http://www.pcworld.com/article/3171161/components-processors/amds-ryzen-launches-march-2-outperforming-intels-core-i7-at-a-fraction-of-the-price.html
 
Ryzen is here. AMD said Wednesday that it plans a “hard launch” of its first three Ryzen processors on March 2, outperforming Intel’s high-end chips while undercutting its prices by as much as 54 percent. 
 
AMD executives confidently unveiled the first three desktop chips to attack Intel’s Core i7, supported by several top-tier motherboard vendors and boutique system builders. In many cases, executives said, AMD will offer more for less. The top-tier Ryzen 7 1800X will cost less than half of what Intel’s thousand-dollar Core i7-6900K chip does—and outperform it, too. You can preorder Ryzen chips and systems from 180 retailers and system integrators today.

Here's hoping real progress has just been revitalized!  Excited about this one.  
 
http://www.tomshardware.c...0x-1700-cpu,33709.html

I was about to pull the trigger on a new DAW build using the i7-7700k. Now I wonder if I should consider Ryzen. Any thoughts on how Ryzen might perform in a DAW environment?

I do hope it lives up to the hype and works on the DAW side of things.  Competition is what the CPU space needs.  
 
 

All I'm hoping is that I can get a used i7 cheap now! 

I've pre-ordered an 1800X and motherboard (and all the other components I need) for a new DAW build.  I'll be reporting on it's suitability as a Sonar-based DAW as soon as I get it built.

I hate to be doubter but AMD has touted "better than Intel" before and never delivered.

We'll have some information/figures soon.   

The reviews of this are definitely something to keep an eye on. The high-end ASUS MB for the 1800X is $250, so some real world builds will be interesting to see results from.

can't recall the source,  but when i was reading about the comparison stats, intel had better hyperthreading and other features. i switched to amd a long time ago for a few years, then came back to intel.  even tho some speeds and benchmarks may be close to each other, imo the intel has the edge on amd, but I can't say exactly why.  it just seems to run smoother.