AMD officially cuts prices of the 1st-gen Threadripper CPUs

[Morgan MLGman]

Source: https://www.techpowerup.com/247038/amd-cuts-prices-of-first-gen-ryzen-threadripper-processors

The prices of Threadripper CPUs have been slowly going down in advance of launch of the 2nd-gen Threadripper that features up to 32C. I myself even looked at 1920Xs, but maybe it's worth waiting a bit more because of what is written below:

This is the current line-up of Threadripper CPUs along with their updated pricing:
 

So the 1920X which is a 12-core part costs only 399$! That's almost unbelievable and price/performance-wise, it's miles better in that regard than any other TR chip, especially the 2920X and even the 1950X which is twice as expensive for only 4 cores more.
 

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With the arrival of its 2nd generation Ryzen Threadripper HEDT processors, AMD cut prices of the socket-compatible first-generation parts. A highlight of this move is the availability of the 12-core/24-thread Threadripper 1920X at $399. This chip trades blows with the Core i9-7900X in multi-threaded tasks, and considering stores are still listing Intel's 6-core/12-thread Core i7-7800X at $390 and the 8-core/16-thread i7-7820X at $469, could make for a better alternatively, with more PCIe lanes. The 8-core/16-thread Threadripper 1900X is now down to $299, or less than the SEP price of the Ryzen 7 2700X. The 1900X still gives you 64-lane PCIe and quad-channel memory.

So when compared to Intel's HEDT line-up, the 7800X which is a 6-core, 12-thread part costs 390$ MSRP, which is 9$ less than the 12-core 1920X...

This is exactly what I expected and told other people to expect, that the 1st-gen Threadripper line-up will still be sold at lower prices after the 2nd-gen launch, although I have no idea about for how long will it still be in stores.

I feel like Intel really needs to respond to AMD's current HEDT line-up because it looks incredible at the moment, to think that Intel released its first, consumer 10-core chip barely over 2 years ago for a whooping 1723USD MSRP (which is almost as much as the 32-core, 64-thread monstrous 2990WX costs now)!

What do you think?

EDIT: Hardware Unboxed did a performance overview of the 1920X because of the price-cut, it turns out to be an extremely good deal:

 

[ItsMitch]

$300 for a 8 core 16 thread chip and is a thread ripper, yeah sure take my damn money. 

[Shally]

While Intel is shooting themselves in the foot AMD is getting onto a bike

[WereCat]

What do I think?

That I almost want to pick it up right now but I cant because DDR4 prices are killing me, I would be spending as much for RAM as for the CPU. 

[Jurrunio]

AMD: Nvidia is going to hurt us in the GPU market, so let's make Intel our punching bag

[Doobeedoo]

That's cool, second gen is quite a core step up too. 

[FloRolf]

It kinda makes the 'lower end' second Threadrippers obsolete. Why pay twice for a 2920 over a 1920?

[Taf the Ghost]

AMD declares war on the Home NAS/Server product segment.

[Morgan MLGman]

Just now, FloRolf said:

It kinda makes the 'lower end' second Threadrippers obsolete. Why pay twice for a 2920 over a 1920?

I agree, it's weird that the 1920X is 250USD cheaper than the 2920X, but the 1950X is only 100USD cheaper than the 2950X The 1900X seems decent value too, if you're in a need of a cheap CPU to pair with quad-channel memory and a lot of PCI-E lanes. Its launch price was ridiculous IMO.

[WereCat]

1 minute ago, FloRolf said:

It kinda makes the 'lower end' second Threadrippers obsolete. Why pay twice for a 2920 over a 1920?

One thing to keep in mind is that they are most likely just want to get rid of the stock.

[Taf the Ghost]

1 minute ago, FloRolf said:

It kinda makes the 'lower end' second Threadrippers obsolete. Why pay twice for a 2920 over a 1920?

The 1920 to 2920 might see the largest uplift among the SKUs, but the 1920 was also a pretty bad seller. Something like 70% of the TR1 sales were 1950X purchases. Everyone loved the 16c, though I think the expensive mobos + super expensive DRAM probably caused a lot of that as well. AMD won't be producing all that many of either of them, but it's a product SKU that they'll fill. 

