Thought/opinion: motherboards might be where Ryzen kicks Intel's rear

[LTC8K6]

I'm hoping that the Ryzen 8c/16t will be the same price as the quad core i7.

Seriously?

I can't see the top end unlocked 16t RyZen chip costing $350.

Possibly a lower performance part, or even an 8c/8t part.

The only reason I can see for the full bore RyZen chip to be $350 is if that is where it falls in performance.

And AMD has not been comparing to quad core i7 chips...

 

[PingSpike]

I'm seeing some charts that suggest the top of the line chipset only has 8 lanes. That's pretty unimpressive if true.

 

[whm1974]

I'm seeing some charts that suggest the top of the line chipset only has 8 lanes. That's pretty unimpressive if true.

I doubt that is the case since that chipset supports Crossfire and SLI.

 

[PingSpike]

I doubt that is the case since that chipset supports Crossfire and SLI.

Well you can split the CPU lanes and 8x 8x crossfire for that.

 

[whm1974]

Well you can split the CPU lanes and 8x 8x crossfire for that.

Yeah but I rather use those lanes for NVMe storage and other things. Multi-GPU setup are overrated.

 

[Rifter]

Seriously?

I can't see the top end unlocked 16t RyZen chip costing $350.

Possibly a lower performance part, or even an 8c/8t part.

The only reason I can see for the full bore RyZen chip to be $350 is if that is where it falls in performance.

And AMD has not been comparing to quad core i7 chips...

I agree, i expect the 8c/16t part to be priced with the HEDT intel hex core. so in the $500 or so range.

 

[whm1974]

Yeah but I rather use those lanes for NVMe storage and other things. Multi-GPU setup are overrated.

Well there goes my plan to build a SFF MiniITX build.

 

[SpaceBeer]

There is still no information of X300/A300, planned for SFF. Wait to see what they offer

 

[PingSpike]

It looks like from reading the other thread that the cpu has several things coming off the cpu lanes that go off the chipset lanes on Intel boards. I think two SATA controllers and a NVM slot? That actually may be a better configuration overall or at least just different than the tranditional one where everything gets squeezed through a 4x hole when coming from the chipset anyway.

 

[whm1974]

There is still no information of X300/A300, planned for SFF. Wait to see what they offer

I agree, i expect the 8c/16t part to be priced with the HEDT intel hex core. so in the $500 or so range.

I meant to quote those guys, not myself.

 

[zinfamous]

It looks like from reading the other thread that the cpu has several things coming off the cpu lanes that go off the chipset lanes on Intel boards. I think two SATA controllers and a NVM slot? That actually may be a better configuration overall or at least just different than the tranditional one where everything gets squeezed through a 4x hole when coming from the chipset anyway.

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[dsplover]

If you use applications already designed for multicore this CPU is the one regardless of price, anything for under 75 per Core is fantastic.
I don't see much difference from i7 3700 series to the i7 6700s on the apps I use. I can't use virtual cores as they are just added latency, but 8 cores means I can get more virtual synths loaded.
Plus I want AMD to make Intel stop their die shrinking and give us 90 watt 5ghz CPU.
Without AMD these guys will milk us with slight gains.
My favorite Intel CPU is the 128mb L4 cache i7 5775C.
It's the only bold move since X58s..