AMD Zen 2 (Ryzen 3000) - *** NO COMPETITOR HINTING ***

[orbitalwalsh]

If I didn't have to you know, work and family and stuff I would so be on a plane to Taiwan just for the excitement. See the mobos hands on and watch the keynote in the Flesh.

been offered 3 times to be flown over , everytime new off spawn has just joined or is joining the family haha

Hope not - but won't be surprised to see them (really, hate that Biostar board with its 'afterthought looking' inclusion).

have a feeling Heatpipe may run from chipset to vrms - like boards of old or larger Heatsink design, as biostars is really really tiny ! Bit pointless as well since most GPUs blow somesort of airflow onto the heatsink - biostars would still take in warm air from a GPU...

 

[Plec]

been offered 3 times to be flown over , everytime new off spawn has just joined or is joining the family haha

I've told you before, Orbi, you shouldn't be made to suffer for your wife's poor ovulation timing. First time could be passed off as an accident, the second time an odd coincidence - but the third time in a row is taking the...

have a feeling Heatpipe may run from chipset to vrms - like boards of old or larger Heatsink design, as biostars is really really tiny ! Bit pointless as well since most GPUs blow somesort of airflow onto the heatsink - biostars would still take in warm air from a GPU...

Heatpipes would be my preferred - a neater, quieter and more elegant solution to what is hopefully a niche problem.

 

[Oblivion007]

I've got a Kraken X62, heres hoping it can handle an overclocked 12 or 16 core Zen 2 part! (Also I think I might need a new PSU).

I was looking to buy the Kraken x62 or x72 to cool an overclocked 12 core Zen 2. Currently have the original H80i and its served me well but I'm thinking I need a bit more cooling capacity.

 

[SiDeards73]

I have an EVGA CLC 280 and it keeps my 3.9Ghz All Core OC 1700 at around 28c idle and around low 50's under full load, put one on the kids 2600X as well, but its hard the EVGA Software doesnt read the temps off their B450 Carbon Gaming Pro correctly lol, i think though its running similar heat to my 1700 when i run HWInfo on their setup, thats with XFR etc enabled, the CPU boosts to 4.25/4.30 or something

 

[humbug]

4 year old Kraken X31

55c gaming, 65c encoding.

 

[ricid]

OK we need to talk about the elephant in the room...

Assuming leaks are more or less corerect:

Do you buy the "5Ghz" 12/24 when Ryzen 3000 launch.
Or do you wait for the "5Ghz" 16/32 ?

do we have any clue when that one might release? Because I am kinda tempted to wait.

I'll almost certainly opt for the 12, the question is do I hold off and wait for a price drop, or are they going to sell faster than they can push them out?

 

[beany_bot]

I'll almost certainly opt for the 12, the question is do I hold off and wait for a price drop, or are they going to sell faster than they can push them out?

Now is that impatience? Or do you want 12 cores instead of 16? or is it cost? or power draw?

 

[Illuminist]

I'm going for the 12 core as I want an increase on what I have (2700x) in cores. Plus I firmly believe the 16 core wont be 5ghz and will cost about £800 at least (half the price of the intel equivalent ), im on the fence whether the 12 core will also, maybe more like 4.5/-47 and it could even be the 8 core that will be 5ghz
Seeing as my 2700x clocks to 4.5 underwater (i think i got very silicon lucky) so another .5 ghz is not beyond the realms of imagination

 

[alec]

are they going to sell faster than they can push them out?

They will use every available die in Epyc. So there won't be surplus enough to drop prices in near future

 

[ricid]

Mixture of value & power draw, if the leaks are right there's a premium on the 16 core parts. I'll mostly be using it for audio so want a quiet system, plus I'm a cheapskate.
On a 2600k right now so either will be a huge step up for anything multithreaded and a decent bump for single threaded perf.

 

[ricid]

They will use every available die in Epyc. So there won't be surplus enough to drop prices in near future

That's a good point, I'd forgotten the dies are common between the two. Will probably jump on a pre-order in that case.

 

[beany_bot]

Do you think my 650W PSu would handle a theoretical 12/24 chip overclocked all core ~5ghz with a GTX 1080?

 

[Illuminist]

Do you think my 650W PSu would handle a theoretical 12/24 chip overclocked all core ~5ghz with a GTX 1080?

Probably but I Wouldn't wanna risk overclocking at all, if you have fans, hard drives, ssds, e.t.c e.t.c you are riding the razor blade bannisters

 

[beany_bot]

Probably but I Wouldn't wanna risk overclocking at all, if you have fans, hard drives, ssds, e.t.c e.t.c you are riding the razor blade bannisters

Well I'm not going to not overclock lol. I'll get a new PSU

 

[Illuminist]

Well I'm not going to not overclock lol. I'll get a new PSU

I think you are wise sir, no one should slide down a razor blade bannister unless they are changing gender anytime soon

 

[Journey]

Well I'm not going to not overclock lol. I'll get a new PSU

Meh, 650w is loads. You'd need to be pulling a consistent 350w+ for the system to be classified inefficient and even then you still have room to spare. Buy a new PSU if it is ancient, or you like wasting money.

 

[Illuminist]

Meh, 650w is loads. You'd need to be pulling a consistent 350w+ for the system to be classified inefficient and even then you still have room to spare. Buy a new PSU if it is ancient, or you like wasting money.

The 1080 will pull most of that 300w if its a 3 x 8 pin version let alone a 150+w tdp ryzen 12 core at 5ghz !

 

[MassiveJim]

I'm going for the 12 core as I want an increase on what I have (2700x) in cores. Plus I firmly believe the 16 core wont be 5ghz and will cost about £800 at least (half the price of the intel equivalent ), im on the fence whether the 12 core will also, maybe more like 4.5/-47 and it could even be the 8 core that will be 5ghz
Seeing as my 2700x clocks to 4.5 underwater (i think i got very silicon lucky) so another .5 ghz is not beyond the realms of imagination

£800 ?

surely they would price the R9 inline with the i9 it is marketed towards competing with, regardless of how many cores it has?
and isnt that Threadripper money anyway ?

 

[d_brennen]

Top 16c AM4 chip - £500 is my bet. £499.99 pre-discounted for you convenience

 

[Kelt]

Top 16c AM4 chip - £500 is my bet. £599.99 pre-gouged for you convenience

Fixed that for ya.