were to cut the 1700 price to USD 250, then Ryzen 7 1700 is the way to go.