AMD Ryzen 5 Released April 11, 2017

[panzlock]

AMD Ryzen 5 1600 hits 4GHz, offering 6C/12T at $219 AMD Ryzen 5 1600 overclocked to 4GHz, destroys the price/performance/core count of anything the 7700K can throw at it

Read more: http://www.tweaktown.com/news/57046/amd-ryzen-5-1600-hits-4ghz-offering-6c-12t-219/index.html

http://www.tweaktown.com/news/57046/amd-ryzen-5-1600-hits-4ghz-offering-6c-12t-219/index.html

The first half of 2017 is proving to be an interesting one for AMD. There's promise of next-generation RX Vega graphics coming to a PC in May or June, bringing much-needed competition to the high-end space, and AMD already has a trio of Ryzen eight-core CPUs out in the wild. Excelling in multi-core activity and offering a better bang for buck than Intel, premium Ryzen CPUs have been disruptive.

Yet the real CPU push arrives with Ryzen 5, launched today in 1400, 1500X, 1600 and 1600X flavours. A key difference between these chips and the range toppers is the marketing choice to split Ryzen 5 into four- and six-core models.

http://hexus.net/tech/reviews/cpu/104182-amd-ryzen-5-1500x-ryzen-5-1600x-14nm-zen/

[triffid]

I am a big fan of AMD and I really wish them all the best with Ryzen! I do not understand why all the mobo manufacturers released so few AM4 boards. Kaby Lake CPUs are only few weeks older than Ryzen and there are dozens of 200 series motherboards available everywere.



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