What Caused These Shortages Again?Of course, with everyone stuck at home, demand for PC hardware and any gaming-related hardware, in general, is through the roof, but there's more happening that's causing AMD's shortages. For starters, AMD's foundry partner TSMC is fully at capacity, and it seems one of the issues is that chip packagers can't get their hands on enough interposers. … [Read more...] about AMD Ryzen 5000 Chips Are In Stock for Next-Day Delivery…In Europe
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AMD Brings Ryzen 9 5900 and Ryzen 7 5800 to OEMs
However, we’ve seen a string of OEM-exclusive AMD launches, like the Ryzen 7 Pro 4750G that we managed to find on the grey market and Threadripper 3995WX we recently reviewed, that would also make great chips for enthusiasts. It is a bit disappointing to see these lower-TDP models, which would naturally come with lower MSRPs, land in the OEM market. These chips could help address the only pain point of the Ryzen 5000 series - the chips cost more than their predecessors at retail, raising the bar for entry to the powerful Zen 3 platform. … [Read more...] about AMD Brings Ryzen 9 5900 and Ryzen 7 5800 to OEMs
The best processors for 2021
It’s comparable to Intel’s more-expensive 9600K (and 10600K) in gaming and is able to punch above its weight in productivity workloads thanks to its 12 threads. This is a CPU that delivers the kind of performance that just a few years ago would have been the reserve of the best of the best. When you factor in the affordable upgrade path presented by AMD’s multi-generational socket AM4 motherboards, the 3600 is a great starting point for a new build, no matter what you plan to do with it. … [Read more...] about The best processors for 2021
The best motherboards for 2021
The big difference in their overall features is thanks to the 500-series chipset in the Ryzen 3000-series board. This family supports PCI Express 4.0, which doubles the bandwidth of the previous generation. More specifically, each lane supports 2GB per second in a single direction (2GB send, 2GB receive), thus a card using a 16x slot has a potential two-direction maximum bandwidth of 64GB per second. That’s more than any GPU needs, but it does mean you can use high-speed PCIe 4.0 solid-state drives, offering the fastest commercial storage available in 2020. If you have a RTX 3080 or 3090, you might get a few more frames in certain games when using PCIe 4.0, but the gains are negligible in most cases. … [Read more...] about The best motherboards for 2021
AMD Threadripper Pro Processors and WXR80 Motherboards Coming To Retail
AMD Threadripper Pro Series MSRP/RCPCores / ThreadsBase / Boost (GHz)L3 Cache (MB)PCIeDRAMTDPThreadripper Pro 3995WX$?64 / 1282.7 / 4.2256128 Gen 4Eight-Channel DDR4-3200280WThreadripper 3990X$3,99064 / 1282.9 / 4.325688 Gen 4 (72 Usable)Quad DDR4-3200280WEPYC 7442$6,95064 / 1282.25 / 3.4256128 Gen 4Eight-Channel DDR4-3200225WThreadripper Pro 3975WX$?32 / 643.5 / 4.2128128 Gen 4Eight-Channel DDR4-3200280WXeon 8280$10,00928 / 562.7 / 4.038.548 Gen 3Six-Channel DDR4-2933205WIntel W-3175X $299928 / 563.1 / 4.838.548 Gen 3Six-Channel DDR4-2666255WThreadripper 3970X$199932 / 643.7 / 4.5*12888 Gen 4 (72 Usable)Quad DDR4-3200280WXeon W-3275$4,44928 / 562.5 / 4.638.564 Gen3Six-Channel DDR4-2933205WThreadripper 3960X$1,39924 / 483.8 / 4.5*12888 Gen 4 (72 Usable)Quad DDR4-3200280WXeon W-3265$3,34924 / 482.7 / 4.63364 Gen 3Six-Channel DDR4-2933205WThreadripper Pro 3955WX$?16 / 323.9 / 4.364128 Gen 4Eight-Channel DDR4-3200280WRyzen 9 5950X$79916 / 323.9 / 4.96420Dual DDR4-3200105WThreadripper Pro … [Read more...] about AMD Threadripper Pro Processors and WXR80 Motherboards Coming To Retail