AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1920X and 1950X To Hit The Shelves On August 10th 2017, Price Starts At RM3899

AMD has finally released its highly anticipated Ryzen Threadripper 1950X and Ryzen Threadripper 1920X high-end desktop CPUs. With the new processor exceeding the expectations of even the most demanding developers, researchers, prosumers, creators, and multi-tasking gamers, this marks a major step forward in performance and features for the high-end desktop market. 

Built around the new AMD x86 “Zen” core architecture, Ryzen Threadripper delivers overwhelming power, unrestrained potential, and indisputable supremacy over comparable products in the market.

 “The level of global support and excitement built-up around AMD Ryzen processors has been incredible to watch these last few months, and with today’s Ryzen Threadripper launch, we deliver a new level of computing power to the world’s fastest ultra-premium desktop systems via an entirely new platform and set of multi-core processors,” said Jim Anderson, senior vice president and general manager, Computing and Graphics Group, AMD. 

“Ryzen Threadripper is the jolt of innovation that the high-end desktop customer was waiting for, providing the long-awaited ability to choose a processor that best fulfills their computing needs at a competitive price.”

Performance and Availability

Both new models of Ryzen Threadripper support the new SocketTR4 platform, sporting sixty-four PCIe® lanes, quad channel DDR4 memory, and AMD simultaneous multi-threading (SMT). 

With support for 16 cores and 32 processing threads, the Ryzen Threadripper 1950X delivers unprecedented multi-processing power, the likes of which have never been available for consumer desktop systems before. 

The Ryzen Threadripper 1920X provides 12 cores and 24 processing threads and will be available on-shelf along with the Threadripper 1950X on August 10th, 2017. A third variant, the 8-core 16-thread Ryzen Threadripper 1900X, is expected to be available August 31.

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Whether rendering complex 3D scenes, streaming high-quality video game content, or encoding, compiling, and encrypting files in parallel of each other, the world-class performance per clock and efficiency of AMD’s “Zen” architecture means users can do so without sacrificing efficiency or performance. Ryzen Threadripper 1950X and 1920X processors include 40MB and 38MB of processor cache, respectively, and all Ryzen Threadripper processors from the $549 Threadripper 1900X to the $999 Threadripper 1950X feature the same Quad-Channel DDR4 memory bandwidth, 64 lanes of PCIe® 3.0 connectivity, and processor-direct SATA/NVMe/USB connectivity. In addition, every Ryzen Threadripper processor is multiplier-unlocked to provide unlimited user flexibility.[ii] A full ecosystem of SocketTR4 X399 platforms, with native USB 3.1 Gen2 10GB/s connectivity, provide support for all Ryzen Threadripper processors at launch, with motherboards coming from top manufacturers like ASRock, ASUS, Gigabyte, and MSI.

Alienware Area-51 Threadripper™ Edition

In a testament to the multi-tasking and gaming capabilities of Ryzen Threadripper, Alienware has also launched its exclusive pre-built 16-core AMD Ryzen Threadripper Edition system to acclaim from high-end desktop enthusiasts worldwide. The new Alienware Area-51 Threadripper Edition, named “Best of E3” by Tom’s Guide and PC Gamer   sports a similar Triad chassis design to that of existing Area-51 systems, but incorporates AMD’s powerful Ryzen Threadripper 1950X processor.

“Built into the Alienware brand DNA, we stand by our commitment to deliver optimum gaming performance with iconic design and outstanding quality, Alienware is pleased to be first and only OEM to offer AMD’s Ryzen Threadripper to gamers and the new field of home content creators and megatasking streamers,” said Frank Azor, VP and GM, Alienware, Dell Gaming and XPS. “The Alienware Area-51 Threadripper Edition with the first-ever 16-core desktop processor and CPU liquid cooling allows you to use the most demanding applications to play, record and create simultaneously – taking your gaming and content creation experience to a whole new level.”

Delided Threadripper CPU Shows No Sign Of Poor Quality TIM - It's Soldered!

Der8auer, renown overclocker from Germany has recently delided the much hyped AMD Threadripper 1950X CPU in one of his recent video, showing that the IHS are actually soldered to the CPU die. 

The video has been taken down from public view on AMD's request after going viral in the enthusiasts community, but this means that you do not have the option to delid the Threadripper CPU.

Unlike Intel, trying to get away with cheap TIM on most of its CPU, the AMD Threadripper has its IHS and CPU die soldered together. So, there's no point of taking the risk of killing the CPU in the deliding process.  

Instead of having two 8-core CPU die as what we have expected initially, the photo of the delided CPU shows that the Threadripper has a total of 4 CPU die on it. With the 4 CPU die configuration matching the AMD EPYC Naples CPU with 4 Zeppelin dies, this indicates that the Threadripper CPU could be an underperforming Naples CPU.

It is unclear if the disabled cores can be activated just like the AMD Phenom II X3, but we can't overlook the possibility for AMD to do so in the future on their X399 motherboards. Of course, there are possibilities of those 'extra' CPU die are actually structural support that has no processing capability. 

Computex 2017: AMD Demonstrates the Ryzen Threadripper & Radeon Vega

During the AMD press conference today at Computex Taipei, the company had showcased a series of upcoming product timeline and demonstrations. AMD also took the chance and invite top global OEM partners to showcase their new systems based on Ryzen processor.

EPYC Launch

The new EPYC processor lineup is AMD's latest high-performance processors for cloud-based and traditional on-premise data centres. Previously codenamed Naples, the new EPYC processors will deliver the "Zen" x86 processing engine that scales up to 32 physical cores. The first EPYC processor-based servers are scheduled to launch on 20th June 2017.

Ryzen Mobile

AMD also demonstrated publicly for the first time a Ryzen mobile APU in an ultraportable reference design, bringing 4 cores, 8-threads and “Vega” architecture-based graphics into a sub-15mm thickness notebook design. The demo featured the Ryzen mobile-powered notebook playing HD video content.

Ryzen Momentum

Consumers are expected to see more Ryzen 7 and Ryzen 5 systems from OEMs. During the product showcase, Acer, ASUS, Dell and Lenovo has brought us a wide variety of PC systems ranging from All-in-one, towers and laptops.

• Acer Aspire GX-281 Desktop
• ASUS G11DF Desktop
• ASUS Republic of Gamers Strix GL702ZC desktop replacement – the world’s first 8-core gaming notebook
• Dell Inspiron Gaming Desktop
• Dell Inspiron 27 7000 Series AIO – Computex d&i award winner
• Lenovo IdeaCentre 720
• Lenovo IdeaCentre 510

Ryzen Threadripper

Targetted at the world's fastest ultra-premium desktop systems, the Ryzen Threadripper was announced and scheduled for release in Summer 2017. AMD has demonstrated the power of Threadripper's processing raw power with an ultra fast live rendering of the Ryzen logo. The team also demonstrates the live rendering of a 3D scene with the help of the Threadripper and the Vega-based GPU.

*PS, hey, it supports 64 PCIe 3.0 lanes.

Radeon “Vega” Updates

AMD also announces that the first "Vega" architecture-based graphics card will be called the Radeon Vega Frontier Edition - a premier solution for both machine learning and advanced visualisation. It is expected the card to be available for sale starting 27th June 2017.

Then the highly anticipated Radeon RX Vega graphics card did not make its debut here in Computex Taipei 2017, but the AMD team manage to showcase the graphic quality with a brief gameplay of "Prey". Dr Su mentions that the card is expected to launch at SIGGRAPH 2017 in Los Angeles, California.