Love my R7 1700, Ran it at 4Ghz for a few years. Now running a 5800X3D. AM4 in the end was good even if AMD protested and was dragged kicking and screaming to support it as they promised.

Upgraded from the legendary 2600K for the 1700 and didn't regret it. Now using my 1700 as a home server now.

Still remember being 14 buying my first parts when Ryzen launched. Only just recently upgraded my CPU . First gen Ryzen served me well

i got a 1600 when it came out, sold the computer to my brother which he still uses and now I have a 5900X. First gen Zen was rough but considering where the platform went I was happy I supported AMD back then.

I bought a used 5775c the same year this came out, great CPU. Very cool to see such solid numbers from it here, i never had more than an RX480 paired with mine. That L4 was ahead of its time. I hope the rumors of Meteor Lake returning the feature are true.

im still using my r7 1700. its a beast. got it on launch and been going strong ever since.

the one thing to note is that a lot of B350 AM4 boards can support all the way up to the 5000 series so if you're on the 1700 you have a very nice upgrade path jump

FX and early Ryzen is a guaranteed like and watch from me. Can't wait.

The apparent GPU bottleneck when the CPU was the bottlen is interesting, upgraded from a 1920x to a 5900x and even in games i thought where GPU bound I got a higher FPS.

AMD has done a lot of good things that I can remember. AMD was the first to 1Ghz, they standardized the x86-64, were the first to use a front side bus with DDR signaling, the first true quad core, the first CPU with the memory controller integrated, and they had the first desktop CPU with 64 bit support. AMD had the first desktop dual core, quad core, six core, and 8 core processors (Intel used dual single cores, or dual dual cores, etc.). People say that AMD copies Intel but it's also true that Intel copies many things from AMD. They had the first CPU with copper interconnects, the first APU, not just a CPU with video. They had the first 3D cache on a desktop CPU, the first to 12nm and 7nm. The first platform available for under 1K dollars as well as the first under $100 dollar CPU. AMD has had a lot of ups and downs, their innovations were great while often their performance was not. They've been on top a few times but didn't seem able to hold that position for long. AMD has always been great at making technology but not always great at actually implementing it.

I went from a R5 1600, to a 3600 to a 5800X, very happy with my 5800X and I will keep it for atleast 12-18 months

Tech space was out of my interest when the 1.Gen Ryzen was launched, so it was interesting to learn something new with this video, thanks! Your chronicles of older hardware are just THE thing, that was missing in the oversaturated youtube. Waiting for your new vids, with already, may i say, classic 808 Doorbell Chime, beautiful camera spans, a couple of nice jokes and to the point benchmarks. (Still waiting for your transition from testing with 3070 to rx6800 xt though 😁) Keep up the good work, and let's hope youtube algorithms will bless your content 😁

Still rocking a 1600X on a secondary PC, going strong with an RX 6600. Living up to the task in most cases.

Gave my old 1700 to my friend for his first gaming build and that thing is still a beast for 1080p!

I still have my trusty 1950X chugging along as a home server. Zen amazed me back in the day, I upgraded from a 6700k at the time because I needed more than four cores. Sixteen seemed like a good option.

Thanks for this deep dive. I just picked up an EPYC 7601 (32 core Zen 1) and I'm looking forward to playing around with it. I think 2700X/2700 was what Zen 1 wanted to be but it took another silicon revision to make it happen.

Nice Video. I did manage to get a Ryzen 7 1700 with the original cooler used for around 25€ including shipping. Thats a quite low price and its a good update for my collection. I think it has some value left when running at about 3,8 Ghz or mabye 4 Ghz allcore. Its a fine part of the history and iam glad to have one in my collection.

hey icebrerg, love your videos, keep it up!

This was my first Ryzen CPU! Went from an i7 4770 to this (kind more of a sidegrade gaming-wise, but eh) and was using it in my main PC until I upgraded to a Ryzen 7 5800 non-x (i.e. an Alienware rescue lol). One of those pieces of hardware I have sentimental feelings about despite its flaws. First gen Ryzen wasn't all that but it was still exciting as hell at the time, and it got the job done. Love your videos, keep 'em coming!

Nice content, i still rocking in a 1600x @ 4.7ghz, still holding up with my 2060 super. Love your vids btw!

its also good to remember the 7700k also often pretty easily overclocked to 4.9-5ghz under normal cooling. but man that 5775c with its larger cache for the day really punches above its years at times.

