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    AMD Ryzen Gen 2 Set For Q2 2018

  2. Darkswordz

    Hot? Ryzen 1950X + Gigabyte AORUS X399 Mobo = $1019.99 @ Newegg

    Newegg has a combo deal for the Ryzen 1950X (16c/32t) + Gigabyte AORUS X399 Motherboard for $1,269.98 - $249.99 = $1,019.99. This seems like a pretty good deal. I'm a bit concerned about those mobo reviews though. :unsure:
  3. FrgMstr

    EK Supremacy EVO Threadripper TR4 Waterblock Review @ [H]

    EK Supremacy EVO Threadripper TR4 Waterblock Review EK is one of the most heralded names in the enthusiast computer cooling industry. It has been building waterblocks for custom CPU cooling since 2003. It has now thrown its hat into the AMD Threadripper waterblock ring. Does the Supremacy EVO...
  4. FrgMstr

    Ryzen 5 1600 - Ryzen 5 1400 Boxed CPUs

    All CPUs boxed with Coolers. Purchased in Retail by me for testing. All these CPUs were used for testing here at HardOCP then put back in their boxes a couple months ago and have gone untouched. Ryzen 5 1600 - $175 Shipped UPS Cont USA. SOLD Ryzen 5 1400 - $150 Shipped UPS Cont USA. (Comes...
  5. P

    Ryzen choices

    I hope this is in the right section. I don't post a lot, mostly a lurker. So, after a long time on an FX 6300 I have the opportunity to upgrade (I'm very excited). For the last 5 months I've been reading everything I can get my hands on, watching endless YT vids (some of questionable...
  6. FrgMstr

    Custom Ryzen Threadripper Cooling Loop Reservoir

    I am sure many of you are familiar with the crazy-looking box that the AMD Threadripper CPUs are sold in. Radikult has paid homage to the packaging by building a custom reservoir that is very familiar. I have started the video below towards the end of the build so you can see the end result...
  7. FrgMstr

    ASUS ROG Zenith Extreme Threadripper Mobo Review @ [H]

    ASUS ROG Zenith Extreme Threadripper Mobo Review The ASUS ROG Zenith Extreme is poised to be the definitive choice for a high end Threadripper based build. It’s one of the most feature rich and complete solutions we’ve ever seen in our years of reviewing hardware. It's also one of the most...
  8. M

    12nm Ryzen to Release February 2018 Says Mobo Makers

    Following the recent report of AMD's plan to shift the Ryzen line to the new 12nm LP process at GlobalFoundries. AMD's partners have stated that 12nm Ryzen has a launch date of February 2018. Digitimes is citing motherboard manufacturers as the source. The company expects to gain 30% share of...
  9. Pieter3dnow

    How Zen is made

    Nice little youtube video by AMD:
  10. J

    AMD Transtioning To 12nm LP Process For Vega, Ryzen In 2018

    14LPP+ has been replaced by renamed to 12LP http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/amd-ryzen-vega-12nm-lp-2018,news-56797.html http://wccftech.com/amd-announces-2nd-gen-ryzen-vega-launching-12nm-2018/ EDIT: Toms mentions 14nm, but Glofo is really using TSMC 16nm as baseline Note that a true 16nm...
  11. B

    Request: Article/Testing on Ryzen Dual-density RAM challenges

    Greetings OCP-crew. I've noticed that most of the Ryzen benchmarking seems to be focused on 16G configurations, which means you get to use the single-density sticks, which run DDR4-3200 (and higher) with some tweaking. However, using 16G sticks, pushes you into dual-density sticks, with even...
  12. FrgMstr

    AMD Threadripper Gooseberry HEDT World Record? - [H]

    AMD Threadripper Gooseberry HEDT World Record This was a Blender benchmark that I was not familiar with till yesterday, but after running it a few times and looking around the Net, I came away very impressed with our rendering time with Threadripper overclocked to 4GHz across all 16 cores...
  13. V

    New Rig (Ryzen 1600x w/ perfect OC experience)

    I invested heavily in AMD some time ago (June 2015) and bought all new parts with the proceeds. I haven't had an AMD CPU since the Athlon and it was everything I wanted it to be going in. Not done with everything yet. Mobo: Asus Strix x370 CPU: Ryzen 1600x @4.0ghz RAM: G.Skill @14-14-14-34...
  14. cageymaru

    AMD Chipset Drivers 17.30 (8/25/2017)

    Link to chipset driver. http://support.amd.com/en-us/download/chipset?os=Windows%2010%20-%2064&sf109191389=1 Package Includes: AMD Chipset Drivers AMD Ryzen™ Balanced Power Plan Support for AMD Ryzen™ Threadripper™...
  15. D

