AMD zen?

[spwath]

Any info, other than coming 2016?

Will it be enthusiast like x99, or more like the regular 2011 CPUs, or what?

And ddr4?

[TBNRunity]

The world may never know, but I am sure it will use ddr4.

There is also rumors that it is x86, but that is just rumors.

[spwath]

Should I hold out on my fx-6300 and terrible 970a-g43 motherboard until then?

I can't oc at all on this mb

[Thorium19]

stick with your current system, and if you can pick up a better mobo to overclock then go for it, as zen will probably use DDR3, possibly DDR4 if we're lucky. I think,and I must stress that I think, it's meant to go up against regular 1150/1151 chips, although more like the i7 than the i5. I think it's going to have some sort of hyper threading in it, along with HSA and a smaller architecture, but besides that I've no clue on it.

[MLG Doge]

Is it sticking with fm2+

[spwath]

Is it sticking with fm2+

It would be am3+, probably am4 tho

[spwath]

stick with your current system, and if you can pick up a better mobo to overclock then go for it, as zen will probably use DDR3, possibly DDR4 if we're lucky. I think,and I must stress that I think, it's meant to go up against regular 1150/1151 chips, although more like the i7 than the i5. I think it's going to have some sort of hyper threading in it, along with HSA and a smaller architecture, but besides that I've no clue on it.

Trying to figure out if I should get new mb, as I'm watercooling, it would be stupid if I couldn't oc.

[MLG Doge]

It would be am3+, probably am4 tho

I thought FX series was dead with am3+ included.

[Thorium19]

Trying to figure out if I should get new mb, as I'm watercooling, it would be stupid if I couldn't oc.

 

That it would. Have you checked fleabay for any used 990fx boards? Boards like the gigabyte ga 990fxa ud3 are pretty decent at a fairly attractive price point new, let alone used.

[Sauron]

AMD are probably not going to shoot themselves in the foot by going for outdated technology since they are designing this from the ground up. Therefore I expect ddr4, pcie 3.0, LGA-like sockets, the lowest manufacturing node available to them and a competitive iGpu (I don't care for one, but there are many people who use high end chips and don't care for gaming) will be in it. I also think it will debut on a consumer platform, aka something like intel's lga 115x lineup and possibly have an enthusiast counterpart later (if the architecture is suitable for it. A 16 core FX chip would still have a hard time being considered enthusiast grade).

 

If I were you I'd get a core i5 and then wait it out.

[Sauron]

It would be am3+, probably am4 tho

 

not likely, with a new architecture they'd probably take the occasion to move the pins on the socket like intel did.

[os2wiz]

stick with your current system, and if you can pick up a better mobo to overclock then go for it, as zen will probably use DDR3, possibly DDR4 if we're lucky. I think,and I must stress that I think, it's meant to go up against regular 1150/1151 chips, although more like the i7 than the i5. I think it's going to have some sort of hyper threading in it, along with HSA and a smaller architecture, but besides that I've no clue on it.

 

Your facts are totally incorrect. Zen will NOT be using DDR3. It will be either DDR4 or some type of onboard stackable memory.

[Thorium19]

Your facts are totally incorrect. Zen will NOT be using DDR3. It will be either DDR4 or some type of onboard stackable memory.

Well I'm sorry for there being a lack of clear information about on the subject. If I could remember off the top of my head, I'd have made sure I out that down though. Plus, I remember seeing a roadmap for AMD about a year to 18 months ago, which never showed any movement to DDR4 or anything else for the next 4-5 years, and as I've not seen a revised roadmap since the announcement of zen, I merely assumed they would integrate it into the original plans.