I got a 1700x when it came out coming from an i5 2500k. It used to be a very powerful CPU, but once I bought a 165hz monitor it was showing its age. Luckily the platform allowed for an easy swap of the CPU with just a BIOS update and I was able to buy a almost 5 year more modern 5700x instead which almost doubled my FPS (i then also upgraded the GPU) I am very happy I got that and my B350 board is still going strong, so kudos to AMD for making that happen. I hope similar things can be expected with the new AM5 platform!

I am delighted to see another first-rate Iceberg content portraying an old acquaintance of mine! The Veniamin of R7 Summit Ridge. I spent three very productive years with this component. Low power consumption, cool and quiet. I never mind the occasional bottlenecks caused by the CPU. It never effected the overall gaming experience. However and similar to what Iceberg highlighted, unless there are exceptional budget reasons... I would consider the Ryzen 3000 series the least suitable architecture for every AM4 mobo owner in 2023.

Interesting review Iceberg. Being one of the early adopters with the Ryzen 5 1600x and getting a good overclocked one as well. (4.1 ghz) For a scrappy build in late 2017 with a Rog Strix B350-f. Still using this board with a 2600X/16 gigs of G-Skill 3200mhz B-die. I have a CPU upgrade for it's future. Thanks for the video!

The old good Zen1, that "thing"...according to Intel...now we have more cores...

I think it's important to remember the 1700's primary competitor: The 7700K. Tech Press likes to remember the 8700K, but the 8700K didn't launch until AFTER Ryzen, so I appreciate your inclusion of the 7700 in this comparison. btw, to your comment about running a lower CAS with B-Die? Maybe. I had a 1700 and I had B-Die. Getting it to boot at the advertised 3200 14 was a challenge (often taking multiple attempts), and it became harder the longer I had it. When I finally retired the chip, it wouldn't run those settings. Period. I upgraded a couple years ago to a 3900X (the 12 core). That can boot my RAM at 3200 14 no problem.

I still have my 1700X. It's doing duty as my storage server with 8X2TB SSDs on the on board SATA and 8X 4TB HDD on an addon LSI HBA, and Windows Server Storage Spaces. It works very well. I get about 800MB/s transfer speeds from the SSD share with direct copies of large files, plus dedup rate of about 20 to 1 in the HDD Backup share.

Early adopter, I just put my 1700 which I bought on release in my parent's PC, and upgraded to a 5700x last year. I loved the 1700, and the 5700x has been phenomenal. I am so thrilled I got onto the Ryzen platform. TY for video.

i buyed a 1600 and a b350 motherboard as soon as the y became avalible in my country. used that combo from 2017 to about four months ago, when MSI release a beta bios for the B350M bazooka that make it compatible with ryzen 5000. right now im still using that b350m with a 5600. AMD an the legendary AM4 plathform is going to be forever in my heart, because here in argentina PC parts are very expensive and being able to upgrade only the CPU while conserving the mother and RAM is a big thing. now i have a cpu to last me another 5-6 years hahaha

Just recently upgraded my R5 1600, to an R7 5800X3D. That 1600 was a beast. I pushed it to 4GHz, 3466 CL14 fully stable on a Crosshair VI Hero (which, considering current high-end motherboard pricing, was a great value at $250). It served me well, but I can attest to it not aging the best. Even with my equally ancient RX480, my averages and especially 1% lows with this old GPU have climbed significantly. I always had this end-game CPU in mind, even back when I first built the system. That was the promise that AMD fortunately delivered about the longevity of AM4. I'm grateful that six years later, with just a CPU swap, my system feels wholly brand new.

The fact that you can update your BIOS and drop in a 5600X is a huge win for AM4.