    Upgrading i7 2600K (CPU, Motherboard, RAM)

    My PC is used mainly for gaming at 2k (with high/ultra graphics settings). I also do lots of Photoshop/Lightroom work with occasional Office and even less occasional video editing. My current PC is: Intel i7 2600k @ 4.2GHz 16GB Corsair DDR3 XMS3 Asrock Z68 Extreme4 MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti...
  16. FrgMstr

    Custom DIY Mount for Threadripper Water Cooling @ [H]

    Custom DIY Mount for Threadripper Water Cooling - What do you do when you don't have the proper parts that you need to water cool your new thread ripper? Make you own with trash you find around the house. Maybe even repurpose and old water block that is in your closet.
  17. R

    AMD Confirms Linux Marginality Problem, Doesn't Affect Epyc or Threadripper

    AMD is now able to confirm they have reproduced the Ryzen "segmentation fault issue" and are working with affected customers. AMD characterize it as a performance marginality problem exclusive to certain workloads on Linux. The faults are found to occur with many, parallel compilation workloads...
  18. FrgMstr

    Ryzen Threadripper 1950X Performance Preview

    Our longtime Mafia liaison Dave "the Clever" Altavilla, has his hands all over Alienware's new Threadripper system, the Area 51 Threadripper Edition. Being a "preview," it is light on benchmarks overall, but there are some there to take a gander at. Also it is good to hear that its AIO is up to...
  19. FrgMstr

    AMD Ryzen Threadripper Coldplate Mounting and Mating @ [H]

    AMD Ryzen Threadripper Coldplate Mounting and Mating - When you mount any processor cooling system, you want to make sure that you have the best possible mating surface between the two. That means you want as little Thermal Interface Material as possible. When both surfaces are not flat, this...
  20. FrgMstr

    AMD Ryzen Threadripper Unboxing and Install

    AMD Ryzen Threadripper Unboxing and Install - We show you how "easily" the AMD Threadripper comes out of the box, and some hilarity ensues, and then we take you through the simple steps of Threadripper installation. I would consider this a PSA as well because I destroyed the socket on my TR4...
  21. FrgMstr

    AMD Ryzen Threadripper Unboxing - Hilarity Ensues

    No doubt the AMD Threadripper package is cool looking and carries that Eye of Sauron feel, but I am not sure that all this extra engineering that went into the packaging was fully thought through. No rehearsals here. Still processing at the moment, should be HD in a minute.
  22. FrgMstr

    AMD Ryzen Threadripper Unboxing - Hilarity Ensues

    No doubt the AMD Threadripper package is cool looking and carries that Eye of Sauron feel, but I am not sure that all this extra engineering that went into the packaging was fully thought through. No rehearsals here. Still processing at the moment, should be HD in a minute.
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    4x PCIe Problem on GA-AX370-Gaming K5

    I have a problem with a StarTech PEXUSB3S44V four port USB card on a GA-AX370-Gaming K5 (rev. 1.0) board running Windows 10. I get errors in device manager when the StarTech card is in the left 16x slot. The error is something along the lines of "Windows was unable to reset the device". The...
  24. C

    Ryzen 5 1600 & GTX 1080 or i7 7700k & GTX 1070

    I am having doubts between these two rigs because in my country they cost same and I am not sure which is better choice.I am playing at 1080p 60hz ( I know its overkill and crazy but thing is that my firned doesn't have money for 144hz monitor or something like that and he isn't planning to buy...
  25. FrgMstr

    BioStar Racing X370GT7 AMD AM4 Motherboard Review

    BioStar Racing X370GT7 AMD AM4 Motherboard Review - BIOSTAR isn’t exactly a juggernaut of a manufacturer here in the U.S. Despite stiff competition, the big boys are blowing it bad enough at the X370 Ryzen motherboard game that BIOSTAR’s X370GT7 just might be one of the best AM4 motherboard...
  26. FrgMstr

    "Mass" Fraud Reported by WCCFTech on Ryzen CPU Returns at Amazon

    As noted, WCCFTech has scoured two posts at Reddit (here and here), that show how they have purchased "fake" Ryzen processors from Amazon. <[[image]]> <[[image]]> People returning processors that are NOT what has been purchased has been going on since I started reviewing hardware 20 years ago...
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    Beware: Amazon Ryzen fraud

    WCCFTech story here.
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    Ryzen 5 1400, Asrock AB350 Pro4 ATX, Liquid Cooler AIO, 8GB DDR4 RAM