[Biggerboot]

1920x is pretty enticing, at least until Ryzen 7 3700 comes out with 12 cores.  But if you want to get into the TR platform today that seems like the best value.

[Taf the Ghost]

2 minutes ago, Morgan MLGman said:

I agree, it's weird that the 1920X is 250USD cheaper than the 2920X, but the 1950X is only 100USD cheaper than the 2950X The 1900X seems decent value too, if you're in a need of a cheap CPU to pair with quad-channel memory and a lot of PCI-E lanes. Its launch price was ridiculous IMO.

Launch price was fine. Remember, that was before Skylake-X launched. 

 

It was still not the right purchase for the platform, but it was still quite reasonable at the time. Though it was only the first stage of the Corean War.

[TacoSenpai]

AMD will be threadrippin our wallets to shreds

[knightslugger]

16 minutes ago, Morgan MLGman said:

4 cores more

4 cores, but 8 more threads as well.

[Rune]

Whenever these things happen I instantly go "wait, that's not a good deal at all" and have to remind myself that I work at microcenter and everyone else gets shagged on cpu pricing

 

[Jurrunio]

7 minutes ago, VegetableStu said:

Intel: AMD is going to hurt us in the CPU market. Thank goodness we hired their GPU-side talent to make Nvidia our punching bag.

Nvidia: catch me if you (two) can~

[Spotty]

23 minutes ago, Morgan MLGman said:

So the 1920X which is a 12-core part costs only 399$!

Woah, that's insane. Didn't that just launch 12 months ago for $700 or $800 MSRP?

 

AMD must have a lot of confidence in the performance of their new line up in order to drop their 1st Gen prices so heavily at the same time as when they're launching 2nd Gen threadripper.

[Thomas CG]

Interesting to see what Intel answer's going to be, look we now have 8 cores instead of six.

[TacoSenpai]

2 minutes ago, VegetableStu said:

Welp, my current 2-year-old-ish 6-core machine now cost more than the cheapest 12-core machine in the market ,_,

I'm starting a worlds smallest violin playing club if you're interested we can cry together

[JoeCoke]

34 minutes ago, Rune said:

Whenever these things happen I instantly go "wait, that's not a good deal at all" and have to remind myself that I work at microcenter and everyone else gets shagged on cpu pricing

 

Right? Microcenter has the best prices on CPUs AND you get another 30$ off if you buy a CPU and motherboard. I'm lucky to have a Microcenter near me.

[Spotty]

34 minutes ago, Rune said:

Whenever these things happen I instantly go "wait, that's not a good deal at all" and have to remind myself that I work at microcenter and everyone else gets shagged on cpu pricing

 

I'm actually wondering if that is like a loss leader for them, where they can sell the CPU at a loss because they know that people are likely to buy accompanying items with it such as motherboards and RAM that may have a higher profit margin on that will make up the difference?

[Biggerboot]

8 minutes ago, Spotty said:

I'm actually wondering if that is like a loss leader for them, where they can sell the CPU at a loss because they know that people are likely to buy accompanying items with it such as motherboards and RAM that may have a higher profit margin on that will make up the difference?

Partially.  If you've been to a microcenter they're similar to something like costco, where it's like a warehouse that's converted over to a store.  So they probably avoid some middlemen to reduce cost.  They deal in high volumes too (it's packed every time I go) 

 

AMD's business model is also probably different from Intel's in regards to how generational upgrades work. 

[Herman Mcpootis]

53 minutes ago, LordOTaco said:

I'm starting a worlds smallest violin playing club if you're interested we can cry together

 

[Taf the Ghost]

23 minutes ago, Biggerboot said:

Partially.  If you've been to a microcenter they're similar to something like costco, where it's like a warehouse that's converted over to a store.  So they probably avoid some middlemen to reduce cost.  They deal in high volumes too (it's packed every time I go) 

 

AMD's business model is also probably different from Intel's in regards to how generational upgrades work. 

Intel shutting AMD out of the Western OEM market has a lot to do with the way the two operate. Intel has so much vendor lock in & volume delivery that they have no reason to discount old products. This is also why AMD actually still sells a pretty hefty % within the Consumer CPU space.