Ah, The Ryzen 7 1700. The First AM4 CPU I ever bought, and ran with for 5+ Years. Different GPUs were thrown on it: The GTX 750 Ti, Various RX 400 and 500 Series Polaris GPUs, And the ASUS RX Vega 64 STRIX. Even Survived Various Coolers being thrown on it, such as the Stock AMD Wraith Spire and Wraith Prism, a Corsair H60, and even the Ever-Popular Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO. It was a TRUE Solder for First-Gen Ryzen, and, IMO, the BEST Summit Ridge CPU of all. Gaming wasn't its strong suit, but Multi-Tasking, Video Editing and Streaming... It got me into ALL of that without any significant fuss. Today, it's definitely left behind in terms of Gaming, but I believe it has its uses in Multi-Purpose workloads. And Don't forget the Upgrade Path! I'm still rocking the Same Motherboard I used the R7 1700 on: The MSI B350 PC MATE. It's now rocking a Ryzen 9 5950X with an RTX 3080 Ti on a Beta BIOS, but it runs at 4.5Ghz OC with an H100i V2, and the performance is just INCREDIBLE. Appreciate You Covering What is personally the BEST 1st Gen Ryzen Chip! Keep up the Amazing Work, Iceberg!

i went from 1600 to a 2700 pro (aliexpress is my friend) to a 3700x will end with a 5800x3d in a year or so. AM4 was so damn influential in the tech space honestly changed our pc future for the better forever.

I think it was a wise decision for me to wait 3 years for the intel 10th gen launch back in April 2020 to pick up the i7 10700K, probably the best CPU purchase of my life, i then use my previous build's GT 610 till the launch of the 30 series and then buy a 3070 on launch back in September of 2020

I'd love to see how to slightly refreshed Zen+ chips are handling modern gaming. Something like the 2700x maybe? Love the quality and presentation of your videos!

Nice video as always!

like reviewers back in the day said: Its a great cpu for content creators, who want to game, stream, and render scenes in Blender at the same time I think it still holds up to this day Especially for 120 bucks

thank you, i have the r5 1600 for my build in 2017 and i think it's time for something better, great video and great cpu's from amd :D

Bought a 1700 for around 160 from microcenter when it was pretty new. Coming from a FX8320 it was MASSIVE of an upgrade. I overclocked that 1700 to 3.9ghz easily and was happily gaming at around 120ish or higher in most games at the time. Eventually bought a 3700x because the main games I played were CPU bound and it was drop in solution. Sold the 1700 to a friend and made most the money back. AM4 was a great investment to me and I do not regret buying into it.

I bought a Ryzen 1700 two years ago, matching it with a B350 motherboard that came with a PCI slot - useful for mucking around with legacy stuff. It replaced a Phenom II x4 965 that I bought in 2012 - though that had seen some RAM & GPU upgrades over the 9 years. Realistically the most day-to-day stress this 1700 gets is running distributed computing applications through 'BOINC'. With the current BIOS the m/b will take anything up to a 5950X and another 32GB of RAM, so I think this set-up could realistically also last the best part of a decade before changing motherboard to whatever is current some-time in the late 2020s.

It is imprtant to note that Witcher 3 NExt Gen has a broken DX12 implementation. It actually uses CPU threads worse than the DX11 version.

I rocked a Ryzen 5 1600 until early this year like three months ago although the first gen of zen had it’s issues at the start it is definitely still a nice deal for a budget gaming/developer computer. I use a Ryzen 5 5500 now.

I'd love a video on the R5 2600! :)

I built a hybrid new/used ryzen 5 1600 rig in Jan 2021 it's my gaming setup..powered with an evga gtx 960 4gb. If ur not really playing AAA titles, nothing wrong IMO using Zen1 CPUs for gamin. I got my Ryzen 5 1600 and Asus Prime B350 Plus fro AliExpress, both were used. Ram I bought locally, new, 16GB 2 x8GB Gskill Flare X 3200Mhz CL14.

Got a Ryzen 1800x when it first launched with an x370 motherboard. 5 years later when AMD decided to support Ryzen 5000 on the x370 platform I upgraded to the R9 5950x and my PC became an amazing workstation, a 3x performance leap drop in upgrade from my 1800x.

The thing about Zen 1 was that they weren't designed to be long-term gaming CPUs, but long-term workstation CPUs. That makes them ideal for "retirement" into home servers and DIY routers running Debian or some other version of Linux. Not to mention, a lot of AM4 motherboards are getting their last updates, which should keep them usable for at least another five years. AM4 was a legendary platform, and I'm glad I started with the 1700.

Jumped for the 1800X when it first launched. It was fine for gaming, but it was a workhorse for multithreaded workloads.

