I am not as familiar with AMD products so bare with me. I am curious if one could buy a motherboard with say the lower cost TR 1900X and later when the price of say TR 2's good down in price will it work.
With up to 32 cores, the 2nd Generation of AMD Ryzen™ Threadripper™ processor can command 64 threads, the most multi-processing power that has ever been unleashed on a consumer desktop. Overwhelm your workloads with 64MB of L3 cache, without sacrificing.
Quad-Channel DDR4 for devastating memory bandwidth, 64 lanes of incredible PCIe Gen3 connectivity, and native USB 3.1 Gen2 10Gb/s support on a chipset. With every processor multiplier-unlocked to be configured as you see fit, GIGABYTE X399 AORUS XTREME is perfectly designed to support the 2nd Generation Ryzen™ Threadripper™ 250W processor to offer you the latest advancements in motherboard technology.
Why is this guy named Anton Shilov still working for Anandtech? Is this the quality allowed on this site? I mean, a lot recent articles from him where poorly written, either bad english, poorly use of words, unchecked links, etc. Why?
Yeeman, your comment is offensive and inane. Perhaps you meant it to be so. Mr. Shilov is a top tech journalist with years of experience, and was formerly one of the excellent writers at X-Bit Labs, another premier site. I think he's doing a great job under web publishing schedules and in a second language. Anandtech is very lucky to have obtained his services.
BTW your own English is laughably bad. Where do you get off complaining about his??
I agree with you in full. Yeeeeman shouldn't be critiquing others English usage when his/her English and grammar is below average. Most fourth graders have a better grasp of comma usage and prose than this anonymous shill. Non-native speakers of English make mistakes time to time that's why they employ Ryan as the editor. Most non-native speakers usually mess up on definite articles which is a common tripping point for anyone even people you'd consider fluent in multiple languages like the pope. Asians struggle the most with subject verb positioning due to the verb placement in most Asian languages is opposite to what is is in English. My grandmother always said "When you judge another, you do not define them, you define yourself." Thus yeeeemen has placed himself on a pedestal above even the most self important of trolls, the grammar nazi.
I think the point still stands though that the quality of Anandtech would be better if native English speakers would edit the articles before they are published. It shouldn't take more than a few minutes of time to read these articles and correct the grammar mistakes. I do not understand why the content producing team is not set up to have all articles, whether written by a native english speaker or not, edited by a native english speaker before publishing. Seems rather bush league to be honest.
Poorly use of words? Hah. Your use of the English language is laughable at best. People who critique others should usually be their editors, not some random anon with a name like yeeeeman who can't even convey the proper usage of a comma.
I've enjoyed Anton Shilov's work on X-Bit Labs, and I'm glad that he's on Anandtech. I remember that his English wasn't perfect in X-Bit Labs articles, but it seems better now, and frankly I care much more about the content than about language nitpicks, and I find Anton to be a good tech journalist.
For the first time I took the risk and ordered up a top of the line new CPU. Never before, I'd always been the type that would be like a year or 2 behind when it came to Desktop PC builds. Not this time, AMD which has always been my processor brand of choice for Desktops, I'm going head first with this new 2990WX Threadripper. I will be building a new monster PC rig with these 32 cores 64 threads CPU to exceed my previous built desktop than ran a Phenom II X4 and was way behind on instruction sets compared to the competition.
I dunno, with precision boost it seems to hit the same clocks with lower thread counts as the 2700x. It may not quite offer Intel level single threaded performance but it's more than adequate for anybody who stands a chance of actually loading it up.
Unless you have a very specific need for a 2990WX, you should not buy one. You should DEFINITELY not buy one for gaming/streaming and general basic use. 2950X will be a lot better...
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Rocket321 - Friday, August 31, 2018 - link
"the new product costs exactly two times less than..."Half.
austinsguitar - Friday, August 31, 2018 - link
^madwolfa - Friday, August 31, 2018 - link
"Two eight-core Zen+ dies" on a single substrate.PEJUman - Friday, August 31, 2018 - link
paid per word.dakishimesan - Friday, August 31, 2018 - link
"Two times less than":$1799 - $899 = $900 less than 2990WX
2 x $900 = $1800
Therefore, TR 2950X = $1799 - $1800 = -$1. Sweet.
ajp_anton - Friday, August 31, 2018 - link
Two times less than:Two times $1799 = $3598. This much less than $1799 is $-1799.
