The difference between the engineering sample thread ripper's shown in the preview Alienware systems vs retail is about 4% increase. Which is nice.
AMD state they should score 3k in cinbench @ stock, which matches their own marketing & this vid after the swap.
I'm hoping upto around 3400 in Cinebench will be available with a 3.9ghz oc. Or possibly more on a fancy 8pack tweaked system.
I am still skeptical if the current gen of AIO's are making suitable cover of the TR4 Socket to remove the heat away quickly enough. It is a fact that the actual chips are not fully covered by the most effective parts of the coolers, and relying on the heat shield to transfer for part of the chips does not sit comfortably with me. I guess they work ok, just could and should be better. No doubt plenty more options will be available in time.
Although the dell systems are not for me, or I doubt the OCUK crowd, there are some positive things to be seen from what they have done.
Smallest TR4 Motherboard so far, which shows it can be done, and offers hope for those wanting tiny systems.
No silly RGB Fisherprice nonsense on the components.
Aspects of the build design such as the GPU brackets are good.
In my opinion, the case whilst may have been good, novel and effective for previous gens, does not have the ability to cool these HEDT systems sufficiently. Thread ripper just like X299 is likely to be a hot power hungry monster when pushed. Which is fine as they both perform awesomely in their respective scenarios.
sad 1950X inside that case. You could expect something better for $4K pricetag.
