*** AMD "Zen" thread (inc AM4/APU discussion) ***

[Zeed]

Zeed Joins the Hype train

 

[Yaayuh!]

With quad channel not being supported, I'm taking it people are opting for 2*8GB or 2*16gb kits?

I'm either going for 2x16Gb or 4x8GB. I need to know which will be better for tuning/overclocking.

 

[iHATEMacs]

Not sure you read it right. It says in regards to that mobo that the way to get more life out of the AM3 cooler... is to switch it out for an AM4 cooler

When I read it like that, yeah it does actually seem like that. But what does it mean when they say "...makes it easy to fit with AM3/AM4 coolers..." and "...you'll get more life out of your previous cooler!" I'm now confused after you pointed that out.

 

[africanos23]

Anyone skeptical about the PCI-E lanes for SLI ?

 

[P.B]

I think the x stands for xfr which is where the cpu overlclocks automatically.
You should be able to overclock manually.

I know the tdp doesn't matter to cpus but it does with gpus as it wont exceed it is ryzen like that there must be a reason the 1700 is so much cheaper.

 

[labbby]

Anyone skeptical about the PCI-E lanes for SLI ?

A little bit but i have been running crossfire on the same for 4k gaming and haven't had an issue with that.

 

[karik666]

I know the tdp doesn't matter to cpus but it does with gpus as it wont exceed it is ryzen like that there must be a reason the 1700 is so much cheaper.

I think the only difference is the 1700 has a lower clock speed.

 

[P.B]

Zeed Joins the Hype train

What's the logic behind it? I'm waiting till more motherboards are out till I buy but I do prefer Asus most.

 

[Spec-Chum]

I'm either going for 2x16Gb or 4x8GB. I need to know which will be better for tuning/overclocking.

"Better"?

As long as the timings are the same you'll be fine with either. It used to be that using 4 sticks put more strain on the controller, so if you went 4 x 8 that may still be a thing, but I'm almost certain it's a non-issue now.

 

[Frozennova]

I know the tdp doesn't matter to cpus but it does with gpus as it wont exceed it is ryzen like that there must be a reason the 1700 is so much cheaper.

The extra £70 for the 1700x gets you 400mhz base clock, 100mhz boost and XFR

 

[Panos]

FYI
5.2Ghz, still the same F1 stepping on (F4 were the latest sample ones).

Spoiler

 

[P.B]

I think the only difference is the 1700 has a lower clock speed.

But should all clock the same. I'm hoping as they are all technically the same chip just different clock speeds a week to wait now

 

[five8five]

I think the x stands for xfr which is where the cpu overlclocks automatically.
You should be able to overclock manually.

It seems they all have XFR, even the 1700 so it's not entirely clear what the "X" denotes.

 

[P.B]

FYI
5.2Ghz, still the same F1 stepping on (F4 were the latest sample ones).

Spoiler

Damn at 1.875v is that on ln2 ?

 

[LoadsaMoney]

Its an 'Overclockers Dream'

 

[P.B]

It seems they all have XFR, even the 1700 so it's not entirely clear what the "X" denotes.

Same I thoughts it would be like intel's k prefix but still says it supports it

 

[karik666]

But should all clock the same. I'm hoping as they are all technically the same chip just different clock speeds a week to wait now

You will have to wait for reviews mate,ive heard people mention 28th feb is when the full nda lifts.

 

[labbby]

It seems they all have XFR, even the 1700 so it's not entirely clear what the "X" denotes.

Yep there is some quoted comment from AMD on this thread somewhere further back that the X doesn't stand for XFR it stands for something else but they aren't telling us yet. Will be interesting to find out what it stands for if it does indeed relate to something else.

 

[DragonQ]

Damn at 1.875v is that on ln2 ?

Another screenshot showed two programs displaying completely different voltage values for Ryzen, so we don't know yet whether that is accurate.

 

[FrozenShivers]

Damn at 1.875v is that on ln2 ?

Yes this was on LN2

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