The AMD R7 1700 is available on its new sale here – we just bought another for the lab, ourselves, and will be using it for usual benchmarking. The R7 1700X is available here for a few bucks more.
Meanwhile, in the R5 camp, the AMD R5 1600 CPU – which we gave our Best Overall Value award – is now available for $171, down from its launch and list price of $220. We strongly recommend this CPU, and stand by our review from earlier this year that indicated its dominance over Kaby Lake i5 CPUs. The Coffee Lake i5s are competitive, but presently more expensive. If you prefer the R5 1600X, that’s also marked down to $180. It’s basically a pre-overclocked version, and well worth the extra $10 for anyone who is OC-averse.
Finally, the R3 CPUs – largely embattled with the Intel Pentium G4560, which is still over its launch price – are now cut down to $100 for the R3 1200, making the Ryzen chip far more competitive than previously.
Editorial: Steve Burke