AMD Ryzen Threadripper Spec Leaks

These prices are going to leave the door open for Intel HEDT with a better performing IPC and substantially higher clocks . Was really hoping to see the 32 core come in at under 1500 USD.
 
Its fair that they aren't cannibalizing their previous threadripper prices. It'll be awhile for Microcenter to discount the new 16 core parts to $550. (Current 1950x is $650)

There are some really neat motherboards to be had for this launch. That doubled 8 phase MSI one looks pretty sweet.
 
KarsusTG said:
250w seems like a lot for even a pro-consumer socket. You would need at least a 240 radiator to keep it cool at stock.
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Na, 250w is not that much for a board IF it is built with that in mind. This new MSI board I am using, the MEG X399 Creation, will handle up to 500W CPU Socket Power, and it seems reliably. As for stock 250w socket power, you can do that with an air cooler.

 
180W on the lowest model without overclocking ...
These arent aimed at gamers, thou hast to be serious!
 
KarsusTG said:
250w seems like a lot for even a pro-consumer socket. You would need at least a 240 radiator to keep it cool at stock.
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To early to say, but I actually think it'll be fine at stock on a quality air cooler (not sure about with PB2 though..) People were saying the same of overclocked 1950x chips and air coolers.

I think the increased surface area of Threadripper CPUs really help its case here.
 
250W TDP. Yeesh.

Intel better get things going smoothly soon, though, or they're going to find themselves suddenly lagging behind.
 
Guess Kyle did not time travel into the future and come back with the answer to what the "W" in the model name means. :cry:
 
IF 4.4Ghz Boost and a possible XFR to 4.55Ghz on the 2950x are the speeds this will be nice to see boost to performance for low thread applications over even the 2700x. If these primo dies are capable of those speeds, I could actually see AMD squeeze out a 2800x with similar clock speeds (3.8Ghz/4.4Ghz/4.55Ghz) as a response to the Intel 9-Series Launch coming up.
 
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I'll take an 8 core 2900 at $499, please.

Or wait. Is that basically the 2700x? Seems like their lineup is pretty well segmented, then.

Im not super familiar with AMD yet. But they are drawing me in...
 
craigdt said:
I'll take an 8 core 2900 at $499, please.

Or wait. Is that basically the 2700x? Seems like their lineup is pretty well segmented, then.

Im not super familiar with AMD yet. But they are drawing me in...
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If that existed you’d basically get it for more PCIe lanes, perhaps quad instead of dual channel ram, stuff like that.
 
jfreund said:
Impressive overall, but disappointing the 12 core has a lower boost than the 16 core chip.
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It's probably necessary given that the 12 core is the lowest bin out of the top 5% or whatever that make it to TR4/SP3 instead of AM4. For all we know the dies in it aren't any better than a 2700X. For AMD it makes a lot of sense because the 16c32t 1950X outsold its cheaper siblings substantially. Some people opted for the 1920X but almost nobody bothered with the 1900X.
 
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TechPowerUp says Intel is paper-launching the 9000-series August 14. Volume in Q4'18, "at the very earliest by October."
Probably better for gamers because of the better single-thread performance:
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Dayaks said:
That’s not even the same market segment and this thread is about AMD.

And that’s what I need... Intel and more of their security nonsense. Who knows where the single thread will end up.
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Totally Agreed that post is Off Topic.
 
Hmm $1800 isnt too bad for the 2990wx. Now I need to see what type of sff workstation I can build and how much it will cost.
 
///AMG said:
Hmm $1800 isnt too bad for the 2990wx. Now I need to see what type of sff workstation I can build and how much it will cost.
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I'm already over $5+k into my 2990X build prep and I haven't even decided on the case and the rest of the cooling...I think my build log will be titled "Ouch! My ass! hurts"
 
Neapolitan6th said:
Asrock X399 micro ATX inside a Chimera Cerberus 18 liter mATX case?
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Wow, I am really interested looks similar to the ncase m1 which I love. This might be the case for me.

notarat said:
I'm already over $5+k into my 2990X build prep and I haven't even decided on the case and the rest of the cooling...I think my build log will be titled "Ouch! My ass! hurts"
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I just started looking 5 mins ago. I already have an idea what I want but I dont think I'll reach 5k on it. Probably around 4k though, its mostly going to be a workstation to crunch simulations.
 
The 4.4 ghz boost clock on the 2950x looks very tempting! Price is better as well compared to the 16c/32t previous 1950x being at $899. Hope these are accurate.

Will be interesting if AMD has some gaming modes for the higher core count versions, 2970wx and 2980wx to allow faster clock speeds but with less cores. Just for the folks who want to do it all on one machine, otherwise it would probably make more sense to have multiple machines tuned best for what you are doing.
 
