Tuesday, July 25th 2017
AMD Ryzen Threadripper Retail Packaging Pictured?
AMD CEO Lisa Su, ahead of the company's grand SIGGRAPH event, unveiled what could very well be the retail packaging of the company's upcoming Ryzen Threadripper HEDT processors. There's a good possibility that this isn't the retail packaging, because it looks shaped like an old-school television, and could be a prop AMD is using for its SIGGRAPH booth, or it's a special packaging AMD is reserving for reviewers (the company does that with most of its flagship products).
The rounded cuboid box features a prominent window with a CRT-like convex bulge through which you can look at the large Ryzen Threadripper chip. There's minimal branding or literature on the box itself, which could indicate the presence of an outer cover. AMD is planning to launch its Ryzen Threadripper lineup with two SKUs for the retail (DIY) channel, the 12-core/24-thread Ryzen Threadripper 1920X, and the 16-core/32-thread Ryzen Threadripper 1950X. The two parts will be accompanied by a small but growing selection of compatible socket TR4 motherboards based on the AMD X399 chipset, by industry majors such as ASUS, ASRock, and GIGABYTE. The processor is expected to be available by 9th August.
Source:
Tom's Hardware
The rounded cuboid box features a prominent window with a CRT-like convex bulge through which you can look at the large Ryzen Threadripper chip. There's minimal branding or literature on the box itself, which could indicate the presence of an outer cover. AMD is planning to launch its Ryzen Threadripper lineup with two SKUs for the retail (DIY) channel, the 12-core/24-thread Ryzen Threadripper 1920X, and the 16-core/32-thread Ryzen Threadripper 1950X. The two parts will be accompanied by a small but growing selection of compatible socket TR4 motherboards based on the AMD X399 chipset, by industry majors such as ASUS, ASRock, and GIGABYTE. The processor is expected to be available by 9th August.
27 Comments on AMD Ryzen Threadripper Retail Packaging Pictured?
Looks like his contact lense fell out and they packaged it.
Remembered me with an old crt tv.
Nice touch.
Front page news imo
Really nicely done.
I believe you're saying threadripper is still too expensive for what it is if you're buying a completely new system and I disagree. The only alternative is Intel's i9 series which gets you less cores and if you need at least 12 decent 4ghz cores, the i9 7920x is not looking like a good option AND it's 400 dollars more. If you need 16 decent cores, there is no real alternative it seems as it's unlikely the i9 7960x will run well without a delid, which is a no-no on any REALLY expensive cpu as it obviously voids your warranty, unlike even an oc most of the time, and if something fails on the cpu, you will have to cough up 1700 dollars to get what you already had!
Also, by your logic of a cpu increasing performance by 10%, like Intel over AMD in some cases, for 5% more cost for example, a 700 dollar ssd that gives you 10% more performance over a 300 dollar ssd for 5% more cost is a good deal, even if you won't realistically notice the difference. That reasoning is generally only good for buying a gpu, not so much a cpu if you can save 700 dollars and have over 90% of the cpu performance,which often is still plenty to not bottleneck anything, AND you don't have to delid to get the best possible value out of your system!
$799 and $999 for 12 core and 16 core respectively.
I hope that AMD will release 10-core and 14-core models as it was rumored a few months ago. It would be nice to have a 649 $ 10-core model and 899 $ 14-core model.