Ryzen 3000

[John P. Myers]

Zen 2 EPYC (server) CPUs with 32c/64t and 64c/128t are already available, and they have much bigger L3. Even dual CPU versions of them are available, so you could have a total of 128c/256t in a single machine now, if you wanted. So, why wait? Just higher clock speeds?

And price. Threadripper will be much cheaper than Epyc

[zombie67]

And price. Threadripper will be much cheaper than Epyc

Heh. Yeah, that and the Epyc have higher TDP too. But no other technical differences or limitations of the Epyc?

[John P. Myers]

Epyc has more PCIe lanes and all of them are octa-channel RAM while only some of the threadrippers are. Also you're limited to only 1 Threadripper per motherboard.

[Bryan]

Also you're limited to only 1 Threadripper per motherboard.

Boy that's a showstopper, you can only have 128 threads ... damn

[John P. Myers]

Boy that's a showstopper, you can only have 128 threads ... damn

I know. It's terrible lol

[zombie67]

I think I saw a rumor somewhere that there would be a 64/128 Threadripper. Any idea when?

Also, I saw that Intel would be announcing new HETD CPUs later this month. Any rumors on what they will be announcing?

[Bryan]

There will be a 96t and 128t but I don't know when they will be available.

[VietOZ]

January

[zombie67]

January

But that's after Christmas! I can't use Christmas as an excuse now. Booo!

[John P. Myers]

I think I saw a rumor somewhere that there would be a 64/128 Threadripper. Any idea when?

Also, I saw that Intel would be announcing new HETD CPUs later this month. Any rumors on what they will be announcing?

It's a long story but what Intel is about to launch is a joke. If you got a 9980XE, then you already have the new 10980XE. There are no improvements with the exception of 4 additional PCIe lanes, but if you don't buy a new motherboard, you can't use these extra lanes because the wiring doesn't exist. So far, I've seen 2 leaked benches where a mainstream Ryzen 3950X beats the 18 core 10980XE HEDT. I honestly can't tell that Intel is even trying anymore.