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I recently ran across those aftermarket retention plates - recently put together a 12600K build. I had over heating issues due to heatsink contact as well. I know it was mainly caused by the poor pressure my Cooler Master AIO delivered. However I also read the heat-spreader flexing was an issue...

Thanks guys. Will stick with the 2600x unless prices change drastically once we get to the point of purchase.

So which one overclocks better/easier? Runs cooler? I have a buddy that's planning on doing one last retirement new tech build. And I've got him narrowed down between a Ryzen 5 2600x or an Intel 9600k. Not sure on the board for either yet, but not skimping in an effort to offer decent...

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Please come back and post their reply when you use that statement on them. To me... It's the simple principle of supply and demand. Demand is high, supply is low, so of course prices are inflated.

I guess it's time to upgrade to Ryzen. You'll see a massive improvement in single threaded apps. ;)

I think they're more than okay.... Just Ryzen being compared to Intel makes it look worse than it is. Doesn't change my feeling of being let down by the gaming results because of the comparison, but yes I agree Ryzen will game just fine.

It's relevant enough. There's still a lot of people, enthusiasts included that game at 1080p. I just recently jumped up to 4k myself.

I'd agree not thinking it was going to be a beast for gaming as well... But the benches running a damned 2600k - which actually beat Ryzen quite a bit in gaming - I was legitimately surprised/let down by that. Just as much as I was surprised how well it ran in multi-threaded apps. I'd like to...

And I literally just got an email from "AMD" touting the gaming performance.

Maybe I did Dan. I read through your big comment and you make great points. (as always) Personally, 40% over Excavator doesn't "thrill" me. But it's multi-threaded performance does.

Sounds like it doesn't much matter but I am quite disappointed with Ryzen's single threaded performance. Good on AMD for running neck and neck - even winning some against Intel's $1k CPU. But damn... I really expected more of a pick up in IPC considering that's been the problem AMD has had.

A month or two after Skylake was released (probably closer to a month) I made a build with said tech for my mother. I thought I used pretty good hardware, a 6600k i5, $170 MSI mobo and G.Skill Ram. None of these brands have I ever had a problem with. Shortly after building it my mother was...

Get an i3. i3 > All AMD!!! :sneaky::p:p

The secondary PC in my signature is due for an upgrade, or at least I'm ready to upgrade it. I've thought about waiting for Zen to release but then I'm jumping into new architecture and I'm not sure I want to do that as I assume there will be some problems to work out. That literally leaves me...