From what I read off of a previous post from the member 13, apparently it is worth the wait, if you really can wait. I'd do some research into any parts you are about to buy just incase though. Regardless, it's going to push a price war between AMD and Intel. Some interesting reading here

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Whether or not the wait is worth it is up to you. If you can't wait, you can't wait, but from the looks of it, I'm almost positive Ryzen chips will be available to purchase in less than a month.

VinceO wrote Regardless, it's going to push a price war between AMD and Intel.

I'm not so sure about this anymore. I thought the same but honestly, Intel can drop CPU prices a shit ton and still make profit. Plus, Intel have a lot more money than AMD do so Intel would survive a price war much easier/better than AMD IMO. I don't think AMD want to start a price war with Intel.

Also I'm not sure how much I buy into this 7740k and 7640k news, if Intel release a hyperthreaded i5 after just releasing the 7600k which has not HT, people will go nuts. You just can't, and don't do that to your customers. Plus, it's pretty much going to render i7's absolutely useless. The only way I see Intel making a HT i5 is if the i7 has more cores, so like 4C/8T i5 and a 6C/12T i7, but Intel aren't going beyond quad cores for the mainstream platform quite yet. I'm pretty sure that's planned for Cannon Lake or Coffee Lake or whatever they're supposed to release in 2018 is called.

My opinion;
Zen is going to be huge. It might not change pricing much, it might not offer significantly better performance for similar pricing, but it will bring back options for people buying CPUs. I feel like Intel are still going to offer slightly better IPC, but the Ryzen equivalent will be slightly cheaper and have a higher core/thread count.

13 wrote Whether or not the wait is worth it is up to you. If you can't wait, you can't wait, but from the looks of it, I'm almost positive Ryzen chips will be available to purchase in less than a month.

VinceO wrote Regardless, it's going to push a price war between AMD and Intel.

I'm not so sure about this anymore. I thought the same but honestly, Intel can drop CPU prices a shit ton and still make profit. Plus, Intel have a lot more money than AMD do so Intel would survive a price war much easier/better than AMD IMO. I don't think AMD want to start a price war with Intel.

Also I'm not sure how much I buy into this 7740k and 7640k news, if Intel release a hyperthreaded i5 after just releasing the 7600k which has not HT, people will go nuts. You just can't, and don't do that to your customers. Plus, it's pretty much going to render i7's absolutely useless. The only way I see Intel making a HT i5 is if the i7 has more cores, so like 4C/8T i5 and a 6C/12T i7, but Intel aren't going beyond quad cores for the mainstream platform quite yet. I'm pretty sure that's planned for Cannon Lake or Coffee Lake or whatever they're supposed to release in 2018 is called.

My opinion;
Zen is going to be huge. It might not change pricing much, it might not offer significantly better performance for similar pricing, but it will bring back options for people buying CPUs. I feel like Intel are still going to offer slightly better IPC, but the Ryzen equivalent will be slightly cheaper and have a higher core/thread count.

I am in no rush to build it! Just want the best of the best parts for my price range! I just dont want to go building a PC and have Ryzen come out be be so much more amazing! So I think i will wait until it drops! thank you very much! In other aspects of the build, my monitors, what would be a good monitor setup for around 500$ usd, Would like 2 monitors

Bouns wrote

13 wrote Whether or not the wait is worth it is up to you. If you can't wait, you can't wait, but from the looks of it, I'm almost positive Ryzen chips will be available to purchase in less than a month.

VinceO wrote Regardless, it's going to push a price war between AMD and Intel.

I'm not so sure about this anymore. I thought the same but honestly, Intel can drop CPU prices a shit ton and still make profit. Plus, Intel have a lot more money than AMD do so Intel would survive a price war much easier/better than AMD IMO. I don't think AMD want to start a price war with Intel.

Also I'm not sure how much I buy into this 7740k and 7640k news, if Intel release a hyperthreaded i5 after just releasing the 7600k which has not HT, people will go nuts. You just can't, and don't do that to your customers. Plus, it's pretty much going to render i7's absolutely useless. The only way I see Intel making a HT i5 is if the i7 has more cores, so like 4C/8T i5 and a 6C/12T i7, but Intel aren't going beyond quad cores for the mainstream platform quite yet. I'm pretty sure that's planned for Cannon Lake or Coffee Lake or whatever they're supposed to release in 2018 is called.

My opinion;
Zen is going to be huge. It might not change pricing much, it might not offer significantly better performance for similar pricing, but it will bring back options for people buying CPUs. I feel like Intel are still going to offer slightly better IPC, but the Ryzen equivalent will be slightly cheaper and have a higher core/thread count.

I am in no rush to build it! Just want the best of the best parts for my price range! I just dont want to go building a PC and have Ryzen come out be be so much more amazing! So I think i will wait until it drops! thank you very much! In other aspects of the build, my monitors, what would be a good monitor setup for around 500$ usd, Would like 2 monitors

What res are you looking into? 1080? 1440?

QNIX QX2710 probably. Wait until you build the system and buy peripherals at the same time though I'd say.

Mitochondria wrote

Bouns wrote

13 wrote Whether or not the wait is worth it is up to you. If you can't wait, you can't wait, but from the looks of it, I'm almost positive Ryzen chips will be available to purchase in less than a month.

VinceO wrote Regardless, it's going to push a price war between AMD and Intel.

I'm not so sure about this anymore. I thought the same but honestly, Intel can drop CPU prices a shit ton and still make profit. Plus, Intel have a lot more money than AMD do so Intel would survive a price war much easier/better than AMD IMO. I don't think AMD want to start a price war with Intel.

Also I'm not sure how much I buy into this 7740k and 7640k news, if Intel release a hyperthreaded i5 after just releasing the 7600k which has not HT, people will go nuts. You just can't, and don't do that to your customers. Plus, it's pretty much going to render i7's absolutely useless. The only way I see Intel making a HT i5 is if the i7 has more cores, so like 4C/8T i5 and a 6C/12T i7, but Intel aren't going beyond quad cores for the mainstream platform quite yet. I'm pretty sure that's planned for Cannon Lake or Coffee Lake or whatever they're supposed to release in 2018 is called.

My opinion;
Zen is going to be huge. It might not change pricing much, it might not offer significantly better performance for similar pricing, but it will bring back options for people buying CPUs. I feel like Intel are still going to offer slightly better IPC, but the Ryzen equivalent will be slightly cheaper and have a higher core/thread count.

I am in no rush to build it! Just want the best of the best parts for my price range! I just dont want to go building a PC and have Ryzen come out be be so much more amazing! So I think i will wait until it drops! thank you very much! In other aspects of the build, my monitors, what would be a good monitor setup for around 500$ usd, Would like 2 monitors

What res are you looking into? 1080? 1440?

i have 1080 rn! want to upgrade to 1440

13 wrote QNIX QX2710 probably. Wait until you build the system and buy peripherals at the same time though I'd say.

Just out of curiousity.... Why? I have 1080 monitor rn, and would like to upgrade

If you're going to get use out of the new monitors now then yeah, get them.