Re:AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X and 1920X Review
by paulmd on Thursday August 10, 2017 @04:40PM
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> That must be a really high end air cooler. My R7 1700 runs 4GHz on a 280mm AIO water cooler.
As you note, Threadripper is the best 5% of R7 chips, some of them are going as high as 4.2 GHz. But there appears to be a surprising amount of chip-to-chip variation even still.
> Yeah, Skylake-X is a power monster, all the memes about "Core i9 best for burning your house down" are funny, but SIXTEEN Zen cores at 4GHz would not be cool and quiet either :D
You don't know the half of it. Check out these power numbers:
As you note, Threadripper is the best 5% of R7 chips, some of them are going as high as 4.2 GHz. But there appears to be a surprising amount of chip-to-chip variation even still.
> Yeah, Skylake-X is a power monster, all the memes about "Core i9 best for burning your house down" are funny, but SIXTEEN Zen cores at 4GHz would not be cool and quiet either :D
You don't know the half of it. Check out these power numbers:
https://www.overclock3d.net/reviews/cpu_mainboard/asus_x399_...