They will pay you $1799 to get it.
philehidiot - Saturday, September 1, 2018 - link
Mathematical trolling. Superb.surt - Sunday, September 2, 2018 - link
2 * < $1799 = < $3598.Which is entirely accurate.
0ldman79 - Friday, August 31, 2018 - link
"... using GlobalFoundries’ 12LP process technology on a single piece of substrate."So does this mean the 2950x doesn't have 4 dies like the previous models?
The 16 cores are all on a single die?
madwolfa - Friday, August 31, 2018 - link
"Two eight-core Zen+ dies" on a single substrate.Ryan Smith - Friday, August 31, 2018 - link
The 2950X has two active dies and two dummy dies, just like Threadripper 1.HStewart - Friday, August 31, 2018 - link
I am not as familiar with AMD products so bare with me. I am curious if one could buy a motherboard with say the lower cost TR 1900X and later when the price of say TR 2's good down in price will it work.looncraz - Friday, August 31, 2018 - link
Not only can you buy a board for a 1900X then later upgrade to a 2950X, you could almost certainly also upgrade to the 3950X when it comes out.The 4000 series *may* be on DDR5, though, which would require a new socket.
HStewart - Friday, August 31, 2018 - link
That is good to knowAlistair - Friday, August 31, 2018 - link
You won't get a good price on a used threadripper CPU. Best to buy the one you want.mdriftmeyer - Friday, August 31, 2018 - link
Gigabyte US:3 Models for TR systems.
Here is their entry motherboard.
https://www.gigabyte.com/us/Motherboard/X399-AORUS...
At the bottom:
Supports 2nd Gen Ryzen™ Threadripper™ CPUs
With up to 32 cores, the 2nd Generation of AMD Ryzen™ Threadripper™ processor can command 64 threads, the most multi-processing power that has ever been unleashed on a consumer desktop. Overwhelm your workloads with 64MB of L3 cache, without sacrificing.
Quad-Channel DDR4 for devastating memory bandwidth, 64 lanes of incredible PCIe Gen3 connectivity, and native USB 3.1 Gen2 10Gb/s support on a chipset. With every processor multiplier-unlocked to be configured as you see fit, GIGABYTE X399 AORUS XTREME is perfectly designed to support the 2nd Generation Ryzen™ Threadripper™ 250W processor to offer you the latest advancements in motherboard technology.
Amandtec - Friday, August 31, 2018 - link
I am fairly certain you mean bear and not bare.Lolimaster - Saturday, September 1, 2018 - link
Just buy a good mobo, but I would say with 7nm power consumption of next year and 2020 TR cpu's will go down with better performance per core.seanmac2 - Friday, August 31, 2018 - link
The picture is a 1st gen Threadripper.Amazon link is incorrect.
yeeeeman - Friday, August 31, 2018 - link
Why is this guy named Anton Shilov still working for Anandtech? Is this the quality allowed on this site? I mean, a lot recent articles from him where poorly written, either bad english, poorly use of words, unchecked links, etc. Why?Arbie - Friday, August 31, 2018 - link
Yeeman, your comment is offensive and inane. Perhaps you meant it to be so. Mr. Shilov is a top tech journalist with years of experience, and was formerly one of the excellent writers at X-Bit Labs, another premier site. I think he's doing a great job under web publishing schedules and in a second language. Anandtech is very lucky to have obtained his services.BTW your own English is laughably bad. Where do you get off complaining about his??
