I'm glad for AMD fans and good bang for the buck and for the price competition for neutrals like me... but I should learn by now not to buy into the AMD "leak" hype, it was the same with the 480X (which was "leaked" as a 1080 competitor).

From the excitement in the leaks I was hoping for AMD to push the bar up to or past the i7-7700k level and put Intel on the defensive, but alas no, for a simmer/gamer like me it's about i5-6500 level performance:

https://www.overclock3d.net/reviews/cpu_mainboard/amd_ryzen_7_1800x_cpu_review/19



i7-7700k@4.5ghz, GTX1080Ti,BenQ XL2420G-g-sync,Oculus Rift