Iratus said:
The Dual Socket Epyc version of that 2950x would be amazeballs.
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For the record, 32 core EPYC is available (Zen). The next EPYC will be Zen 2, so it seems like we won't see a Zen+ EPYC. And EPYC won't run at those clock speeds. There's a whole thread arguing how many cores that Zen2 EPYC will have. So you might be looking at some 128 core dual socket build according to some with Zen 2.
 
///AMG said:
Wow, I am really interested looks similar to the ncase m1 which I love. This might be the case for me.



I just started looking 5 mins ago. I already have an idea what I want but I dont think I'll reach 5k on it. Probably around 4k though, its mostly going to be a workstation to crunch simulations.
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My initial list was
CPU - AMD 2990X - $1800-ish
Corsair Vengeance LPX 128GB DDR4 DRAM 3600MHz C18 Kit, Black - $1800
ASUS ROG ZENITH EXTREME AMD Ryzen Threadripper TR4 DDR4 M.2 U.2 X 399 E-ATX HEDT Motherboard - $428.50
CORSAIR AXi Series, AX1200i - $314.56
(8) CableMod ModFlex Right Angle SATA 3 Sleeved Cables (Red) 30cm - $63.20
CableMod PSU Cable kit $99.99
(1) Samsung 960EVO 500GB M.2
(1) Asus Strix 1080Ti OC - Already have
(3) HGST 8TB HDDs - Already have

but now that I saw it, I want the EK-FB ASUS X399 GAMING RGB Monoblock to cool the VRMs as well as the CPU, which will require purchasing all the crap to do a custom loop. If I go that route I may as well get a block for the 1080Ti as well so now I need to either buy a second loop for the card or get some ungodly-large radiator which means I need an even larger case. (I won't be using my spare TT Core P200)
 
tayunz said:
For the record, 32 core EPYC is available (Zen). The next EPYC will be Zen 2, so it seems like we won't see a Zen+ EPYC. And EPYC won't run at those clock speeds. There's a whole thread arguing how many cores that Zen2 EPYC will have. So you might be looking at some 128 core dual socket build according to some with Zen 2.
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I'm also hearing that Epyc will have 64 cores...that's just nuts, lol. AMD is really puttin down the hammer this year
 
tayunz said:
For the record, 32 core EPYC is available (Zen). The next EPYC will be Zen 2, so it seems like we won't see a Zen+ EPYC. And EPYC won't run at those clock speeds. There's a whole thread arguing how many cores that Zen2 EPYC will have. So you might be looking at some 128 core dual socket build according to some with Zen 2.
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There's absolutely a market for very high clock speed multi CPU. There's a reason the Platinum Xeon's are so expensive.

They'd be silly if they didn't do something with these clocks in a server board. Even for the (lots of) niche user cases out there, the cloud vendors would LOVE them.

I need 32 cores of the fastest CPU I can get (the current ones are too slow) and getting the extra dimm slots of the dual CPU is great. More cores and I just hit the software limit on my software.
 
From a stock clock perspective, I'm liking that 2950x.

Thing is, I have absolutely no need for 32 cores. I do run some VM's, but only very rarely do I render or encode.

I wonder if you have hardcore cooling, like a good custom water loop, if they all overclock to the same peak clock anyway, or if you'll hit higher clocks with the lower core counts.

Side note: It feels really weird to refer to 16 cores as "lower core count"
 
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Wonder how the 2950X would do with all cores sync'd. If it maintained that 4.4 turbo that would be pretty nice.
 
Crazy thought, but maybe AMD didn't release an 8/16 TR4 CPU because the 12/24 CPU replaced it in the TR4 lineup.

My meaning being maybe there really is a 10-12 core AM4 2800X part out there to combat Intel's Z390 8 core part.

I'm pretty sure its been debated here many times why that would not be a possibility, but it does make me wonder! AMD certainly wouldn't want an 8 core TR4 2000 series CPU if they knew they had a 12 core AM4 CPU in the pipeline.
 
Neapolitan6th said:
Crazy thought, but maybe AMD didn't release an 8/16 TR4 CPU because the 12/24 CPU replaced it in the TR4 lineup.

My meaning being maybe there really is a 10-12 core AM4 2800X part out there to combat Intel's Z390 8 core part.

I'm pretty sure its been debated here many times why that would not be a possibility, but it does make me wonder! AMD certainly wouldn't want an 8 core TR4 2000 series CPU if they knew they had a 12 core AM4 CPU in the pipeline.
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All depends on whether the 16 core part is spread across 4 dies or just two. If it's across 4 then the 8/16 makes no sense since it would be 1 core per ccx(2 cores per die).
 
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