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We are expecting AMD to bring its first eight-core/16 thread Ryzen CPU to market in just a little over a month and with all of the talk about it, it may be easy to forget that there are more Ryzen CPUs to come. Aside from the upcoming octacore, AMD will also be bringing out a quad-core Ryzen processor, which the company has reportedly begun sampling this week.
The quad-core Ryzen CPU is expected to take on the Core i5 and Core i3 with four cores and four threads. This processor will be the entry-level for Ryzen, falling under the SR3 brand, as a result, it apparently won't use some of AMD's new tech, such as Simultaneous Multi-Threading, which is similar to Intel's Hyper-Threading.
We don't know exactly when quad-core Ryzen CPUs will be available to buy but given that most of Intel's Kaby Lake lineup now feature Hyper Threading all the way down to the Pentium series, AMD may need to make sure these SKUs are cheap enough to tempt people away. That said, these quad-core chips should still have an unlocked multiplier, so overclocking will be possible.
KitGuru Says: While Ryzen will officially launch quite soon, AMD will be rolling out different SKUs over the course of 2017, with quad-core and potentially even six-core processors. It will certainly be interesting to see how things play out between Intel and AMD throughout the year. How many of you guys are planning on picking up a Ryzen CPU this year?
If history has proven has anything to do with this, multi-threading might be locked but the right motherboard will be able to lock most. These are QA 8 core failures. Chances are that these also have 8 cores that could also be unlocked. Don’t doubt this if you are an Intel fanatic. I have been following every move both these chip makers have been doing since 2000. I also made around $270.000 grand in 9 months on AMD stock in the last 10 months. It pays to know.
The 4c/4t entry chip is news to me. What do you think msrp of SR3/5/7/7+ might be? Bought in at $5, had to sell at $8 for a family emergency. I’m well aware that pricing will never be low enough again for me to buy in, but after seeing that all chips will come unlocked and 5ghz-on-air points I knew the sky was the limit 🙁
I am convinced that AMD will go from 10.76 closing today to around 27.00 in a few short months. When the first line of FX produced 30.00 a share. If apple decides to use AMD’s altra low wattage chips.. This could double.
OK, so I’m trusting you to just tell me which model of motherboards to buy that allow the unlocking of cores. Just fill me in in a month or so before I build this Ryzen system. Thnx.
Try unlocking the FX 6300 etc. At first AMD used to disable cores by microcode in the firmware of the bios, however it was possible to get round that,
Nowadays however extra cores / threads are disabled by literally cutting them off the chip with a lazer.
Try enabling something thats not even connected to the rest of the chip.
Wow $270 you must be so proud
A 4c/4t apu will be good enough for me and for many home users. My A8 7600 spends most of its time idling, or just over playing music. It gets maxed out on the odd occasion, so i dont need 8c/16t. A 4/4 APU for around 100gbp suits my needs. I just hope each thread matches/exeeds/comes close to intels.
A 4/4 cpu or apu to fill a budget price range, just disable hyper threading/faulty cores. I had a triple core athlon II for 60gbp.
Using StockTwits? Come there, there is plenty of room for another pumper 😉
From a gaming perspective, it would benefit the consumer and AMD to offer the early chips displaying poor voltage characteristics as OctaCores without SMT. Here’s to hoping!
I’ll be getting an APU as well, could be a year out for those though but I’m in no hurry.
He didn’t write it well but “grand” means thousand … i.e. $270,000. Which would be nice.
I managed about 5k (on paper so far) which is also nice.
If i can hold out till they are boxed retail, i will.
I doubt AMD will repeat this move. The 4c/4t will probably be their biggest seller early on. And will be difficult for them to fill market demand from just failed 8cores. Smart move would be to make a smaller die for just this to maximize profit in this market segment.
Besides, they will make sure this time to prevent any core unlocking. As that really hurt them last time this was possible.
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Why are we still on SR naming…? If they do that the brand has to change or they need code names with SR… Also, every leak of what the samples were since Sept have included 2 quads and 2 octos…
The wonder will be how they will price these non-SMT vs Bristol… But now Intel says all Kaby Lake will have SMT for the first time…
A $200 7700k killer will dominate the market. If they can bring the price down to $150, that would send PC sales (especially gaming PC sales) skyrocketing.