AMD Announces Ryzen 2600(X), 2700(X), X470 Preorder (+Unboxing Preview)

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 04/13/2018 02:00 PM | source: | 66 comment(s)

While anything and everything regarding the Zen+ update, aka Ryzen 2000 hasn’t exactly been a secret, today the new processors will become available for pre-order, as well as the new X470 motherboards. In this news item, we present the procs, including confirmed specifications.

It’s been a long wait, but starting next week, April 19^th, you’ll be able to receive your new Ryzen processor, the new X470 chipset based motherboards will go live as well. Starting today however you may already pre-order the new gear.

2nd Generation Ryzen processors


Proc	Cores	Threads	Boost/Base GHz	Cache	TDP	Cooler	USD
Ryzen 7 2700X	8	16	4.3/3.7	20MB	105W	Wraith Prism (LED)	$329
Ryzen 7 2700	8	16	4.1/3.2	20MB	65W	Wraith Spire (LED)	$299
Ryzen 5 2600X	6	12	4.2/3.6	19MB	95W	Wraith Spire	$229
Ryzen 5 2600	6	12	3.9/3.4	19MB	65W	Wraith Stealth	$199

2nd Generation Ryzen (Zen+) in a short overview:

AMD is announcing four processors in this initial release. With some pretty terrific prices, I must add.

Ryzen 7 2700X (8c/16t) will get a base clock of 3.7 GHz and may Turbo to 4.3 GHz, priced 329 USD
Ryzen 7 2700 (8c/16t) will get a base clock of 3.2 GHz and may Turbo to 4.1 GHz, priced 299 USD
Ryzen 5 2600X (6c/12t) will get a base clock of 3.6 GHz and may Turbo to 4.2 GHz, priced 229 USD
Ryzen 5 2600 (6c/12t) will get a base clock of 3.4 GHz and may Turbo to 3.9 GHz, priced 199 USD

You are going to notice that the X models have become much cheaper compared to the original Ryzen launch. The difference between a 2700 and 2700X for example, is 30 bucks. For that extra dough, you receive a better-binned processor that can run much higher frequencies in its default configuration. The 2700 series will be paired with a Wraith Prism (RGB LED) cooler, which is really funky actually. The 2600 series will get a regular Wraith Spire cooler.

Especially the new X models have exceptional prices.

X470 Chipset

Staring today pre-order for X470 chipset based motherboards also will go live. While the processors will run just fine on X370 after a mandatory BIOS update, X470 motherboards are optimized for the new processors, offering improved and more refined and higher turbos, tweaking as well as offering improved DDR4 memory ranges. The new X470 platform will also offer AMD StoreMI Technology. A caching feature that can speed up your HDD/SSD experience, free of charge with the new motherboards.

Pre-orders started worldwide today on April 13^th at 15:00 CET, ahead of the April 19 launch.

We've been testing the new platform for a while now. Please find below some extra photos of what we have in store, our in-depth performance reviews will go live next week April 19th as well. Below some of the X470 motherboards we have in the house, and in the thumbnails, you can find more of a photo presentation of the kit and gear we are testing with and are readying for review.

MSI X470 Gaming M7 AC

Gigabyte X470 Aorus Gaming 7 WIFI

ASUS ROG Crosshair VII HERO (Wi-Fi)

Click the thumbnails for a bit of an unboxing experience. All photography was done in-house. You may expect full reviews coming April the 19th, next week Thursday.

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wantobe
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#5537406 Posted on: 04/13/2018 02:03 PM

Dayum, I don't need 2700X but I want it so bad at those clocks / value! Sweet for those upgrading.

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#5537408 Posted on: 04/13/2018 02:06 PM

Wow that is really cheap!

Nice work AMD

icedman
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#5537419 Posted on: 04/13/2018 03:08 PM

I like what i specs and pricing is good.

I was kinda hoping for a video Hilbert

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#5537422 Posted on: 04/13/2018 03:14 PM

I’m so glad we see some much needed competition for a change.

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#5537435 Posted on: 04/13/2018 04:00 PM

6 days to go! Can't wait!

