Huge upgrade! I've gone from a quad core AMD Phenom II to a Intel i3 and now on to Ryzen. So much more headroom to handle more tasks and run more things at the same time. At the time, my i3's motherboard was having issue's and figured I needed to upgrade. I couldn't wait for results of Threadripper or the i9 platform. The 1700 should suit me for now. The reason I choose this one over the two higher Ryzen 7 tiers is that the 1700 is at a default 65w TDP. To think that we get 8 cores for that amount of power is crazy. My old AMD Llano APU was rated at 65w and I turned it into a office computer. The other reason I got this one is that I can always overclock it to match closer to the 1700X or 1800X. In games I have noticed a better FPS count over my previous set up and I couldn't be happier. For years I always wanted a high core count cpu for a reasonable price so I can do Workstation stuff and have the speed to game. I do like the RGB cooler that came with it, it is definitely a better build quality then what AMD use to ship with it's processors. I think I would have been fine with the Ryzen 5 1600, but I am happy I choose the 1700. I recommend If you are new to overclocking or not confident on doing it, get the 1700X and buy a higher performance 3rd party cpu cooler so the XFR feature can give you a bit more speed. Only con is that I wanted something like this years ago, and I'm not talking about the FX series or buying a Xeon.
I wish I could go back in time and laugh at myself using a 1 core cpu computer lol
| Processor | 3.7 GHz none |
|---|---|
| RAM | DDR4 |
| Wireless Type | 802.11a/b/g/n |
