A mysterious Ryzen 5 1600 refresh made it to market late last year. Bizarrely, AMD has released a really cheap version of the Ryzen 5 2600, but just called it the Ryzen 5 1600. Known as the "1600 AF" because of the box identification this is a Zen+ 6-core, 12-thread part that's selling for just $85 brand new.
No it wouldn't. CPU prices are diving for the trashcan, production is going to overrun demand.
Maybe - it would still be interesting to see how much better performance you get vs the low end back then, I.e. pre Ryzen APU from AMD and Pentium / Celeron from Intel.
I don't see Intel 2017 CPU prices dropping like that, Only AMD is lowering prices with sweet deals.
That's the customer advantage of platform longevity - older CPU see price drops because they compete with the newer ones on the same platform.
The market - supplies and enthusiasts - are hot on the trail of Xeon and dual Xeon systems as a result of millions of CPU's being retired and resold on Ebay and other marketplaces. As you mention, Xeon's aren't the only desirable CPU's, top of the line I-7's are doing well with premium motherboards hitting new lows ~$100. With that in hand along with modern components, a very nice economically friendly pc can be assembled.
TSMC is going to keep as full a booking as possible, at some point the world could hit CPU saturation...again. Basically if 10MM excess CPU's are produced someone is going to have a tough time.
Intel is going to have to get their prices in line, they were waiting for the moment, maybe it's here. It doesn't look like laptops are going to be their saving grace.
Where is the thumbs down button?
Luckily TS didn't waste their time on something like that. You're gonna have to look elsewhere for one of those.
Yes, as a matter fact, we or at least I do. The review, which I suspect, you didn't read, was well reasoned and comprehensive. The '3 year old' CPU in question is more than good enough and due to its awesome price performance ratio is VERY relevant to tech enthusiasts. The Xeon chips floating around are also VERY relevant and almost as good a value,(the caveats as to platform longevity and feature sets notwithstanding), as this cheap and cheerful 6 core and its bigger newer brothers. To slag it off in such an ill considered manner is at best rude and shortsighted.
Great times to be alive. Cheap and cheerful chips with a multiplicity of options!
But if you buy a 7700K what is your upgrade path without buying a new mobo? You don't have one. A 1600AF would allow you to still upgrade to a Ryzen 3000 someday.
They haven't appeared in this thread yet but there are plenty of Techspot members that refuse to believe we need anything more than four cores, 8 threads.
They are still going on ebay for $300+. Thanks but no thanks. A 6 core 12 thread $85 cpu that can be over clocked and still have an upgrade path is much, much more desirable.
