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Review: ASUS ROG Crosshair VII HERO (Wifi) - A Proper Mobo For 2nd Gen Ryzen
ASUS is ready for Ryzen 2000 / Zen+, this round they've released their ROG Crosshair VII HERO (Wifi), which we just have to review. Alongside the release of Ryzen 5 2600X and Ryzen 7 2700X processors, AMD prepped the X470 chipset, that offers a more fine-tuned experience for your Ryzen processor. The new Hero, however, is taking things to an entirely new level.
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#5539653 Posted on: 04/21/2018 07:53 PM
^ Yep, I'm playing Hell Let Loose @ 1440p, epic textures but mainly high settings with a few medium and getting low 60 - mid 70 fps (still looks great as well). Oh I've realised you can't game on a Ryzen (1600X) can you..... :p
^ Yep, I'm playing Hell Let Loose @ 1440p, epic textures but mainly high settings with a few medium and getting low 60 - mid 70 fps (still looks great as well). Oh I've realised you can't game on a Ryzen (1600X) can you..... :p
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#5540420 Posted on: 04/24/2018 01:27 PM
I'm finally considering the upgrade to Ryzen from a 4790K, but just haven't decided on which. I have a Noctua NH-D15 already, so it might make more sense to get the regular 2700 over the X. At the same time its mildly depressing that my 4790K @ 4.6ghz has equal to greater single threaded performance as a stock 8700K.
I'm finally considering the upgrade to Ryzen from a 4790K, but just haven't decided on which. I have a Noctua NH-D15 already, so it might make more sense to get the regular 2700 over the X. At the same time its mildly depressing that my 4790K @ 4.6ghz has equal to greater single threaded performance as a stock 8700K.
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#5540940 Posted on: 04/25/2018 11:36 PM
Heck, I'm seriously considering going to Ryzen + myself (I know, I am stupid beyond belief...but I love buying decent computer hardware offered at very decent prices...
I am such a sucker! They can see me coming...) I am very happy with the 1600 @ 3.8GHz stable--but the 2600X looks to be a bit better, and perhaps won't have the Spectre2 microcode penalty that I currently am seeing. I think that I would go to a 2600x, maybe, instead of the 1600 I have installed now--although I could probably get as much from the 2600 as I could from the x cpu--and I will probably go with a x470 mboard, too, this time around (I really like the external Clear CMOS buttons these boards have that the x370 boards--mine, anyway--didn't.) There is only ~$30 difference between the X ($230)and the non-X 2600 ($199); but there's about a ~$100 jump to an 8-core, as well as elevated cpu power requirements. For that matter, I think I read that the 2600x has 95W TDP, but the 2600 has a 65W TDP. So maybe the extra MHz peak for the 2600x has to do more with power consumed than it does with binning, which means I might have to stick with the 2600. Still collating...
But maybe this whole Spectre 2 microcode slowdown that I am seeing and measuring is just MSI doing something wrong relative to applying this update--and *maybe* they will fix it by the next bios update. That would be refreshing news--what bothers me is that MSI is being mum--very mum, about the whole thing.
I'm finally considering the upgrade to Ryzen from a 4790K, but just haven't decided on which. I have a Noctua NH-D15 already, so it might make more sense to get the regular 2700 over the X. At the same time its mildly depressing that my 4790K @ 4.6ghz has equal to greater single threaded performance as a stock 8700K.
Heck, I'm seriously considering going to Ryzen + myself (I know, I am stupid beyond belief...but I love buying decent computer hardware offered at very decent prices...
I am such a sucker! They can see me coming...) I am very happy with the 1600 @ 3.8GHz stable--but the 2600X looks to be a bit better, and perhaps won't have the Spectre2 microcode penalty that I currently am seeing. I think that I would go to a 2600x, maybe, instead of the 1600 I have installed now--although I could probably get as much from the 2600 as I could from the x cpu--and I will probably go with a x470 mboard, too, this time around (I really like the external Clear CMOS buttons these boards have that the x370 boards--mine, anyway--didn't.) There is only ~$30 difference between the X ($230)and the non-X 2600 ($199); but there's about a ~$100 jump to an 8-core, as well as elevated cpu power requirements. For that matter, I think I read that the 2600x has 95W TDP, but the 2600 has a 65W TDP. So maybe the extra MHz peak for the 2600x has to do more with power consumed than it does with binning, which means I might have to stick with the 2600. Still collating... But maybe this whole Spectre 2 microcode slowdown that I am seeing and measuring is just MSI doing something wrong relative to applying this update--and *maybe* they will fix it by the next bios update. That would be refreshing news--what bothers me is that MSI is being mum--very mum, about the whole thing.
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#5540942 Posted on: 04/25/2018 11:41 PM
That sentiment "you can't game with a 1600" is bizarre, especially when I consider I had no trouble gaming on my FX-8320e, either. *Who* is going to spend ~$700 on a nVidia GPU, for instance, and then game @ 1080P...? What a waste...
^ Yep, I'm playing Hell Let Loose @ 1440p, epic textures but mainly high settings with a few medium and getting low 60 - mid 70 fps (still looks great as well). Oh I've realised you can't game on a Ryzen (1600X) can you..... :p
That sentiment "you can't game with a 1600" is bizarre, especially when I consider I had no trouble gaming on my FX-8320e, either. *Who* is going to spend ~$700 on a nVidia GPU, for instance, and then game @ 1080P...? What a waste...
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^ Guess this guy likes to play at 720p. Ultra gamer here guys!
Oh, so true...! I did not buy an 8GB GPU so that I could game @ 1920x1080 or 720p....