Started out my PC building journey with a Ryzen 5 2600X and a GTX 1660. They served me very well on my crappy 75hz 1080p monitor for years. Just upgraded to a 5600X, rx6700XT, and much-higher refresh rate monitor. My AM4 experience has been fantastic and I don't regret it one bit. My plan is to skip AM5 and save money until 2027 for my next build.

Excellent video. I don't think anyone is surprised by these results. I know i wasn't. Zen 1 wasn't great for dedicated gaming on launch day and was more of a solid all around chip (and still is) especially at it's phenomenal price.

In general this tracks with my experience, I found my 1800x about the same performance as my 4790k that it was replacing on anything that didn't need the extra cores. But it did mean that I could keep discord up without having substantial issues on some games. All of them were bottlenecked by my Fury X. I replaced that with a cheap Vega 64 and then bought a cheap 2700x to get better ram compatibility when they went cheap, both improved my overall experience a lot with fewer random crashes that I couldn't track down exactly and some speed improvement. I picked up a 2080Ti when people were dumping them just prior to the 3000 series launch, and I got my 5800x3d late last year at retail from Microcenter, and that overall just changed my entire outlook. I've been pretty comfy for a while now. That has been my experience with the same motherboard and socket since shortly after the release of AM4 motherboards.

I remember buying my first zen cpu back in 2017, I ordered a R5 1600 and it came with 8 cores lol still have it sat in the box.

very diverse salvage coverage thank you. mb

i am enthusiasts also recently i have been trying to speak English but daeem your english is so amazing to hear 😮

I have this ryzen 7 1700 till this moment and happy to see some one review this after years thanks brother And I want now upgrade I think I will go with ryzen 9 7900 non x

a family member found a pc on the side of road last year. had a ryzen 51400. i was a on 4th gen i3. hell of a upgrade imo

I bought a 1500X a few months ago for $50 in-box with a Wraith Spire cooler. I am currently using it with a 2080 and I'm surprised how well it's actually keeping up. I have a 5600X on the way, but this 1500X has exceeded my expectations.

I made the mistake of buying a 4 core intel just before the first Ryzen's release. My render times were atrocious. A simple swap to AMD doubled my render speeds. Incredible what 4 more cores will do. Never went back to intel after that.

1800x @ 4GHz for many many years now! Love my 1st gen Ryzen ❤❤❤

I had the 1700 in May 2017 till March 2021. I don’t have much positive to speak on it to be honest. Especially the first 6 months was absolute hell with constant BIOS updates, broken RAM compatibility and limited overclocking options (i used an X370 board). I came from a 4790K and man do i regret selling that setup to go AM4. I finally got enough money to get rid of the 1700 and went back to Intel and haven’t had weird compatibility issues, BIOS updating every 3 weeks and more OC options to my liking. Learned a hard lesson on getting caught up in the hype.

Impressive to see the longevity of AM4 motherboards, giving the flexibility of gamers to upgrade older Zen 1 chipsets to the still relevant Zen 3 chipsets. With that said, unless if you're into Linux gaming, home server & emulation, it is best to avoid all Ryzen 1000 & certain Ryzen 2000 chipsets that are not compatible officially with Windows 11.

I just got hold of a 1700x to help a friend get a bit closer to the present day so thanks for the video, I can show him this vs the 4th gen i5 I gave him

Enjoying my Tuf 4090 and 12900KS but I love deep dives into the OG hardware

Iceberg Tech : Ryzen 7 1800X + Asus Prime X370-A + 2 x 32 GB GSkill Ripjaws DDR4 3600 MH/T CL16 here....running them at those speeds since 2017 when I bought the setup and had like the 5-th BIOS version (september 2017) preloaded on it. Since then I've been upgrading the BIOS quite regularly and have never had any issues with memory settings....and these Ripjaws aren't nearly widely compatible as for example Kingstons are. Since 2017 I've personally built over 200 Ryzen based rigs and I've only had memory issues on one board out of almost every single A320/B350/X370/B450/X470 that I've build upon....and that was Asus Crosshair VII Hero X470 which had a mind of its own when it comes to debugging codes and memory modules in conjunction with Ryzen 3000 processors....but probably was partially faulty on a hardware power delivery side, hence weird debugging issues.

Right now I am running an R7 1800X with an RX 590, B450 32GB DDR4 3000. The setup carried me through the Pandemic shit storm so it was certainly worth the $800 Cad ($600 US) I paid to build new back then. Good luck building in 2023 with that price point.

