AM4 and DDR4

[Greyguy1948]

So far I have only got info about one AM4 mobo Asus A320M-C and it supports DDR4 2133 only.
This could be OK for Ryzen as it has L3 cache but for Excavator it is not very good. Something like 3600-4000 MHz is what we need.....

 

[whm1974]

Why in Hell would you use Excavator instead of Ryzen?

 

[SpaceBeer]

IIRC, A320 and B350 will officially support DDR4 up to 2400MHz. For X370 we have no information.

 

[whm1974]

Is/will Excavator be(ing) offered to the retail market? Personally I rather wait for a Zen based APU first before buying a Excavator based one.

 

[TemjinGold]

Is/will Excavator be(ing) offered to the retail market? Personally I rather wait for a Zen based APU first before buying a Excavator based one.

Yes, that would be Carrizo.

 

[FlanK3r]

this board is not good for Ryzen, maybe only for stock clocks...And this chipset doesnt support CF/SLI and OC of CPUs

 

[whm1974]

Yes, that would be Carrizo.

Thanks, How much for retail?

 

[Greyguy1948]

Why in Hell would you use Excavator instead of Ryzen?

I would not if Ryzen is affordable.
However Excavator need 3600 MHz like Duron needed DDR instead of SDR more than Thunderbird.

 

[whm1974]

I would not if Ryzen is affordable.
However Excavator need 3600 MHz like Duron needed DDR instead of SDR more than Thunderbird.

For a notebook or a SFF miniPC I can see. But other then that...