Tempted to start doing the same, getting a bit sick of the UK pricing myself. Hopefully I can snag something while I'm there.
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Tempted to start doing the same, getting a bit sick of the UK pricing myself. Hopefully I can snag something while I'm there.
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I'm assuming B550 will basically give you PCI4 and a greater chance of overclocking over B450? In which case I don't see the point in waiting and shelling out for most people?
What do you use all the silicone for? Are you performing illegal breast augmentation in your basement?
Not saying that you are wrong necessarily about the performance issues that may arise from multiple chiplets, but actually she wasn't clear at all about that.
Right after that PCIe gen4 bandwidth demo she says "AMD is pushing gaming beyond 8 cores and today I am so proud to introduce the new AMD ryzen 9 family...."
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Decision made. Going to get B450 MSI Tomahawk and 16GB of 3200 DDR4 now and get the best Zen2 chip I can afford when they're available for order. Even B550 will be way more expensive than B450 and I won't benefit from PCI4.
Get the Carbon. But why buy now you have 6 weeks at least wait to see what the X570 brings in terms of pricing.
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Worried the cheap B450s will sell out / become EOL.
I doubt it...wait two weeks then buy from rainforest...that gives you a month no quibble return.
Hell I bought my z390 mobo from there when I sold my 9900k they just refunded me for the mobo after 2 months
then they swapped my Corsair for some Flare X B die By all accounts I'd highly doubt that the B450 boards will go anywhere until Q4 this year, they haven't got a replacement available yet (B550) and for that matter I'd expect them to continue for a while after that even, as AMD will still be selling their Zen/Zen+ CPU'd for a good while yet.
Of course the 3800X will be 'thee' gaming chip for those that mainly game. But you know how Lisa loves gamers, and that includes content creators/streamers that will jump on the 3900X for that awesome stream quality and high quality footage.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitch.tv
I know a few streamers that are excited for the 12/16 core chips to throw into their Stream PC, though personally i think a stream PC isnt needed if you have a 12/16 core chip, i already get great quality with my 2700X.
Then there is also those that like the best of both worlds with a 1 PC setup for great gaming perf with great encoding power.
Lisa loves gamers.. all of them
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitch.tv
I know a few streamers that are excited for the 12/16 core chips to throw into their Stream PC, though personally i think a stream PC isnt needed if you have a 12/16 core chip, i already get great quality with my 2700X.
Then there is also those that like the best of both worlds with a 1 PC setup for great gaming perf with great encoding power.
Lisa loves gamers.. all of them
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Why would 12 or 16 cores ever be slower than 8 cores? I'm sure Lisa said that the 3800x is the fastest gaming chip purely because the 12 and 16 core parts are AIMED at more serious workloads. In the same way that the 2080ti is the fastest gaming GPU because the Titan RTX is AIMED at something more productive than gaming (despite the fact it's faster at gaming).
Because of chiplet to chiplet latency. Or something else technical above my pay grade. But mark my words. She made it clear the 12 and 16 were not gaming chips. and that the 3800x was the fastest in games.
I would imagine they want to A: Keep suspense going. B: Get all their threadripper ducks in a row first.
I don’t think she said that the 3800x was fastest in games...she said the 3800x was the gaming chip...
The 3700x will play games and so will the 3900x...
Well just have to wait on benchmarks...
You are right. She didn't "say it"
Also I am right. She "made it clear".
Just wait on benchies...
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Saying it's the chip for gamers doesn't mean it's the fastest gaming chip, just that it's the best balance for gaming. At least that's how I interpreted it.
