*** AMD ThreadRipper ***

[FloppyPoppy]

It's a LGA chip rather than a PGA chip, so the pins are on the MB rather than the chip.

Oooh awesome! i do much prefer socket pins. Although pins on chip are in my eyes much easier to straighten if you do mess it up.

 

[Doogles]

Oooh awesome! i do much prefer socket pins. Although pins on chip are in my eyes much easier to straighten if you do mess it up.

But motherboards are cheaper than the chip.

 

[Thekwango]

But motherboards are cheaper than the chip.

Not necessarily!

 

[AthlonXP1800]

https://gigglehd.com/gg/hard/1158606

First picture of AMD Ryzen Threadripper X399 motherboard! Phew what a very long name.

Mother of god the socket LGA 4094 is MASSIVE!

So zero chance for ITX motherboard for MASSIVE 16 core AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1998X CPU.

 

[RSR]

Looks like the IO on these Asrock MB's are packed out. So it looks like there is no issues there.

Also what is Ultra M.2? I assume it's just marketing?

 

[Minstadave]

Ultra M2 is just ASRocks name for PCI-E 3.0 M2 slots.

 

[RSR]

Also it looks like they support 64 PCIe 3.0 lanes which is just huge!

 

[RSR]

Ultra M2 is just ASRocks name for PCI-E 3.0 M2 slots.

Ahh ok. Thank you.

 

[Minstadave]

Also it looks like they support 64 PCIe 3.0 lanes which is just huge!

Yeah the spec is pretty beastly, just need to see the price.

 

[Jeps]

Jesus christ that socket is gargantuan! Imagine what a dual socket board would look like!

 

[Dianbobo]

So zero chance for ITX motherboard for MASSIVE 16 core AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1998X CPU.

I'm sure asrock will have a crack

 

[FredFlint]

Wonder if Am4 coolers will work? don’t now if the block will be big enough on normal coolers?
ASUS X399 ROG ZENITH EXTREME: http://www.overclock.net/t/1624603/rog-crosshair-vi-overclocking-thread/17840

 

[benjii]

It's just getting better and better for AMD, as long as Thread Ripper is competitive in performance and price. The 18 core Intel CPU is $2000 and Skylake-X and Kabylake-X aren't soldered. Intel have gone off their rocker. It seems as if Intel were taken by surprise with AMD's offerings and are too far into production to change anything.

 

[Burr]

It's just getting better and better for AMD, as long as Thread Ripper is competitive in performance and price. The 18 core Intel CPU is $2000 and Skylake-X and Kabylake-X aren't soldered. Intel have gone off their rocker. It seems as if Intel were taken by surprise with AMD's offerings and are too far into production to change anything.

WTF? $2000 chip with crap thermal material? That's shocking if true.
And this socket is huge - love it! Could be a 2 handed install required.

 

[RSR]

Oh wow!

https://rog.asus.com/articles/maxim...ming-for-amds-monster-ryzen-threadripper-cpu/

This is looking good! 10Gb Ethernet out the box.

 

[SupraWez]

Like the look of those boards, when is this due out as could be building another AMD box

 

[JBuk]

WTF? $2000 chip with crap thermal material? That's shocking if true.
And this socket is huge - love it! Could be a 2 handed install required.

2 handed?

You need to hire a crane

 

[benjii]

WTF? $2000 chip with crap thermal material? That's shocking if true.
And this socket is huge - love it! Could be a 2 handed install required.

We don't know if the 18 core chip is soldered or not, it is $2000 though. We do know that all the Skylake-X and Kabylake-X chips due for imminent release aren't soldered.

 

[Panos]

WTF? $2000 chip with crap thermal material? That's shocking if true.
And this socket is huge - love it! Could be a 2 handed install required.

I wonder if AMD 16core will be priced around £1000.
If so and there is added perf with quad channel over dual channel ram over the infinity fabric, I bet it will sell like hot cakes

 

[Burr]

Oh wow!

https://rog.asus.com/articles/maxim...ming-for-amds-monster-ryzen-threadripper-cpu/

This is looking good! 10Gb Ethernet out the box.

Holy Scaramanga Jones that mobo is BUUUTEEFUL!

2 handed?

You need to hire a crane

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