Ryzen 7 1800X and 1700X have come down in selling price. We can get Ryzen 7 1800X for $350 at the local Micro Center (when on sale -- which it has been more than once). I paid $500 for my Ryzen 7 1800X.

Thinking of my wife's new PC intending to use Ryzen (which is cost effective). Checked DDR4 memory.

Wow! Fast DDR4 increased in price since I bought my 32GB for about $280. That exact make-model DDR4 is selling for $500 now. One can get fast 16GB DDR4 made for AMD Ryzen for $175 on special sale -- that still adds up to $350 for 32GB.

They say the increased DDR4 costs have several reasons -- including cell-phones starting to use it in large quantities.

But, that makes "right now' maybe not a good time to upgrade -- unless one really needs to do it. I'm putting it off until next April/May and see what happens to prices. Some say they will go back down. We'll see.

I'm still waiting to see some Vega 64 custom cards to choose from (at a reasonable bang per buck). As noted in posts above, one can get a Vega Reference model for normal list price (not sale price). Most sell above list.


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