Threadripper on Zen+ 32 Cores - Launching Q3 2018

[Vince]

The Post Office is going to get so mad if this big boxed Threadripper starts selling in masses

Man size CPU.... Man size box!

 

[doodah]

Damn AMD, way to disrupt the market with pricing like that.

4GHz all cores, GTFO

 

[Gerard]

The Post Office is going to get so mad if this big boxed Threadripper starts selling in masses

Theyre just press\review packages. The retail package for consumers is just this. https://www.overclockers.co.uk/amd-...hz-socket-tr4-processor-retail-cp-3al-am.html

 

[Panos]

There is no chance of any Threadripper doing 4.5ghz unless on LN2.

Heh, hope you saw the news today?
2950X boost clock 4.4 ghz.
4.3Ghz the 2920X,
4.2Ghz for 2970W and 2990X.
And these are AMD boost clocks with their aircooler!!!!!

 

[Panos]

$1299 v $1799 according to Anandtech for 24 v 32 which is ~£1,184 based on the OcUK price.

The 2950X looks interesting in both price and performance. 4.4Ghz boost clock with the attached aircooler!!!!!

It would only take a good monoblock and 360mm rad, let say one used in the Predator 360.... to push it to 4.5Ghz all core if not 4.6Ghz

Lets see what 8Pack can do with watercooling.

 

[darkwildchild79]

Yeph just got a notification about an hour ago, just thinking should i move over to AMD since there chips are looking interesting

 

[grumpybeard]

Def interested in the 2990WX, would be lovely for CPU dependent machine learning. Any recommendation(s) on board for this beast?

 

[Panos]

Yeph just got a notification about an hour ago, just thinking should i move over to AMD since there chips are looking interesting

I am tempting also to get the 2950X with the X399M Taichi on my birthday next month.
Seems great value for very long term.

@grumpybeard X399M Taichi looks a good board if you do not want to tap to the £500 quid ones.

 

[grumpybeard]

Cheers Panos, will check that board out

 

[Dirk Diggler]

I am tempting also to get the 2950X with the X399M Taichi on my birthday next month.
Seems great value for very long term.

I've got my eye on this too, just a pity there's no monoblock option. Surely the VRMs will need some help with the cooling?

 

[LePhuronn]

I've got my eye on this too, just a pity there's no monoblock option. Surely the VRMs will need some help with the cooling?

8 Pack has been saying the monoblocks have been poor at VRM cooling. So you may be better off leaving them as-is and blowing a fan over them.

 

[Dirk Diggler]

8 Pack has been saying the monoblocks have been poor at VRM cooling. So you may be better off leaving them as-is and blowing a fan over them.

I didn't know that, fair point.

 

[Panos]

I've got my eye on this too, just a pity there's no monoblock option. Surely the VRMs will need some help with the cooling?

X399M Taichi seems has pretty descent cooling solution when comes to VRMs

https://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/8532/asrock-x399m-taichi-amd-x399-motherboard-review/index10.html

The X399M Taichi has some of the best VRM performance I have seen from an X399 motherboard. While we did have light cooling going over the heat sink, the new huge heat sink does its job with ease.

Assuming there is a minor airflow towards the board if you have some good strong fans blowing air downwards into the case.
(damn glass sides, we cannot get anymore those big 400mm side fans to blow air in).

 

[crinkleshoes]

Tempted to use this for a new build.

Are there any X399 boards with onboard 10GbE?

 

[AMDPower]

The 2950x @4.4ghz boost wow. This i think could be the best price, performance and overclocking for gaming. If you can get this to 4.5-4.6ghz on all cores wow.

The problem is that most of the motherboards are not great in terms of power delivery. Just watch buildzoids new video about 32 core threadripper and these motherboards currently on sale. Not even the asus zenith extreme and gigabytes new video. The only one is the MSI board and even that is not geared for massive overclcoks.

so what board to buy?

 

[Dirk Diggler]

32 core isn't really aimed at gamers, more so the 16 core AFAIK.

 

[AMDPower]

32 core isn't really aimed at gamers, more so the 16 core AFAIK.

yeah you are correct, i just mean if you are using your platform for hard core gaming but also need all those cores for other tasks, this might be good compromise.

 

[Panos]

32 core isn't really aimed at gamers, more so the 16 core AFAIK.

X4 Foundation, like X Rebirth, is designed for 32 core CPUs. And more is better if you want a real living universe there.

 

[subbytna]

Intel getting spanked. Good stuff AMD.

 

[crinkleshoes]

Intel getting spanked. Good stuff AMD.

Maybe, maybe not.

I'll only truly be sold when they can beat the single core performance on my 5.2GHz 8700k

Epic single core performance & 32 cores = dream chip.

It's good work though & the 32-cores will be wonderful for rendering/etc