I had the "privilege" of using an R5 1600 on an MSI B350M Gaming Pro. The damn thing bluescreened CONSTANTLY. Maybe it was my inexperience with setting up drivers correctly. Maybe it was my insistence to run Windows 7 on it (despite there being official support for it). Maybe it really was just the motherboard as I eventually received a replacement unit from the retailer. Either way, the moment the second board came in and proved to be stable...is the moment I put up an ad selling it, and was lucky to get most of my money back as I only used it for a few months. I learned the hard way NEVER to bother with first generation products, no matter who they come from. Now Ryzen 2000...completely different story: Rock solid from day 1, and still in use in my secondary system. A pleasure to work with. Right now I would recommend a Ryzen 5 3600 CPU for those on a tight budget (in my country it's 80USD, tax included, brand new) or a Ryzen 5 5600 if the budget allows. The AM5 ecosystem, being only in its first gen, is...proving to be a minefield (sometimes literally XD), so until things are truly ironed out, I will continue to recommend AM4.

This is interesting to watch. I am going to be playing with a R5 1600 and R5 5600 this weekend, mostly because I had to buy the 1600 to upgrade the bios on my b450 motherboard to be able to run my 5600. It is neat to see what kind of performance difference I should see playing with both. I am upgrading from a fx8320, so I want to see how all 3 compare to each other, so I have run a few benchmarks of that one while waiting on the 1600 to come in(I already have the 5600 just can't use it until having the 1600).

Literally 12hrs ago I sold my Ryzen 1600 system. Took care of it as if it was my baby. Farewell my boy. I will miss you

I have a Ryzen 1700 in my secondary computer. I use it as my stream machine/Plex/Jellyfin server. For that purpose, it has been amazing.

Something is weird with the results. It could be slower than the haswells sure but to be even slower than sandybridge? Something is off. Tried doing 2x8gb config on the ram? Too much latency with four rams sticks might be skewing the results. Surely you won't run out of ram with 16gb on the test suite of games you used.

Luckly i decided to upgrade my setup in early 2019 and where able to pick up a 2700X instead of the 1700X, still rocking the same CPU 4 years later and it hasn't let me down so far for 1080p gaming and some video editing on the side.

You should review the S series Haswell chips (4770S, etc.)

I got a shitty HP Pavilion "Gaming" in 2019, I think it was a year or two old at that point because it came with the 1700. The RX 550 that it came with was swapped out for a GTX 1660 and I used that computer until 2021 where I swapped the parts to a new case. Used that 1700 until February last year when I found the right bios to upgrade to the 3700x. I still have the 1700 packed up in a box but whenever I need to use it, I can still use it.

Yo iceberg, whats the audio you use during the intro of your videos? Really like that sound.

Love the music.

I upgraded from a Q6600 Core2Quad, to a Ryzen1600. WOW! What a leap.

There are a few problems with the benchmark: 1- Ryzen 1st gen required that you install and enable a specific Windows power profile, for it to work properly 2- The Infinity Fabric clock is tied to the RAM clock, in 1st and 2nd generations. A 3000Mt RAM kit will cause the Infinity Fabric to run at 1500MHz. If you have the possibility, you should re-test this with an higher RAM speed.

I got my ryzen 7 1700 for under $200 around the time zen+ came out. I also have a ryzen 5 3600 in another build. the 3600 gets better single threaded performance, but the 1700 is pretty close in multithreaded tasks. I think I paid around $180 for the 1700. it's paired with an rx 580. Is it the best cpu you can get today? no. was there a time when it was kind of a stupid idea to get anything else? yes.

Had a 1700 myself but I had gone for an X470 board and I wanted to the better RAM compatibility that Zen+ provided. The 2700X was a great iterative CPU upgrade had higher clockspeeds and the stock CPU cooler was just great. Im now on a 5900X. I ended up selling my 1700 in the end. Kinda wished I'd kept it but I had no money back then being a student and needed it to buy other components and I have neither the room or time right now to get it into a rig to do something with.

Boy I still got my FX-8350 still chugging along with a RX 6600 crying on those 8x pcie 2.0 lanes. I'll never retire my pile driver!!!

