AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X (16-core/32-thread) Desktop Processor $719

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Kneelbeforezod

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I guess in anticipation of the 2nd Gen TRs. Kinda Sucks Though for those early adopters though who paid full price.
 

rune-san

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Threadripper came out in September and the 2nd Gen isn't due out until "2H 2018" more than likely around that date again. The early adopters will likely be getting their full year's worth before the next gen releases, and the flagship CPUs always depreciate more rapidly than the main line. Definitely a good price, but I don't see where early adopters lost much, if anything. The i9-7900x is still nearly $1,000 and doesn't keep up with Threadripper in Workstation workloads. For a new Virtualization CPU, 16 cores / 32 threads for $719 is really hard to beat.
 

Patrick

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For a new Virtualization CPU, 16 cores / 32 threads for $719 is really hard to beat.
Disclaimer, I use a 1950X in my main workstation. At the same time, being limited to 128GB RAM is a major issue for how much I want to virtualize on the machine.
 

ServerSemi

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I guess in anticipation of the 2nd Gen TRs. Kinda Sucks Though for those early adopters though who paid full price.
Never really understood this type of thinking. So you got X product at launch but then after X amount of time like ALL computer parts they depreciate so it must suck to pay full price for it? I take it you never bought anything at launch ever? Good for you
 

rune-san

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Disclaimer, I use a 1950X in my main workstation. At the same time, being limited to 128GB RAM is a major issue for how much I want to virtualize on the machine.
I could see that being the case for some users for sure. I can't say it would be for a poor person like me. I currently have 64GB of memory in each of my ESXi Hosts, and that's with the Virtualized SAN taking a half of that on one host. I wish I could have more, but I can't really afford it! For my use cases, it would be hard to have more than 128GB of VMs on my current host without bogging down the CPU (currently an E5-2650).
 

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I increased my TR system count around last november when microcenter had them for $699 with the usual $30 discount off a motherboard.

If you want more ram (and can afford current prices) look into the single-socket epyc, 24 core 1P for a little over 1k.

Much cheaper than intel's current ram extortion scheme (of course) and same number of possible lanes as dual epyc. Supermicro has an 8-dimm atx (regular!) and gigabyte has a 16-dimm eatx. 256/512GB respectively populated with the cheaper $/GB 32GB/2666 rimms (a little over $300 currently) and given what is known from the desktop core's IMC I would recommend samsung modules.
 

msg7086

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Never really understood this type of thinking. So you got X product at launch but then after X amount of time like ALL computer parts they depreciate so it must suck to pay full price for it? I take it you never bought anything at launch ever? Good for you
Thought exactly the same when I saw that. But then why'd I waste my time teaching that so I kindly ignored that post XD

That guy's probably much happier with some used E5620s that stay at $5 stable.
 

AXm77

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As of today Microcenter have 1950X for $699.99 and 1900X for $349.99.
So that is a question: 2700X for $329.99 or 1900X for $20.00 more?
 

moblaw

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I heard talk about a x399 refresh Akka x490
That would support the newer zen 2 threadripper 16, 18, 24 core version. X399 still takes the ~16 cores only. While the x490 for the newer higher core count cpu's and more lanes.

Maybe it was empty talk, but It makes investing in x399 stupid at this point.
We will know more in August.
 

alex_stief

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One of the selling points of AMDs new sockets (AM4, SP3, TR4) was long-term support for new processors. At least that is what AMD fans will always tell you...for each new Intel processor you need a new motherboard.
According to this paradigm X399 should at least support new CPUs after a bios update, although not all new features might be unlocked. We saw this with the new Ryzen 2000 series which runs on first-gen AM4 motherboards but lacks support for precision boost 2 there.