ckbryant - Friday, August 31, 2018 - link
I agree with you in full. Yeeeeman shouldn't be critiquing others English usage when his/her English and grammar is below average. Most fourth graders have a better grasp of comma usage and prose than this anonymous shill. Non-native speakers of English make mistakes time to time that's why they employ Ryan as the editor. Most non-native speakers usually mess up on definite articles which is a common tripping point for anyone even people you'd consider fluent in multiple languages like the pope. Asians struggle the most with subject verb positioning due to the verb placement in most Asian languages is opposite to what is is in English. My grandmother always said "When you judge another, you do not define them, you define yourself." Thus yeeeemen has placed himself on a pedestal above even the most self important of trolls, the grammar nazi.smilingcrow - Monday, September 3, 2018 - link
Why a shill though?bji - Monday, September 3, 2018 - link
I think the point still stands though that the quality of Anandtech would be better if native English speakers would edit the articles before they are published. It shouldn't take more than a few minutes of time to read these articles and correct the grammar mistakes. I do not understand why the content producing team is not set up to have all articles, whether written by a native english speaker or not, edited by a native english speaker before publishing. Seems rather bush league to be honest.ckbryant - Friday, August 31, 2018 - link
Poorly use of words? Hah. Your use of the English language is laughable at best. People who critique others should usually be their editors, not some random anon with a name like yeeeeman who can't even convey the proper usage of a comma.bji - Monday, September 3, 2018 - link
Why don't you debate the points raised instead of attacking the poster? Seriously, what exactly did your post contribute to this discussion?boozed - Saturday, September 1, 2018 - link
Muphry's law in actionET - Sunday, September 2, 2018 - link
I've enjoyed Anton Shilov's work on X-Bit Labs, and I'm glad that he's on Anandtech. I remember that his English wasn't perfect in X-Bit Labs articles, but it seems better now, and frankly I care much more about the content than about language nitpicks, and I find Anton to be a good tech journalist.bji - Monday, September 3, 2018 - link
But editing is easy and cheap ... why don't they at least do that?1rought - Wednesday, September 19, 2018 - link
who caresAlistair - Friday, August 31, 2018 - link
I think this is definitely the best Threadripper CPU.clsmithj - Friday, August 31, 2018 - link
For the first time I took the risk and ordered up a top of the line new CPU. Never before, I'd always been the type that would be like a year or 2 behind when it came to Desktop PC builds.Not this time, AMD which has always been my processor brand of choice for Desktops, I'm going head first with this new 2990WX Threadripper. I will be building a new monster PC rig with these 32 cores 64 threads CPU to exceed my previous built desktop than ran a Phenom II X4 and was way behind on instruction sets compared to the competition.
ajp_anton - Friday, August 31, 2018 - link
The 2990WX is actually worse than the 2950X on many tasks. It's only awesome when you know what you're doing.zodiacfml - Saturday, September 1, 2018 - link
Right. TR stuff seems like server territory to me. They are not good for user workloads.Azurael - Sunday, September 2, 2018 - link
I dunno, with precision boost it seems to hit the same clocks with lower thread counts as the 2700x. It may not quite offer Intel level single threaded performance but it's more than adequate for anybody who stands a chance of actually loading it up.Lolimaster - Saturday, September 1, 2018 - link
You should not get the 2990WX unless you have task that will make use of it (VM's and rendering), specially on windows10.2950X is a lot more better option, specially if you use windows.
piroroadkill - Monday, September 3, 2018 - link
Unless you have a very specific need for a 2990WX, you should not buy one. You should DEFINITELY not buy one for gaming/streaming and general basic use. 2950X will be a lot better...mkozakewich - Friday, August 31, 2018 - link
Autoplaying video ads? As someone using a tethered cellular connection, I think this might be the time I have to stop visiting AnandTech.timecop1818 - Saturday, September 1, 2018 - link
Ya i was wondering what the fuck was up with that. It's useless videos too. fucking spam.0iron - Monday, September 3, 2018 - link
Rather than stop visiting, why not enable your adblock? I'm 'de-whitelist' for a week or two. See how it goes.PeachNCream - Monday, September 3, 2018 - link
Yeah, it's really stupid to have that video on every article. AT isn't white listed anymore.Agent Smith - Tuesday, September 4, 2018 - link
Just install Firefox Focus on IOS. You dont have to use it though as it has a content blocker feature which you activate in Safari settings.Its so good i never actually see what you guys ever complain about !!