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AMD to unveil Zen 4 CPUs at CES 2022

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Why was this even a quetion? I've lost count how many time AMD have said B650 will support CPU and memory overclocking, do people just like spreading misinformation?
tbf with B650 having 2 models I was wondering if overclocking would be restricted after all Intel restrict overclocking on lower boards happy AMD havent followed
 
On billibilli they are saying zen4 thermal throttles, 7950x tries to but can't maintain 5ghz all core as it bounces off the 95c thermal limit. 7600x gets up to 90c. This is using a 360mm AIO cooler on both chips. The 7600x pulls 120w and 7950x 230w, both chips stock. They're also saying Raptor lake runs cooler than zen4 (82c for a engineering sample 13900k on same 360mm AIO) - which I suppose makes sense, AMDs small chiplets means it has a higher heat density and iirc AMD said zen4 chiplets are even smaller than zen3 which means again more heat density

I expect the 13900k to be way cooler than the 12900k at same wattage.

And yes, zen 4 will be hot. As long as it doesn't throttle, it's fine.
 
Overclocking? Chips nowadays are already pushed to the limits out of the box and using more power so not much to overclock for everyday use them days are pretty much gone

it's moving onto different ways to increase performance

 
Features like PBO have made overclocking redundant for most people.

I remember watching a video from Hardware Unboxed who were overclocking a Zen 2 chip and while it could be overclocked performance in things like games and lightly threaded applications was worse then what you could achieve with PBO. After watching that video I bought a 3600 CPU but I've never bothered with overclocking it and just left everything at auto (besides memory speeds).
 
Not really, no. I expect minimal differences between a 360 custom WC and a freezer 34 on a 7600x.
Alh now thsi si where you should no what to do, as you like to say, just have to tune teh system, a little PBO, a bit of curve optimiser and set some PBT EDC values and off you go, temp reduction and higher clocks
 
Looks like AM5 boards take a while to boot up the first time and the amount of time depends on the type of RAM you put in with some configurations resulting in the first boot taking 6 minutes
 
It seems like that is something that could be fixed or greatly improved with a bios update as the auto voltage setting is too aggressive.

I'm guessing that the bios is still a pre-release/beta and being updated before Zen 4 launch.
 
Get your water cooling ready guys, we have cinebench scores for different coolers and its a doozy.


7950x cooled with air cooler, thermal throttling and ends up with the same R23 score as my 5950x on PBO





Then same CPU but with 360mm AIO cooler, 20% higher performance just from better cooling and no more thermal throttling.


I very much doubt anyone would be buying a 7950x and using anything less than a 360mm AIO.
 
Although the newer platform is better, it simply seems like most consumers won't need it?
Ryzen 5000 already is not bottlenecking anything in gaming, it is very fast for professional work too plus we have the very competitive intel 12 series too.
I dunno if it is just me but both 13th gen and Ryzen 7000 seem superfluous? At least at this current time.
 
Features like PBO have made overclocking redundant for most people.

I remember watching a video from Hardware Unboxed who were overclocking a Zen 2 chip and while it could be overclocked performance in things like games and lightly threaded applications was worse then what you could achieve with PBO. After watching that video I bought a 3600 CPU but I've never bothered with overclocking it and just left everything at auto (besides memory speeds).
I want x58 overclocking back.
 
I would expect a 7950x to work just fine with a high end air cooler. If it *requires* a 360mm AIO then it’s going to be ridiculous. Not everyone wants an AIO - even high end builds. I always prefer a good air cooler personally.
 
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