they killed HEDT..nobody is going back to Intel, they still have not understood that people who buy HEDT need lanes and cpus that don't burn when used all day long and unless there's a radical change in motherboards and cpu pricing threadripper pro currently is : - trash tier overpriced server motherboards - business only priced cpus so basically a product that no one else than a company that's going to make lots of money with them will pay....those are not high end DESKTOP meanwhile you see plenty of people in comments thinking AMD will "of course" make 5000 ryzens live forever with new cpus for the next 10 years.....riiiggght

AMD made dog's poop out of this whole platform in a spectacular fashion. This is why I shake my head when people cite socket AM4 as proof of AMD's long term commitment to the consumer. It was cost effective to keep the same interface. I suppose we should be grateful they didn't bugger it with a signal compatibility fork like they did between x399 - TRX40. Also to note, they couldn't even be bothered to produce at least one Threadripper TRX40 5000 series CPU. A whole motherboard purchase with no upgrade path. AMD can be as bad as Intel.

Ojref:

AMD made dog's poop out of this whole platform in a spectacular fashion. This is why I shake my head when people cite socket AM4 as proof of AMD's long term commitment to the consumer. It was cost effective to keep the same interface. I suppose we should be grateful they didn't bugger it with a signal compatibility fork like they did between x399 - TRX40. Also to note, they couldn't even be bothered to produce at least one Threadripper TRX40 5000 series CPU. A whole motherboard purchase with no upgrade path. AMD can be as bad as Intel.

They certainly would love to be , they showed in the first chance always they will attempt to maximize profits , like every corporation! Not just now but in the past too with the original fx CPUs . I have a feeling if Ryzen 5800x and Ryzen 5600x where Intel products and the 10400 11400 and 12400 and their xx700 big brothers amds, they would have been hailed as the saviors of budget to high end (vfm) PC segment. I just wish people where more objective and instead of trying to find reasons to favor AMD or Intel ..... To see it for what it is corporation vs corporation. Intel was ahead for so long and milked us dry for so long it got printed in our minds Intel=evil and AMD=underdog and people root for the underdog .they are not the underdogs anymore just another corporation trying to get higher margins .

the threadripper pros are available to consumers, so why bother having two lines?

Astyanax:

the threadripper pros are available to consumers, so why bother having two lines?

Why does the name need the "Pro" addition if there's only one version available?

Maybe you missed the fact that there is still a shortage of rare earths for chip building and maybe it's a reason why they make them available to the consumer and that's why they will be there for the next 10 years, as some of you say.... Who knows!?

Wait... isn't TR PRO basically Epyc server CPUs with higher frequencies and workstation MB?! That's a good thing right?

Valken:

Wait... isn't TR PRO basically Epyc server CPUs with higher frequencies and workstation MB?! That's a good thing right?

It's a cheaper solution than buying a server.