For those on Gen1 Threadripper, who didn’t upgrade because of the socket incompatibility, this makes waiting seem like the right move, as this is yet another motherboard change

@Loobyluggs honestly i would not worry about ddr5 yet even if it comes to the consumer market in 2021 i do not think it will be reasonably priced before 2022 .

waltc3:

"Anand" will have nothing to say, most likely, as Anand sold Anandtech years ago to its present owners...;) You probably already knew that--just checking.

hence why I click on every add I can to ensure HH stays at the helm. Of course with my propensity to buy PC parts I always have a Newegg add to click and I’ve even bought a few of the listed items.

schmidtbag:

It isn't, but it's irritating when you're dismissing my points by comparing apples to oranges. Or just making outright false claims.

Intel's best HEDT has a higher RAM cap : not false. Epyc is more expensive than threadripper : not false. Having a 1 or 2 TB RAM cap for 64 cores makes more sense than AMD's current offering : not false. You seem really upset over nothing : not false. BTW, the only way to get a 64 core Epyc that is even close to the price of the 64 threadripper is to get the really slow one AKA.......apples to oranges. No overclocking and 2.0 -> 3.35 VS 2.9 -> 4.3 with overclocking.

Venix:

@Loobyluggs honestly i would not worry about ddr5 yet even if it comes to the consumer market in 2021 i do not think it will be reasonably priced before 2022 .

'ppreciate the comment, but, UE5 is gonna be demanding on my home rig, and I need to know I got the best RAM for the next 7 years, maybe 5, but am budgeting for 7, just like I did with my current rig. And then there is threadripper, 'cause the 3990x is one damn tasty chip. When that launched and the numbers came in, I knew AMD was worth the switch with their CPU designs. Multicore and multithread is clearly the direction to go, and I really do not think intel can compete at the workstation level, and their 'Sandbridge moment' is gonna be several years out, if it even happens at all. But yeah, I got money burning a hole in my SOHO wallet right now, and, no one to spend it with, because we are literally on the edge of the next gen (for the things I listed above) and making the switch is just impossible and, kinda dumb right now. Also, if interested in Ray Tracing, UE4 and nvidia, I got details in my inbox about a webinar by nvidia on this: https://info.nvidia.com/developer-ray-tracing-UE4-webinar-reg-page Leather Jacket optional...

@Loobyluggs well as far money is not the issue go crazy on the rig :P , i guess i am too much dead set on budgeting my self according to my wallet :P , still thought i do not see ddr5 coming before mid 2021 except if i am wrong

nosirrahx:

Intel's best HEDT has a higher RAM cap : not false. Epyc is more expensive than threadripper : not false. Having a 1 or 2 TB RAM cap for 64 cores makes more sense than AMD's current offering : not false.

I never said everything you said was false, but there are things you said that were false. So, my point remains valid. Stop exaggerating things.

You seem really upset over nothing : not false.

You seem to keep twisting everything I say so you seem less like an asshole: not false

BTW, the only way to get a 64 core Epyc that is even close to the price of the 64 threadripper is to get the really slow one AKA.......apples to oranges. No overclocking and 2.0 -> 3.35 VS 2.9 -> 4.3 with overclocking.

Nobody in their right mind who would need 2TB of RAM would overclock their CPU in real-world production workloads. Remember, we're talking 64 cores here, where even a 100MHz boost will make a substantial increase in wattage. As far as I'm aware, nobody got past 200MHz without the need of something extreme like LN2. So overclocking is a moot point. It is the "really slow one" but it isn't slow. The differences become less apparent when you ignore the max boost clock because let's face it, nobody gives a crap about single-threaded performance on a 64-core CPU used for heavy number crunching. It has a 2.5GHz all-core boost, which it should be able to easily sustain.

waltc3:

"Anand" will have nothing to say, most likely, as Anand sold Anandtech years ago to its present owners...;) You probably already knew that--just checking.

Actually I didn't know that! Thanks for the heads up. I guess I should've said just Ian then.