To get Threadripper or wait for TH2 ?

[lukx]

Is it worth to get TH now or with TH around the corner its better to hold. Any relase date is known for TH2 ?

[Technomancer__]

just wait the new should release soon 

[SquintyG33Rs]

how much will you really care for the extra 200MHz? unless what you're really looking forward to is the better power efficiency? there isn't a good enough reason for you to wait at least a month (since we have no info on TH2 yet) without your system when we know the gains are nice but not very big.

 

if you need it now buy it now. you can keep waiting "ad vitam aeternam"

[Ordinarily_Greater]

If you expect more features from Thread Ripper (let's call it TR) 2nd gen then i suggest wait but there are already a price cut to the TR 1900X that makes it at $449, so that is something if you want a feature rich 8c/16t processor

 

Potentially there would be more PCIe lanes to the 2nd gen?

[lukx]

I'm not in a big rush but I t would be grate if around end of July I could get new TH2. How big is chance that AMD might release new TH2 around that date?

I'm aiming for the top clock speed and # of cores model (doing lot of 3d rendering). And yes the less power consuming is big plus for me.

[Arika]

46 minutes ago, lukx said:

I'm not in a big rush but I t would be grate if around end of July I could get new TH2. How big is chance that AMD might release new TH2 around that date?

I'm aiming for the top clock speed and # of cores model (doing lot of 3d rendering). And yes the less power consuming is big plus for me.

maybe, but not likely. they are currently slated for "the second half of the year. " so any point from July 1st onward

[garyhogan1991]

If your not in a big rush definitely wait for 2nd gen

 

 

[SquintyG33Rs]

13 hours ago, lukx said:

I'm not in a big rush but I t would be grate if around end of July I could get new TH2. How big is chance that AMD might release new TH2 around that date?

I'm aiming for the top clock speed and # of cores model (doing lot of 3d rendering). And yes the less power consuming is big plus for me.

Absolutely not happening.... Second half of the year is pretty vague but if we want to be scientific about it and maque a statistical model. Simple bell curve over the secind half of the year and you're 95% sure it won't come out in july