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blihp | karma 4233 | avg karma 3.87 · 2018-10-19 19:31:05+00:00

You're probably better off waiting for 3rd gen Ryzen which sounds like it will be a nice all-around performance bump. Should be arriving in ~6 mo.

tracker1 | karma 11460 | avg karma 1.11 · 2018-10-19 21:08:14+00:00

That's what I'm waiting for, around that time my 4790k will be 6yo, and the bump should be worth it... more ram and threads will be nice. May wait for the TR refresh as a consideration too... longest I've ever held on to a desktop PC.

bpye | karma 1802 | avg karma 1.72 · 2018-10-19 21:25:51+00:00

Yep, I'm coming from a 4690 and my plan is similar. Hopefully Zen 2 provides a substantive enough improvement but even if not I would still be quite happy.

blihp | karma 4233 | avg karma 3.87 · 2018-10-19 17:00:54

I'm in the same boat. Been running my SB for ~2x longer than I've ever stuck with a primary system before. No complaints, it's been a great system. But I'm really looking forward to getting more threads. Probably won't go with TR though, I think the mainstream Ryzen will do what I need and won't have to deal with the latency idiosyncrasies.