Newegg[newegg.com] has the AMD Ryzen 9 7950X - 7000 Series 16-Core 4.5 GHz - Socket AM5 - 170W w/Radeon Graphics (100-000000514, OEM Packaging) on sale for $430. Shipping is free.
From the thumbnail, my first thought was, 'dang that is some expensive roach baits!'
Its the Hotel California for roaches...such a lovely place...
If they were Prescott Pentium 4's, I would make a joke about them being saunas/tanning salons...
So tempted, but I'm going to stretch my AM4/5950X a couple of more years. 🤐🤐🤐
There are rumors that the next AMD CPU chip may have dedicated local AI compute units and come out by the end of the year. That may be a distinctly more worthy upgrade than a 5950x to 7950x.
And the 9000 series announced with an overhaul of the IPC even though peak speeds remain the same. Will be interesting to see the comparison.
AMD is claiming some 16% uplift average it seems but given smaller node... possibly more legs when more power applied? Still, 16% more performance for 30% more price at launch makes the 7000 appealing. USB 4 on next Gen boards though would also be an incentive to wait I suppose
9000 series has just been released with a 16% IPC uplift. I would wait and compare the performance vs a 12-core 9000 series. But that's just me. The shelf date is the end of July, so if you can wait....🤷 ♂️
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If they were Prescott Pentium 4's, I would make a joke about them being saunas/tanning salons...
Always get retail packaging
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Definite wait. 9000 series will be announced any day now, even if you don't get one, it will drive the price of these down more.
I heard July 20th availability for the vanilla zen 5.
AMD is claiming some 16% uplift average it seems but given smaller node... possibly more legs when more power applied? Still, 16% more performance for 30% more price at launch makes the 7000 appealing. USB 4 on next Gen boards though would also be an incentive to wait I suppose