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Re: AMD Ryzen 3000 announced

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Wouldn't that be the domain of ThreadRipper?

Using PCPartPicker as a reference [0], it looks like ThreadRipper bottomed out at 8c/16t with the 1900X. So I guess there's general overlap between Ryzen and TR in AMDs lineup there? [0] https://pcpartpicker.com/products/cpu/#s=63

Yeah, I'm guessing the general overlap is because Ryzen and TR run on different sockets (AM4 and TR4, respetively). The 1900X is an economic solution to get your own TR4 platform running and then you can upgrade it to some monster 32C beast of a processor, when you really need the extra CPU power.

Re: AMD Ryzen 3000 announced

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Looks like that 499 will include a cooler too. Id probably not use it (liquid cooling is better imho) but an included cooler is a perk.

It is amazingly cheap (compared to the intel's 1.1K), wonder what could be the reason behind it.

They probably have something secret to counter intel in the 1k range. Probably 128 cores spread across a square-foot of silicon. Enough output that you can boil your coffee while gaming.

Re: AMD Ryzen 3000 announced

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Biggest surprise seems to be the 65W 8/16 3700X. Hopefully that means a bit of overclocking headroom.

Considering that the 105W 8/16 3800X only gains 300MHz base and 100MHz turbo for the extra 40W, I'm not sure that's the case. Still almost certainly what I'll be replacing my 4790k with though

Re: AMD Ryzen 3000 announced

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It will be interesting to see whether they can match Intel in single-threaded performance across the board, and not just some carefully-selected benchmarks. This would be the first time since the Core2/Athlon64 days.

I'm begging for a good single threaded CPU that isn't $600

Read that often here tonight. Is there a killer app for single core performance other than UI/UX?

Re: AMD Ryzen 3000 announced

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Wouldn't that be the domain of ThreadRipper?

Not if AMD's looking to remove ThreadRipper from their product stack, and segment their server chips a little more.

Unlikely though. TR is AMD's only HEDT presence (qual-channel, high core count). X570 chipset will likely s be dual-channel memory, limiting to 64GiB, seems still positioned for mainstream. Intel currently have very high price HEDT offering, hard to see how AMD is going to give up that market. Probably after Rome?

Re: AMD Ryzen 3000 announced

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I watched the keynote live.

I'm sold, my desktop is most likely going to be a Ryzen (although not the 8/16 monster, come on, it's a desktop, if I need high core count, I have stuff at work for that).

Re: AMD Ryzen 3000 announced

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Finally! I’ve been using a Ryzen 1800x since it’s release. Unfortunately, it has some stability issues and I’ve been waiting to upgrade on the Ryzen 3000, 7nm line.

This is going to be a solid 75%+ boost to performance, given I regularly max out my machines threads. Pretty amazing improvement in 2 years.

Re: AMD Ryzen 3000 announced

#29

Looks like that 499 will include a cooler too. Id probably not use it (liquid cooling is better imho) but an included cooler is a perk.

It is amazingly cheap (compared to the intel's 1.1K), wonder what could be the reason behind it.

Intel is just woefully overpriced?

Re: AMD Ryzen 3000 announced

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Looks like that 499 will include a cooler too. Id probably not use it (liquid cooling is better imho) but an included cooler is a perk.

I'd say it's more relevant for something like the 3700X - air cooling is very reasonable for a 65W TDP chip.

You can get practically silent air coolers for ~$40 now too. The only reason I would do liquid cooling now is for the fun of putting one together.
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