LUKE and LEO get technical – The AMD Zen 2 Episode!

Now that Ryzen 3000 has been out for a few weeks and we've had a good chunk of time with the new processors and X570 platform, Leo and Luke got together to discuss recent findings. It is a lengthy discussion, going over Zen overclocking, X570 as a whole, using Ryzen 3000 on an older motherboard, what's next for Threadripper and more.

Timestamps:

• 1:53
  Why does Ryzen 5 3600X exist? Hardware Unboxed has shown they perform the same.
  What benefit do you get from the 95W TDP over 65W or is it all hocus pocus?
• 8:43
  Manual overclocking of Zen and Precision Boost 2
• 13:57
  How’s it going with X570 motherboard reviews?
  AGESA 1.0.0.2 before launch, AGESA 1.0.0.3 arrived around the time of launch followed by other versions
• 20:05
  Should you use Ryzen 3000 with an older motherboard?
• 21:47
  Relative costs of LGA115x, X299, TR4 and AM4 platforms
• 23:43
  X570 chipset – 15W, active cooling, PCIe Gen 4. Check out the motherboard prices!
• 28:08
  Threadripper 3000. New platform expected, perhaps in October. Let’s call it X599. Do we expect Threadripper 3000 to come with 24-core and 32-core versions. Will there be a 16-core? will it go further and hit 48-core and 64-core?
• 34:48
  Luke loves Ryzen 7 3700X with an X470 board
• 35:33
  B550 chipset
• 36:33
  X570 chipsets draw so much power they require active cooling so the fans are also used to cool the M.2 slots.
• 47:47
  What is the lifespan of a cooling fan?
• 52:42
  X570 active cooling can also cool the VRMs with segue into VRM design on Intel and AMD
  (55 minutes both Leo and Luke say Z370 but mean AMD X370)
• 59:37 – Leo tries to remember the second point – and succeeds!
• 60:13
  Gigabyte Aorus Xtreme mega power from 14-phase VRM
• 63:33
  G.Skill Trident Z and Neo DDR4 support on AMD
• 65:55
  Zen 2 memory controller and Infinity Fabric. 3600MHz is the limit for good behaviour and not 3733MHz
• 74:13
  Luke was going to upgrade from Core i9-9900K to Ryzen 3700X on a new X370 board!
  And now he has used Intel Quick Sync Video on Core i9-9900K

KitGuru Says: Lots of good insights here from Luke and Leo. Are many of you looking to upgrade to 3rd Gen Ryzen this year? 

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