Monday, July 1st 2019
PSA: No Ryzen 3000 Pre-orders Today (1st July), Spare Your F5 Key
AMD's 3rd generation Ryzen desktop processors were rumored to open to pre-orders today, so you could have your swanky new CPU upgrade in place by 7/7. It turns out, that's not the case. AMD in a statement to TechPowerUp, confirmed that there won't be any pre-orders opened by retailers today (1st July), and there is no information of any such pre-orders date. Customers will likely have to wait until the 7th to pick their PIB form their friendly neighbourhood PC hardware store, or order one online. The statement from AMD in German language translates as follows:
We haven't announced any pre-order plans - global launch is on 7/7.AMD is launching five new processor SKUs this July, including the 12-core/24-thread Ryzen 9 3900X, the 8-core/16-thread Ryzen 7 3800X and 3700X, and the 6-core/12-thread Ryzen 5 3600X and 3600. Prices over previous-generation products remain flat wherever applicable. The 3700X is being launched at the same $329.99 MSRP as the 2700X, the 3600X at a slightly higher $249.99 compared to the $239.99 the 2600X launched at; and the 3600 aims to be the sub-$200 king at the same $199.99 price as the 2600. The 3800X is being launched as a premium 8-core option at $399.99, and the 3900X can be yours for $499.99. We expect most online retailers to mark these prices up by 5-10 percent as they normally do.
54 Comments on PSA: No Ryzen 3000 Pre-orders Today (1st July), Spare Your F5 Key
I know there's one ;) What state was that game in, again? Oh yeah...
robertsspaceindustries.com/
That should tell you enough. Even indie devs have a scope and a project that is clearly defined before they start work and secure the necessary funds. It is that scope and plan that they present and secure the funding with. And note - EVEN Roberts had a roadmap, a scope and a project plan to secure his funding and the investors - both crowdfunding and corporate - but decided to 'keep adding stretch goals'.
Anyway. Ryzen :D
If you're buying a new motherboard, you should be waiting for good reviews anyway.
Did you noticed that with this new 1 click auto PBO OCing in-chip AMD just made the ~1.5GB Intel® Performance Maximizer to be laughable? OMG LOL!.
Oh, here's your link
However that is still a little bit different isn't it. An early access and a pre order aren't the same - more often than not, Early access also presents a discount while pre orders do not. Early access also doesn't guarantee the full scope of the game yet. You could say early access is a kickstarter / crowdfunding much more than a pre order. A pre order is effectively a sale agreement - a contract - while EA is not.
Early access also does not apply for refunds. Its money gone -an investment, like crowdfunding, that may or may not return a game/product.
Devil's in the details.
Any potential machine learning or similar productivity benchmark suite built in this time?
Real overclockers will still do manual overclocking to test the limits of their builds, but the novices will certainly like having "1-button-push" increase in performance (something that you don't exactly get in any other CPU before Zen 2)
Also IMO the Ryzen 9 3950X will launch at 9/9 = Monday as the 9 is for Ryzen 9.
Joke a side. I am i no hurry to pre order now as i am waiting for ryzen 9 3950X and that is first set to release some time in september and i also want to se a few reviews before i order any thing.
Overclocking, to me, implies, manual work and goes beyond boost from the factory. The difference here is simply the motherboard. Some who use this feature wont do a thing if the mobo isnt up to the task.
Call me an overclocking purist. :p
That doesn't take away from anything I said, however. It still makes it dudsville for the overclocker if it takes it to the limit automatically. Great for noobs though. Yipee.