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They've confirmed not only a price now of $449 which sounds reasonable for such a powerful unit, but also the date of April 20 for the public release. I've been waiting on upgrading from my ageing Intel processor and that might very well be a good time.
Not only that, more "mainstream" processors will be launching too. Here's the newer models:
|
Model |
Architecture |
Cores / Threads |
Boost / Base Frequency (GHz) |
L3 Cache (MB) |
TDP (Watts) |
PCIE® Support |
Cooler |
Price (USD SEP) |
|
AMD Ryzen™ 7 5700X |
“Zen 3” |
8 / 16 |
Up to 4.6 / 3.4 |
32 |
65W |
Gen 4 |
N/A |
$299 |
|
AMD Ryzen™ 5 5600 |
“Zen 3” |
6 / 12 |
Up to 4.4 / 3.5 |
32 |
65W |
Gen 4 |
Wraith Stealth |
$199 |
|
AMD Ryzen™ 5 5500 |
“Zen 3” |
6 / 12 |
Up to 4.2 / 3.6 |
16 |
65W |
Gen 3 |
Wraith Stealth |
$159 |
|
AMD Ryzen™ 5 4600G with AMD Radeon™ graphics |
“Zen 2” |
6 / 12 |
Up to 4.2 / 3.7 |
8 |
65W |
Gen 3 |
Wraith Stealth |
$154 |
|
AMD Ryzen™ 5 4500 |
“Zen 2” |
6 / 12 |
Up to 4.1 / 3.6 |
8 |
65W |
Gen 3 |
Wraith Stealth |
$129 |
|
AMD Ryzen™ 3 4100 |
“Zen 2” |
4 / 8 |
Up to 4.0 / 3.8 |
4 |
65W |
Gen 3 |
Wraith Stealth |
$99 |
All of those are expected to arrive on April 4.
As for motherboard support, AMD said they are "extending support for Ryzen 5000 Series processors on AMD 300 Series chipsets, including all the new desktop processors announced today" and the latest processors will be supported across the AMD X370, B350 and A320 chipsets with BIOS updates in Beta coming in April.
From the press release:
“Whether you’re an early adopter seeking the ultimate in gaming performance with the first Ryzen processor featuring AMD 3D V-Cache technology or a new gamer building your first rig, you can find a best-in-class experience with AMD,” said Saeid Moshkelani, senior vice president and general manager, Client business unit, AMD. “With today’s announcement AMD is offering users the power of choice by bringing leadership gaming performance to all levels of system builds.”
See their short video update below:
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aufkrawall Mar 15, 2022
RichardYao Mar 15, 2022
Quoting: aufkrawallYou can probably save a few bucks by feeding the 5800X3D cheap RAM. But if you can afford a >400€$ CPU, you likely can also buy decent enough RAM. Target audience seems to be owners of Zen 1 or 2 CPUs. Otherwise it does not occur to me why you would want to buy this CPU now with Zen 4 around the corner.
If the infinity fabric interconnect between the Zen 4 cores and the Zen 3 IO die is compatible, it would in theory be possible to pair Zen 4 with a Zen 3 IO die to give us Zen 4 on AM4. Hopefully, AMD does that rather than forcing us to upgrade to DDR5. DDR5 is expensive and it really is only needed if you have an integrated GPU.
PublicNuisance Mar 16, 2022
Quoting: aufkrawallYou can probably save a few bucks by feeding the 5800X3D cheap RAM. But if you can afford a >400€$ CPU, you likely can also buy decent enough RAM. Target audience seems to be owners of Zen 1 or 2 CPUs. Otherwise it does not occur to me why you would want to buy this CPU now with Zen 4 around the corner.Zen 4 likely new chipset and pin on motherboard like Intel, also DDR 5 RAM likely and that's expensive at moment, might want to upgrade my 3900X with a 5950
My B350 has served me well beyond all expectation, and I'd rather get another AM4 CPU that can last a good while, instead of having to buy an entire new system – CPU, board, RAM – when AM5 comes out, with all the first-gen issues that will come with it.
Last edited by Liam Dawe on 17 March 2022 at 12:13 pm UTC
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