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My next home CPU will be an AMD Ryzen.

theandrewbailey 9y ago
I've been running a 1800X for about a month. Great chip, lousy RAM support (hoping that BIOS announcement from last week turns out good). I guess since I'm used to new high end GPUs being scarce for months after launch, I wasn't expecting availability to be so good. Additionally, I didn't expect the small aftermarket AM4 cooling selection.
- AlphaSite 9y ago
  The brackets are there, you just need to ask.
  - theandrewbailey 9y ago
    Before buying one of those fancy Coolermasters, I asked their website/store, and the AM4 bracket was out of stock. I ended up buying a Thermaltake, and if I change it, it will probably be watercooled.
    - seanp2k2 9y ago
      Yeah, I went with the h110i AIO since during pre-order they were the only confirmed by the manufacturer supported cooling solution in stock. Noctua also has AM4 versions of 3 of their coolers: http://noctua.at/en/noctua-presents-three-special-edition-am4-cpu-coolers-for-amd-ryzen http://noctua.at/en/noctua-presents-three-special-edition-am... (again, sold out when I pre-ordered, the D15 is otherwise a great cooler). The Crosshairs VI Hero also has brackets for AM3, so with that specific board you have many options for cooling. It also seemed like the board with the most support, so that's what I went with and it's been OK (mostly issues around RAM speed support which is actively improving -- currently at 3200mhz for 32GB (4x8)). RAM speed makes a big performance difference for Ryzen especially, but it's decent enough now that I'm comfortable recommending it. Get RAM from the QVL list and you're good to go.
- nalllar 9y ago
  Anecdotal, running a beta BIOS with the new agesa version. The announcement seems to be accurate. Now able to reach 3333MHz on 2x16GB RAM which is specced to do 3200. Couldn't hit 2900Mhz before, it wouldn't even boot.
  - theandrewbailey 9y ago
    That's encouraging, as I also have 2x 16GB 3200MHz sticks and a system that won't boot if I don't run with the defaults.

I've been running a 1800X for about a month. Great chip, lousy RAM support (hoping that BIOS announcement from last week turns out good). I guess since I'm used to new high end GPUs being scarce for months after launch, I wasn't expecting availability to be so good. Additionally, I didn't expect the small aftermarket AM4 cooling selection.

AlphaSite 9y ago
The brackets are there, you just need to ask.
- theandrewbailey 9y ago
  Before buying one of those fancy Coolermasters, I asked their website/store, and the AM4 bracket was out of stock. I ended up buying a Thermaltake, and if I change it, it will probably be watercooled.
  - seanp2k2 9y ago
    Yeah, I went with the h110i AIO since during pre-order they were the only confirmed by the manufacturer supported cooling solution in stock. Noctua also has AM4 versions of 3 of their coolers: http://noctua.at/en/noctua-presents-three-special-edition-am4-cpu-coolers-for-amd-ryzen http://noctua.at/en/noctua-presents-three-special-edition-am... (again, sold out when I pre-ordered, the D15 is otherwise a great cooler). The Crosshairs VI Hero also has brackets for AM3, so with that specific board you have many options for cooling. It also seemed like the board with the most support, so that's what I went with and it's been OK (mostly issues around RAM speed support which is actively improving -- currently at 3200mhz for 32GB (4x8)). RAM speed makes a big performance difference for Ryzen especially, but it's decent enough now that I'm comfortable recommending it. Get RAM from the QVL list and you're good to go.
nalllar 9y ago
Anecdotal, running a beta BIOS with the new agesa version. The announcement seems to be accurate. Now able to reach 3333MHz on 2x16GB RAM which is specced to do 3200. Couldn't hit 2900Mhz before, it wouldn't even boot.
- theandrewbailey 9y ago
  That's encouraging, as I also have 2x 16GB 3200MHz sticks and a system that won't boot if I don't run with the defaults.