I'd like to see someone (ASRock? Supermicro?) use these Ryzen Pro 5000 CPUs in a _desktop_ motherboard, like AOpen used to do with its "MoDT" motherboards. Features I'd want: ECC RAM support, four full-size DIMMs, multiple PCIe slots wider than x1 (v3.0 fine with me). Bonus points if could be powered with 19VDC rather than ATX PSU.
Why not just get a desktop APU? If you want lower power consumption, just set it to one of the lower cTDP levels in BIOS.
19VDC power would also be somewhat problematic when coupled with PCIe slots, as you'd need to convert at least 75W of 12VDC for each x16 slot, and 25W for each x1 slot, necessitating some pretty beefy on-board VRMs. Of course you can just buy a HDPlex PSU setup to power pretty much any pc off 19V.
Ryzen Pro 5000 desktop CPUs not yet released AFAIK... Want Pro for DASH remote-management ability without need (and power draw) of separate BMC. How low can cTDP (of say, 4750GE) go? Point taken about PCIe power needs, though power-restricted slots would still be useful.
In the US, systems with the 4800u are hard to find, whereas the pro 4750u is available from lenovo. I wonder how constrained the chip supply will be this generation.
They probably have some sort of exclusivity deal with Intel, I think some of their gaming line like the G5 15 SE is on AMD. Ohh and some of their Inspirion stuff is on AMD as well I'm not super familiar with that line but I'm assuming it's kinda targeted at whatever HP Envy product since pricing seems similar from what I see.
None of the machines are pin socketed. Just the usual fluff of Intel BGA filth same, after 5 years the HW will be obsoleted hard. While the old days of Intel until Haswell had a socketed SKU lineup. Now the batteries are also scarce, after a fixed cycles with no respect to a desktop mode or such which Alienware used to pack, the cells will wear out and bam. Btw does any one remember the MXM era ? It was amazing, some are still having it but sadly the form factors and standards have been abandoned for profit.
$2500-3500 notebook becoming a paperweight. Better invest in a Desktop with mITX and portable Display with wireless KB/M, unfortunately for the on the go need you must buy a use and throw laptop no matter what Android could step in for your portable needs but with the filesystem getting castrated and limited scope of the Applications, this is the only option left.
Go with a Mac you will even end up with a soldered SSD lol, that's even more dumb, But I guess that T2 security chip or whatever blackbox is makes one at peace.
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Lilja - Tuesday, March 16, 2021 - link
Any of these offerings with 16:10 or 3:2 displays?Valantar - Tuesday, March 16, 2021 - link
There should be some 13" Thinkpads with 16:10 displays and Ryzen 5000.fmyhr - Tuesday, March 16, 2021 - link
I'd like to see someone (ASRock? Supermicro?) use these Ryzen Pro 5000 CPUs in a _desktop_ motherboard, like AOpen used to do with its "MoDT" motherboards. Features I'd want: ECC RAM support, four full-size DIMMs, multiple PCIe slots wider than x1 (v3.0 fine with me). Bonus points if could be powered with 19VDC rather than ATX PSU.Valantar - Tuesday, March 16, 2021 - link
Why not just get a desktop APU? If you want lower power consumption, just set it to one of the lower cTDP levels in BIOS.19VDC power would also be somewhat problematic when coupled with PCIe slots, as you'd need to convert at least 75W of 12VDC for each x16 slot, and 25W for each x1 slot, necessitating some pretty beefy on-board VRMs. Of course you can just buy a HDPlex PSU setup to power pretty much any pc off 19V.
fmyhr - Tuesday, March 16, 2021 - link
Ryzen Pro 5000 desktop CPUs not yet released AFAIK...Want Pro for DASH remote-management ability without need (and power draw) of separate BMC.
How low can cTDP (of say, 4750GE) go?
Point taken about PCIe power needs, though power-restricted slots would still be useful.
Gc - Tuesday, March 16, 2021 - link
Will there be Trade Agreements Act (TAA) Compliant APU SKUs?quorm - Tuesday, March 16, 2021 - link
In the US, systems with the 4800u are hard to find, whereas the pro 4750u is available from lenovo. I wonder how constrained the chip supply will be this generation.Next gen do they switch to ddr5 and rdna2?
lemurbutton - Tuesday, March 16, 2021 - link
Get an Apple Macbook Air M1. Far better.eva02langley - Tuesday, March 16, 2021 - link
ROFL... the 5800u is trashing the M1... on x86... on 7nm...eva02langley - Tuesday, March 16, 2021 - link
With a battery life above 14 hours...eva02langley - Tuesday, March 16, 2021 - link
And freesync...eva02langley - Tuesday, March 16, 2021 - link
And cost less...jimjamjamie - Tuesday, March 16, 2021 - link
I notice that Dell is still eating crayons and ignoring competitive business offerings from AMD.Linustechtips12#6900xt - Tuesday, April 6, 2021 - link
They probably have some sort of exclusivity deal with Intel, I think some of their gaming line like the G5 15 SE is on AMD. Ohh and some of their Inspirion stuff is on AMD as well I'm not super familiar with that line but I'm assuming it's kinda targeted at whatever HP Envy product since pricing seems similar from what I see.abufrejoval - Tuesday, March 16, 2021 - link
The feature I'd want to see most on these parts is SVE or encryption support for local VMs.The hardware is all there, but they only enable that feature on EPIC parts, which IMHO is a big mistake.
Silver5urfer - Friday, March 19, 2021 - link
None of the machines are pin socketed. Just the usual fluff of Intel BGA filth same, after 5 years the HW will be obsoleted hard. While the old days of Intel until Haswell had a socketed SKU lineup. Now the batteries are also scarce, after a fixed cycles with no respect to a desktop mode or such which Alienware used to pack, the cells will wear out and bam. Btw does any one remember the MXM era ? It was amazing, some are still having it but sadly the form factors and standards have been abandoned for profit.$2500-3500 notebook becoming a paperweight. Better invest in a Desktop with mITX and portable Display with wireless KB/M, unfortunately for the on the go need you must buy a use and throw laptop no matter what Android could step in for your portable needs but with the filesystem getting castrated and limited scope of the Applications, this is the only option left.
Go with a Mac you will even end up with a soldered SSD lol, that's even more dumb, But I guess that T2 security chip or whatever blackbox is makes one at peace.
neblogai - Wednesday, March 24, 2021 - link
Is it confirmed, that Pro line comes with 16MB of L3? Leaked Cezanne Pro APU specs show 8MB: https://videocardz.com/newz/lenovo-confirms-amd-ry...