*** AMD "Zen" thread (inc AM4/APU discussion) ***

[opethdisciple]

we should know a lot more in the next 4 weeks. Isn't launch meant to be March?

 

[Curlyriff]

No problem waiting for more info. I mean the tease we had back in mid December certainly showed promise that it at least matches Intels current offerings so would depend on price.

I am honestly looking forward to next year maybe being able to build an all AMD machine if it works out but will have to see how things go. Given up with games that have PhysX in as they are done badly and honestly don't look great.

So yeah from what has been seen would rather wait for them to firm down the core speeds, drivers, motherboard bios requirements, RAM support etc and release it with on the day reviews.

Short of not having a working PC at all I feel it would be prudent for people to wait and see for this release.

 

[nashathedog]

I'm waiting for launch. If they don't show up it's coffee lake q1 2018 6 core.

That's pretty much when I'll upgrade from my 4790k if AMD doesn't have anything to entice me, I'm pretty sure they will have though.

 

[d_brennen]

When is the NDA lifting?

That's confidential

 

[opethdisciple]

Personally I want a cpu which is fast enough out the box to not need to do any manual overclocking.

 

[Curlyriff]

Personally I want a cpu which is fast enough out the box to not need to do any manual overclocking.

But that would always be relative to your experience and what you feel is "fast enough"

To the point where if you take the CPU's now and a TXP for instance and game at 4K then your GPU will be bottleneck not your CPU. So does that mean the stock CPU is fast enough for you?

 

[DragonQ]

The i7-920 was "fast enough" out of the box, it just had stupid overclocking potential on top of that. Those days are gone though, with 4+ GHz stock speeds. I'd actually prefer a slower CPU that overclocks a lot since it'd be cheaper.

 

[Legend]

Personally I want a cpu which is fast enough out the box to not need to do any manual overclocking.

Uh? Under what circumstances would you boot up with a stock modern CPU and find it too slow for your needs before you OC'd it?

 

[Freddie1980]

Looking forwarded to the MITX AM4 baords, decent Intel ones carry a huge premium so I'm hoping AMD offers some value in this area.

 

[Yaayuh!]

I have money sitting there for an upgrade.... must.....hold on.



HURRY UP AMD.

 

[Poneros]

You don't really need to overclock for games tbh, most gain you'll get is ~10% compared to stock in 99% of games. GPU is still where most money should go for the biggest gain.

 

[opethdisciple]

Uh? Under what circumstances would you boot up with a stock modern CPU and find it too slow for your needs before you OC'd it?

I was referring to gaming. But appreciate that this is based on resolution.

 

[ltron]

I totally agree, I am seriously debating a 7700k upgrade from my 3770k. I'm worried the silence from amd, so close to launch is not good. Surely, if this is so brilliant, they should be shouting about it and stopping people buying Intel?

That's never been AMD's modus operandi unfortunately. They always believe that silence is the best policy when it comes to substantive details.

 

[humbug]

 

[Finners]

Looks alright except for the colour and placement of the USB 3.0 header

 

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

2933MHZ DDR4 RAM support - thought AMD could only support 2667MHZ DDR4??

 

[humbug]

2933MHZ DDR4 RAM support - thought AMD could only support 2667MHZ DDR4??

oh...... noooooooooooose

 

[DragonQ]

2933MHZ DDR4 RAM support - thought AMD could only support 2667MHZ DDR4??

No, that was just a single motherboard's spec that people extrapolated to mean "AMD's IMC can't handle over 2667 MHz DDR4".

 

[djbully]

I still cant quite believe that these things are going to have pins on them...
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[Yaayuh!]

The stick-on carbon, "Racing" and "Vivid LED DJ" is tacky and cringeworthy.