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#5537443 Posted on: 04/13/2018 04:10 PM

Really hoping they deliver. Obviously not expecting the promised 10% perf. increase everywhere, but change and progress are always welcome

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#5537444 Posted on: 04/13/2018 04:11 PM

So, there was no point to wait April 19, as some shops already started selling it last week.

Wow that is really cheap!

MSRP is same as Zen-generation Ryzen. Wouldn't call them cheap. 2700X cost same as 8700K in retail. It's might be more powerful in all threads, but it's still slower in a single thread and in games. Memory is still slow. So, they still compete each other.

Sadly 12LP didn't improve much. 2700X only overclocks in average to 4.3 GHz from 3.7 GHz. 4.5 GHz is quite a fortune.

Next to wait is 8-core Coffee Lake Core i7 for LGA1151-2, probably 8800K. May be somewhere by late august on Gamescom. May be earlier.

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#5537445 Posted on: 04/13/2018 04:14 PM

I would really like to see how the 2600x compares to the 8700k. If it's anywhere close in performance that would be amazing value.

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#5537456 Posted on: 04/13/2018 04:28 PM

I would really like to see how the 2600x compares to the 8700k. If it's anywhere close in performance that would be amazing value.

2600X clocked 3.6@4.15 GHz. Not really the floor, could be faster, but still.
Close to 8700K at stock clock, but still slower. And significantly slower in a single thread.
http://valid.x86.fr/ch3d98

Here is average air floor for 2700X
http://valid.x86.fr/kmpz89

Average air floor for 8700K for comparison
https://valid.x86.fr/34fwnm

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#5537472 Posted on: 04/13/2018 05:13 PM

So, there was no point to wait April 19, as some shops already started selling it last week.

MSRP is same as Zen-generation Ryzen. Wouldn't call them cheap. 2700X cost same as 8700K in retail. It's might be more powerful in all threads, but it's still slower in a single thread and in games. Memory is still slow. So, they still compete each other.

Sadly 12LP didn't improve much. 2700X only overclocks in average to 4.3 GHz from 3.7 GHz. 4.5 GHz is quite a fortune.

Next to wait is 8-core Coffee Lake Core i7 for LGA1151-2, probably 8800K. May be somewhere by late august on Gamescom. May be earlier.

It is cheap for 8core.

Intel had 1000€ 8 core not long ago.. lol I payed 330€ for my 4Core back in 2013 and now it still costs ~ 280€..

Im not going to buy this zen though, still have plenty of power left in this oc'ed 4770k @4.7GHz

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#5537480 Posted on: 04/13/2018 05:43 PM

So, there was no point to wait April 19, as some shops already started selling it last week.

MSRP is same as Zen-generation Ryzen. Wouldn't call them cheap. 2700X cost same as 8700K in retail. It's might be more powerful in all threads, but it's still slower in a single thread and in games. Memory is still slow. So, they still compete each other.

Sadly 12LP didn't improve much. 2700X only overclocks in average to 4.3 GHz from 3.7 GHz. 4.5 GHz is quite a fortune.

Next to wait is 8-core Coffee Lake Core i7 for LGA1151-2, probably 8800K. May be somewhere by late august on Gamescom. May be earlier.

wrong.. the 2700x is 18 dollars cheaper than the 8700k..

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#5537482 Posted on: 04/13/2018 05:46 PM

just noticed the extra cache these have 20mb instead of 16mb that might help attain the 10% performance boost they where saying along with the clocks.

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#5537483 Posted on: 04/13/2018 05:48 PM

Looking forward for Hilbert's extensive review on this new puppies , anxiety has started kicking in as i'm unsure if i will get one 2700x to play with it and test maximum overclock on cpu and memory. It all depends on the reviews , exciting times ahead of us

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#5537485 Posted on: 04/13/2018 05:53 PM

Well, Bulldozer was cheaper for 8-core) But one core was nearly twice slower as Intel's 4770k.

So, single-thread performance and total multi-thread performance what is important. Number of cores is quite irrelevant for home PC.

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#5537489 Posted on: 04/13/2018 06:01 PM

just noticed the extra cache these have 20mb instead of 16mb that might help attain the 10% performance boost they where saying along with the clocks.

That includes L1/L2.

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