Is there a Desktop Ryzen APU ?

[MrBlobby]

Coming out soon or out now ?

I want to make a silent PC using NOfan parts.

Thanks

 

[HeX]

A12-9800 excavator apu has just been released. The Raven Ridge APUs based on Ryzen and Vega are due later this year.

 

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

AFAIK,the Raven Ridge parts that will be first launched are apparently for laptops,and this is the first leak:

https://videocardz.com/71232/amd-ryzen-5-2500u-with-radeon-vega-graphics-spotted

Also the A12 9800E only has a 35W TDP since Bristol Ridge is based on the AMD laptop APUs.

 

[Martini1991]

Doubt they'd launch any deskton ryzen APU this year.

 

[AMDPower]

AFAIK,the Raven Ridge parts that will be first launched are apparently for laptops,and this is the first leak:

https://videocardz.com/71232/amd-ryzen-5-2500u-with-radeon-vega-graphics-spotted

Also the A12 9800E only has a 35W TDP since Bristol Ridge is based on the AMD laptop APUs.

is the A12 9800E released yet, because I cant see it anywhere to purchase?

 

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

is the A12 9800E released yet, because I cant see it anywhere to purchase?

It's on pre-order at one or two places.

 

[AMDPower]

It's on pre-order at one or two places.

Thanks

I am assuming any AMD AM4 motherboard would work with these? Really want to make myself a low power PC for just surfing internet and nothing else.

 

[MrBlobby]

Thanks the A12 9800 looks really good too and it's not too power hungry

 

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

Thanks

I am assuming any AMD AM4 motherboard would work with these? Really want to make myself a low power PC for just surfing internet and nothing else.

I assume so as they were the first AM4 CPUs,although OFC checking the CPU compatibility guide for the motherboard you are looking at.

Thanks the A12 9800 looks really good too and it's not too power hungry

It does not look too bad,but OFC remember its based on the final iteration of Bulldozer which is called Excavator.

IGP performance is not at all too bad.

 

[gavinh87]

Yeah it looks like a decent little chip.

 

[TallPaul1878]

That A12 9800 does look like a great little chip.

I have a few nephews who hanker for a "gaming pc" as well as their Xboxes and PlayStations. It's only to play PC exclusives like DOTA and CS:GO. Something like this would do the job.

I'm even more keener to see the Raven Ridge chips and if they are proper multithreaded and comparable to the Ryzen R5s. An APU with 4 cores, 8 threads and a halfway decent GPU onboard would be perfect for a lot of budget builds.

 

[Freebird101]

Very tempted by this as a stepping stone. From what I can tell there's not a huge improvement over Kaveri, the only real advantage is the bandwidth from ddr4 is that correct? But even so if AM4 is as future proof as AMD claim it will tide me over until Raven ridge appears and if that turns out to be a damp squib it could be switched for Ryzen and a dGPU when funds allow.
I know it's hard to gauge from the limited release so far and it depends on what the motherboards can handle but anyone have any ideas what the sweet spot for speed and amount of memory to go for with this APU? Want to try and do some 720-1080p gaming but trying to keep costs down and avoid spending for limited performance gain.

 

[HeX]

AFAIK the A12-9800 only supports 2400MHz max, you can push a bit further with BCLK overclocking. If you plan on switching it out for Raven Ridge in the future though you want to be grabbing some 2666MHz minimum, and TBH might as well just pick up some 3200MHz.