Read more.Growth in 2019 marks a turnaround after a seven year slump but will it last?
Read more.Growth in 2019 marks a turnaround after a seven year slump but will it last?
Don't forget the strong AMD showing has had an effect as well
Old puter - still good enuff till I save some pennies!
In reply to both above comments I have been so pleased with the 2600 + B450 combo I got last year that I got another in the sales just after Christmas. Under £250 for 16 gig of memory a 512 gig nvme ssd and 6c12t at around 3.8 ghz boost
Old puter - still good enuff till I save some pennies!
I'd say the 7 year slump is also probably down to PCs being 'good enough' for a long time now. For web browsing, Microsoft office and light productivity even a 7 year old dual core will be more than adequate and that's what most people's experiences would be. Win7 support (and corporate upgrade cycles) probably account more for the uptick as mentioned in the article more than anything AMD has brought lately.
cheesemp (14-01-2020)
Old puter - still good enuff till I save some pennies!
Someone needs to make a graph of AMD's IPC improvements, and compare it to new shipment rates...
I think it comes down to a few factors, slow improvements and hardware and then high prices.
For me my 3570k lasted well compared to generations afterwards and when it finally got the point of thinking about an upgrade ram prices made it not worth it. Due to intels policy of new processor = new chipset it also ruled out upgrades on that path. This all added about 2-3 years to my upgrade cycle.
In that time Ryzens just got better and better and as the Ryzen 3*** series became available ram was at a sensible price and the rest is history. Good news is also I do have a probably upgrade path with an x570 board as its likely a few more generations of processors will work as well as the 3950x being a thing.
Thanks for the info. I can put together a 2600 system for £250 (without PSU) as you suggested but I want mine mainly for gaming so I think the 3600 is probably worth the stretch for me. I'll probably wait for the end of the year anyway and then just replace everything. Only the case and maybe GPU is worth keeping now.
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