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So you're not the target market for the 5800X3D then.
Well no, not really. You don't want to upgrade your CPU to the de facto gaming CPU, you "just" want a modern CPU. Compared to your 1700 you have everything from a 5600X all through to the 5950X (motherboard permitting). You may want to stay with 8 cores, but you don't need a gaming powerhouse. You may want to move to 12 cores. Your budget may only stretch to 6 cores, but they are better cores.
That's not what's been said. AMD have allegedly asked to remove overclocking. That's not AMD demanding and enforcing a removal of overclocking.
Asked is just a polite way of being told. AMD also removed the "unlocked for overclocking" on their own product page which is clearly there for all the other chips so there must be a good reason why they don't want this chip overclocked as AMD doesn't normally restrict their products.
And AMD asked vendors not use 16MiB ROMs and rubbish VRMs for 300 series boards, yet look what happened.
But it's still 2 lumps of 32MiB cache strung together via IO die. The entire point of the stacked cache is you get a shed load more cache directly in place. Yes, there is a latency penalty, but it's nothing compared to jumping across the IF.
AMD have never locked down overclocking before on any AM4 ryzen or threadripper CPU so for them to do so for this CPU would imply they must have a valid reason and likely relating to the cache.
Yes, but that's 32 MB per CCD I believe so it can't access all 64 MB at once as far as I understand it.