Recently purchased an r5-4600g and an a520 board brand new for 75 and 70 dollars respectively. I could have bought a b450 board for the same money, but it was all going into an old dell case with atrocious airflow so I liked that the a520 board actually had heatsinks on the vrm. And the use case for it was never, ever going to include any overclocking or expansion. Possible in 4-5 years it would be upgraded to something like an r7-5700 but then again maybe not.

11:30 the best bang for buck CPU from Aliexpress got to be the R5 5500, which is like 78-80$ atm.

Some tips for TPM 2.0 error on Valorant on windows 11 for Ryzen 1st gen user. Get a TPM 2.0 module and enable the use of it on BIOS. Also enable secure boots.

I think it's worth noting that the 1700 had a TDP of just 65W and testing at 1080p not 1440 (though I know you did this because this puts more strain on the CPU), otherwise amazing video. I still use my day 1 1700.

I got the 1700 and rx 580 in 2017 for my gaming PC. The only thing I upgraded was adding a SSD.

Had mine at 4Ghz and Overclocked memory to 3600Mhz " it just ran dont ask me how" Paired with a GTX 1070. MSI x470 Pro Carbon Mono. Was a brilliant combo ! 1st gen ryzen flourished with fast memory !

I had this cpu when they first came out. They key to best performance was samsung b-die low latency ram synced to the infinity fabric. The 2000 series had a better memory controller, but getting the ram to 3200-3400 range helped gaming as it lowered the cross ccx latency

It was the start of something great, but even Zen+ is a much better buy these days for most things due to the improvements in cache (or was it memory?) latency that was one of Zen's big low points.

I still have one of these stashed away somewere, the IPC was nowhere near intel at the time but it was still a solid CPU.

You need to test the ryzen 5 4500. It’s quite close in price to a used 1700 and if you take into account that it’s brand new and comes with a stock cooler, it becomes a very competitive product with this chip.

Old vid, but I bought a 1700 + mobo + ram for $140 2 years ago and it was a great deal. At the time the cheapest cpus costed more than that combo, and now I can upgrade the system to a 5700x3d.

I just upgraded from the 1700 to a 5700x. Good thing is i still have my 1700. I'm gonna put it to some good use again soon.

I have a 1800x still , in a time where intel still only offer 8 power cores , it stil, offered mini. Lab and gaming potentials Forfar far less than intel, sure motherboards weren’t as good but it still rocked for less money , for 1080p. It’s still able to do 60frames on high. I’m upgrading to the 3950x for my lab with occasional gaming that will keep me going for a few more years

im using a r5 1600 for many years, overclocked to 4ghz and 2666ram but its oced to 3400mhz, 2x8 kingstone fury, on a asrock b450 and a 13 year old psu

I personally go with 2600 and 3600 for my budget builds, depending on what is available. As I understand it first gen Zen had some hickups.

This cpu is great for a home server. I run windows 11 on the machine and have 2-3 WSL instances running on it. It's also pretty good for ai tasks, like LLAMA CPP, and whisper ai. Also it's good for video encoding (ffmpeg). It's faster at encoding x265 video than my intel i5-9600k

Any chance of looking at ryzen 3000 chips next?

I had an i7 7700 but i regretted later for not going with AMD at the time because i could have just updated the bios and upgrade to a newer cpu later which was not possible with Intel and the only solution was to replace the board along with the CPU aswell and having 9th gen i3 CPUs giving the same or even better performance than my i7 7700 made it difficult for me to sell it at a higher price to get some of my money back

I used one for a NAS I built and it worked great. It was actually a budget chip I bought later. It's great because of low power consumption. Plus it's great for a Linux system like Mint or Ubuntu. The 1700x is a great little chip for it's time.

The biggest reason why prominent and many tech reviewers gave this CPU raving review even when objectively it was far from competitive against the top end CPUs of Intel it was also just good enough, was that the industry as a whole realize Intel needed competition in order to force Intel to innovate to compete. Unfortunately, for early adopters, this CPU never really delivered on the potential of many threads in terms of raw performance. Only people who adopted Zen3 and the Ryzen 5xxxx series are now reaping its full potential.

Looks like the 1700 is still doing fine for anyone still rocking an old 2017 build with something like an RX 580 or GTX 1070 or similar. I see little reason to upgrade for anyone not looking to spend a ton on a new GPU with decent RT performance.