AMD Zen3 event thread

[Sleepy Stu]

I have not read the complete thread guys but am I right in thinking that there will be no new motherboard chipsets?

So you just use an x570 board also will there be any new x570 boards coming do you think

No new motherboards announced so far?

 

[snips86x]

Are people ignoring the likely impact that covid has on manufacturing and distribution of new products? Things costing more money than they did years ago isnt really surprising.

Have to admit, more than happy with the prices. It's not like Intel have been doing this for years or anything...

 

[Doobedoo]

I’m sitting they could’ve made something out of me now they’ll make nothing. You don’t need to be a genius to figure that something is better than nothing.

 

[Vakas]

Asus and msi have already mentioned or teased new x570 boards with the biggest change from what I can see, being a fanless design on the chipset

This should be interesting hopefully Gigabyte will have something out soon as well

 

[Grim5]

Hopefully AMD will confirm that today.

exacrly as I said, even better actually- 5900x is 26% faster than the 3900xt in far cry 5 and far cry new Dawn

 

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

The $300 Ryzen 5 5600X comes with the Wraith Stealth. The previous X series CPUs(even the 65W TDP Ryzen 7 3700X) came with the higher tier Wraith Spire and Wraith Prism CPU coolers. The non-X parts came with the el-cheapo Wraith Stealth. AMD have basicaly pushed the Ryzen 5 3600 replacement up a tier.

 

[FoxEye]

Its probably so they can just hold current prices on the 3000 for those who want more budget options.

But it doesn't really make sense to keep making the 3000 series. It's on exactly the same node, so it won't be costing them less to make the 3000 chips than the 5000 chips.

So why would you prefer to keep both series going? Why would you prefer to keep producing the old, inferior product when there's no cost incentive to do so?

 

[Dirk Diggler]

Great figures from AMD, not so great prices but if they're now top dog then I suppose it's to be expected.

As I game at 4k I'm not convinced I need to shift from my 3700x just yet. I'll wait for performance figures in November.

 

[elina08]

 

[cliffy]

I dont see the issue with the price rise as they have not EOL'd the previous generation so they could hardly come in at the same price with more performance

 

[crazy8s]

That's probably what people were hoping for

 

[cliffy]

Nothing about memory speeds, infinity fabric clocks?

I/O is unchanged so i am guessing Infinity Fabric and memory speeds stay the same

 

[Vakas]

So all current AM4 coolers and AIO's will be compatible?

 

[Joxeon]

Nothing about memory speeds, infinity fabric clocks?

According to gamersnexus the IO die is the same from zen 2 so expect no changes on fclk speed.

 

[cliffy]

Asus and msi have already mentioned or teased new x570 boards with the biggest change from what I can see, being a fanless design on the chipset

Got any links? I have seen new B550 boards from Asus and MSI but not X570

 

[elroberto]

The 5900x looks great and comparing the 5800x to 3800x isn't too bad a price hike for the extra performance (though no 5700x is a shame) but the 5600x just seems diabolically expensive for what it is.

 

[Joxeon]

You're not comparing like for like here though, you need to look at 3600X vs. 5600X.

See here for more information:

You say that but in terms of TDP it's closer to the 3600.

 

[Doco]

Got any links? I have seen new B550 boards from Asus and MSI but not X570

https://videocardz.com/newz/asus-un...rosshair-viii-dark-hero-motherboards-for-zen3

Dark hero board on asus il look again for msi

https://www.asus.com/Motherboards/ROG-Crosshair-VIII-Dark-Hero/

Edit - added a link

 

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

You say that but in terms of TDP it's closer to the 3600.

It also comes with the el-cheapo Wraith Stealth,which is what 65W TDP non-X series CPUs come with. The other SKUs come with no cooler.

Even the $330 65W TDP Ryzen 7 3700X came with the Wraith Prism. So even for a 65W TDP X series SKU,they basically dropped two tiers in cooler quality. So for $300,and 10% less than the Ryzen 7 3700X,you get 2 less cores in the Ryzen 5 5600X,and a rubbish cooler.

 

[ljt]

Makes more sense to get a 5900x, only $100 more for 4 more threads

Not a chance! That would be $220 more than what I paid and I have no use for that many threads.

I only upgrade when i can get a better part (in this case an 8c16t cpu) for roughly what I paid.

I'm not one for chasing the extra performance if the cost is also more for the part its supposedly replacing.

I get no pleasure from spending money even if it is for something I'd like, so spending more is not an option.