    Ryzen 5 1400, Asrock AB350 Pro4 ATX, Asetek Liquid Cooler AIO http://www.ebay.com/itm/263092542082 $223 shipped here. Adata 8GB (2x4GB) DDR4 2400 RAM http://www.ebay.com/itm/263099070124 $49 shipped here.
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    Grey screen while playing games

    I've just bought Corsair LPX 3000mhz 2x8gb RAM and now I am occasionally experiencing gray screen while playing games.First screen freezes then gray screen appears but I can still run ctrl+alt+delete but if I try to run task manager gray screen appears again, I can't minimize or do anything...
  30. C

    Overclocking RAM 2133mhz to 2933mhz using D.O.C.P. on ASUS b350 prime plus

    I've just bought Corsair Vengeance LPX 3000mhz 2x8gb RAM and I am planning to try to overclock it with D.O.C.P. The thing I am wondering is will failure (if it happens) cause any damage to my system or anything like that, btw I am using Ryzen 1600. My system doesn't use latest BIOS updates ( it...
  31. J

    Some positive info on AMD Ryzen and the general Public

    http://digiworthy.com/2017/05/10/amd-ryzen-5-best-received-cpu-launch/ In contrast: And then there is this, although UK: http://digiworthy.com/2017/07/02/ryzen-5-1600-amazon-best-selling-cpu/ US:
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    212 EVO on AM4 - Wrong Orientation

    I built a Ryzen 1700X-based PC about a month ago, and the only compatible cooler I could get locally was a CoolerMaster 212 EVO. The AM4 bracket it came with looked very much like an afterthought, was difficult to install, and forced me to install the cooler in the vertical orientation (see...
  33. M

    1080p @ 144hz or 1440p @ 60z

    Hey everyone, I'm looking at getting a monitor. Currently using a 32" vizio TV 1080p @ 60hz. My setup is to powerful for this and it's taking a lot of load off of my gpu and leaving me cpu bound. -Ryzen 1700 @ 3.7 -EVGA 1070 SC -16 GB DDR4 PNY ANARCHY 2666 Would I benefit more from a 1080p...
  34. riba2233

    My Fractal Node 202 build

    Hi, I wanted to post my Node 202 build. Parts are: Ryzen 1500X -id-cooling is40-v3 (CPU cooler) Biostar X370GTN G.skill FlareX 2×8gb 2400 Chieftec 500W SFX-L Intel 600p 512gb EVGA 1080 SC So yeah, I have AMD, Nvidia, and Intel working together great :) It's meant to be HTPC/4K gaming...
  35. M

    Low GPU Usage gaming

    Hey everyone, I recently purchases a GTX 1070 superclocked ACX 3.0 card. Love it, but I've been having some issues. During gaming I'm getting massive fluctuations in my GPU usage. Games Like PUBG (PlayersUnkownBattlegrounds), Rust, and Left for Dead 2, Paladins, CS:GO. During The Forrest...
  36. TheHig

    MSI-SOLD B350M-MORTAR-AM4-AMD-B350

    SOLD! Selling my MSI B350 Mortar in order to pick up an AM4 itx board when more than the Biostar arrive. Just the board and all retail packaging is for sale. the listing shows it installed in my full build which has been disassembled for now. http://www.ebay.com/itm/252981538478 Open for...
  37. J

    Some Ryzen Linux Users Are Facing Issues With Heavy Compilation Loads

    https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Ryzen-Compiler-Issues It originally looked as an bug on GCC, but last research seems to confirm this is part of the older SMT/uop bug. Remember that earlier engineering samples had uop or the SMT disabled due to this bug. It seems that the bug...
  38. FrgMstr

    AMD Ryzen 7 CPU Price Cuts

    Over the last couple of days we have been watching the prices of AMD Ryzen 7 processors falling to new lows. AMD Ryzen 7 1800X down from $500 to $457 at Amazon AMD Ryzen 7 1700X down from $400 to $350 at Amazon AMD Ryzen 7 1700 down from $330 to $300 at Amazon Of course our suggestion is...
  39. R

    AMD Press Conference at Computex

    Tonight is the Press conference for AMD at Computex 2017, where AMD will be showing off upcoming products and be doing some "never-before-seen hardware demonstrations." Check out the livestream here. The one-hour event will feature appearances by AMD technology partners and updates on current...
  40. FrgMstr

    The Definitive AMD Ryzen 7 Real-World Gaming Guide @ [H]

    The Definitive AMD Ryzen 7 Real-World Gaming Guide - With our AMD Ryzen 7 overclocked to 4GHz we find out if this is a competitive real-world gaming CPU or not. We compare it with two overclocked Intel 7700K and 2600K systems across six different video card configurations at 4K, 1440p, and...
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