AMD Starts Sampling 4-core RYZEN processors & RYZEN Launch Date
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Venix
yeah i never heard of the fx getting modules unlocked ...still i can dream of it ! hehe i remember an friend of mine buying 5x phenom 2 550 the 2 core and trying to unlock em the 5th one was gold in all 4 cores he was reselling the non 4 core ones with 5 euros loss so at the end he got his 4 core way way cheaper and my brother still rocking my old phenom 2 720 4th core unlocked
on the other hand it might be a reason for someone to buy say the zen instead of the i5 if you add the ability to unlock let's assume they are with in +-5% performance trading blows on programs at the same price ... personally i would go with the cpu that can potentially be unlocked and try my luck why not ? the situations that someone has the money for the higher models and going for the unlocks are not that many ... so i kind of always though amd was doing firmware locks as part of to make her products more appealing ((and i repeat i have no info i am not claiming anything and the assumption above have a lot of if's so ....pretty much confirmed :banana:))
PrMinisterGR
-Tj-
^
heheh:D
Anyway, well one early early Asian chart leak said it will have
4core 8 thread
6core 12 thread
and 2
8 core 16threads variants << this part has been confirmed by AMD
now 4core no HT too,
I think we will see them all..
What's interesting was those price predictions,
150$ for 4 core HT
250$ for 6core HT
^
if this is true, Intel will have some serious trouble :P
Loophole35
Hope those prices hold up.
nz3777
-Tj-
Tree Dude
Anarion
nevcairiel
fry178
(almost) no one will buy an amd that performs as intel, and costs the same.
Then they'll just go with intel, and dont have to worry about "hickups" in the first few month, and most might not have to switch board/cooler.
The 150/250/350/500 bracket makes more sense (with amds past cpu prices).
Im willing to spend ~300-350 on my next 6/12 cpu, but will rather have a 250$ amd (if its close in performance).
nz3777
I know but Guys Amd has not had a good Cpu in years, They cannot just come into the market demanding respect and sell at $500 dollars per chip- That takes time. I am not saying nobody will buy it ( they will ) but they need something very solid in the $150-$250 range that can outperform intel and cost less doing it.
I guess we will see what happens come launch date. I am expecting 8/16 Zen at $ 300 dollars.
ruthan
Sorry but only 2 or 4 sata ports, really?
dudecat64
yeah but as motherboards advance in couple months after launch better boards will come out with all the bells and whistles. Looks great hoping its a homerun for amd. I am not impressed with intel boards myself. This is my second one in 6 months. First was unstable this one seems ok for now. Plus most highend rigs dont run more then 2-3 harddrives most of them time anyways.
Aura89
Amx85
:3eyes:
i saw motherboards with 10 ports and 2 M.2 😛c1::infinity:
Tree Dude
Agent-A01
pimp_gimp
http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/chipsets/performance-chipsets/laptop-desktop-performance-chipsets.html
https://ark.intel.com/products/98089/Intel-Z270-Chipset
https://ark.intel.com/products/90591/Intel-Z170-Chipset
http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/chipsets/performance-chipsets/x99-chipset.html
But those other ports are probably controlled by a 3rd party chipset, or X99. Z270 and Z170 only support a max of 6 SATA3 ports.
__hollywood|meo
Amx85