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*** AMD "Zen 4" thread (inc AM5/APU discussion) ***
Caporegime
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You'd be a fool to buy one of these cpu's at the moment. Cost of the chip, mobo and ram makes an upgrade stupid. No B series boards yet and X series boards are way overpriced for the spec.
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not if you're on 5-6 year + old tech or looking for a brand new build - unless the 5000 (and the motherboards) come down a lot in price which doesn't look likely rn
Real launch is on October 4 
www.pcgamer.com
In theory, a USB4 controller could be included on B650/B650E boards, I'm guessing it's unlikely though...
AMD to showcase mid-range B650 motherboards on October 4
If the high prices of X670 turns you off, these will be the boards for you.
In theory, a USB4 controller could be included on B650/B650E boards, I'm guessing it's unlikely though...
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Thanks mate, I guess this really does solidify that if I jump ship it will be when the x3D chips come out.
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on a 1700. 5900x is the best upgrade for me. Don't have a top end gpu so not going to see much in the way of difference in games (current system is fine for games) but want more HP for davinci resolve.
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If anyone bags a a zen 4, let me know if the igpu can do 4k 120 at 444 chroma/rgb. Not for gaming!
So basically, the 6 core chips are good but the 6 core chips from the previous gen offer a better bang/buck, the 8 core chip is the sweet spot but the 3D version next year will be better, and the 12/16 core chips are kinda scam-ish. Essentially the 7000 series story is the same as the 5000 series story was xD
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@Bencher stop, please stop ffs....
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Yeah..... The 3D stacked cache is monstrous for Star Citizen, and a few other games.
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They should do them again for that....
Of course they will, more videos = more income for them, any band wagon they can jump on is good for their business.
I mean hell, look at all the videos that come out in the lead up to releases, all the 'rumours' - a new video every few days about 'what if'... worse than the news nowadays
Anyway, personally i'd love some more cpu intensive games tested to see how they stack up in games I play!
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What makes you thing they didn't do those at the same time and are just sitting on NDA?
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I'm in for a 7950X on an X670E board. I've been without a PC for over 2 years now for a number of reasons, but jumping back in. I only game around 30% of the time, so most of my other workloads are in the "Productivity" lane. The reason for X670E is that I generally repurpose my old desktop platforms for my NAS/Server, and will need at least 3 PCIe slots, a bunch of M.2 and having 2.5G or 10G onboard will be useful (although I know a dedicated NIC is usually better), as well as USB 4.0.
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What makes you thing they didn't do those at the same time and are just sitting on NDA?
Oh that's right, they already have those review samples...
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Fun finding is that pretty much all the reviews you saw today were done on configurations that would put you out of warranty. Configurations sent via the review guides and kits by the vendor itself. New trend incoming.
