Amd threadripper 2990x listed

[NumLock21]

A european has listed the threadripper 2990x for an affordable price of 1,509 euros. This puts it around $1,755 usd. The price could be a place holder, but with 32 cores, it won't be surprising if that price, is near the official price when it comes out.

 

AMD confirmed Threadripper 2000 series are coming to their enthusiast platform this summer. Only two parts were confirmed: 32-core and 24-core SKUs, but no names were given. The new listing would, therefore, confirm that 2990X codename, which was first mentioned by HKEPC, might actually be real.

 

https://videocardz.com/76671/amd-ryzen-threadripper-2990x-listed-for-1509-eur

[TacoSenpai]

Did you say more power?

 

 

[NelizMastr]

180W? That's wishful thinking  also, the caches seem off.

[dizmo]

So around $1,499 US. Not bad, seems logical.

Still way more interested in Zen 2.

[Guest]

Why is AMD calling it the 2990X? Last gen threadripper was the 1950x, so shouldn't it be a 2950X? The extra $500 gives you 50% more cores from last gen, so price wise, I think it's fair. I don't know if you get 50% more performance which would make the extra $500 worth it for sure if we do get double the performance. The most obvious thing that appeals to the add listing to the supposedly "real" SKU is the "Socket TR4 CPU Box" part, which I think could be just the box itself or just a pre-order. And plus, you get the new wraith ripper included, what more does AMD add to the value of this chip.

[AskTJ]

180W? WOAHHHHHHHH

[NMS]

Wasn't the TDP supposed to be 250?

But at any case those are great specs for those who can afford this.

Some specs listed here (questionable): https://www.techradar.com/news/the-amd-ryzen-threadripper-2990x-leaks-out-as-a-32-core-64-thread-processor

[Misanthrope]

1500 Euro is about where I think this chip will land (1500 to 2000 territory) so it doesn't seems to be too unbelievable, even if the rest of the info on it seems mostly made up

[Morgan MLGman]

2 minutes ago, PC_Master said:

Why is AMD calling it the 2990X? Last gen threadripper was the 1950x, so shouldn't it be a 2950X?

It depends on how they approach the new line-up - it's possible that it's 2990X because they might leave the 1950X still in production and lower its price so they don't have to replace the 16C part.

[yolosnail]

14 minutes ago, PC_Master said:

Why is AMD calling it the 2990X? Last gen threadripper was the 1950x, so shouldn't it be a 2950X? The extra $500 gives you 50% more cores from last gen, so price wise, I think it's fair. I don't know if you get 50% more performance which would make the extra $500 worth it for sure if we do get double the performance. The most obvious thing that appeals to the add listing to the supposedly "real" SKU is the "Socket TR4 CPU Box" part, which I think could be just the box itself or just a pre-order. And plus, you get the new wraith ripper included, what more does AMD add to the value of this chip.

Isn't it 100% more cores for 50% extra cost?

[TVwazhere]

14 minutes ago, PC_Master said:

Why is AMD calling it the 2990X? Last gen threadripper was the 1950x, so shouldn't it be a 2950X? 

The 2950X part will be for the new 16 core part, which is the actual "replacement" for the current 1950x. 2970x will be for the 24c part, and 2990X will be for the 32 core part.

[Guest]

9 minutes ago, Morgan MLGman said:

It depends on how they approach the new line-up - it's possible that it's 2990X because they might leave the 1950X still in production and lower its price so they don't have to replace the 16C part.

So like a marketing strategy to reduce the price of the 1950x and make the "2990X" more appealing for high end enthusiast's who want like double the power and double the cores for a fair price while reducing the cost of their 1st gen threadripper line to make them look more appealing to the more budget portion of their HEDT platform.

[Morgan MLGman]

2 minutes ago, PC_Master said:

So like a marketing strategy to reduce the price of the 1950x and make the "2990X" more appealing for high end enthusiast's who want like double the power and double the cores for a fair price while reducing the cost of their 1st gen threadripper line to make them look more appealing to the more budget portion of their HEDT platform.

Yeah, I think it might be like this. Or like @TVwazhere said above, both strategies seem valid in my opinion

[Guest]

I think AMD is doing well in their HEDT line of CPUs, if intels starts getting jealous, they would be like, "s**t, uhhhh, what to do...... Oooo, I know, well just release a new HEDT line of CPUs, sounds good".

[Dabombinable]

*looks at 4790K*. Well shit. The lifespan of my i7 just keeps on getting shorter.

[Exotath]

That is a pretty fair and good price imo.

[asus killer]

and it even comes with a cooler. That's insane.

 

6 minutes ago, Dabombinable said:

*looks at 4790K*. Well shit. The lifespan of my i7 just keeps on getting shorter.

it kind of depends on what you do with it. 

[WereCat]

1 minute ago, Valermos said:

That is a pretty fair and good price imo.

That price is absolutely nuts.

Just in Q2 2016 when Intel released the i7 6950X the 10c/20t CPU, its MSRP was $1700.

Now only 2 years later we got 32c/64t for the same price.

[The Benjamins]

48 minutes ago, PC_Master said:

Why is AMD calling it the 2990X? Last gen threadripper was the 1950x, so shouldn't it be a 2950X? The extra $500 gives you 50% more cores from last gen, so price wise, I think it's fair. I don't know if you get 50% more performance which would make the extra $500 worth it for sure if we do get double the performance. The most obvious thing that appeals to the add listing to the supposedly "real" SKU is the "Socket TR4 CPU Box" part, which I think could be just the box itself or just a pre-order. And plus, you get the new wraith ripper included, what more does AMD add to the value of this chip.

The reason for a 2990x could be due to that not they plan on having CPUs with 2 and 4 dies active so the 2950x would be the 16c like the same config as the 1950x but the 2990x and 2970x would be the 32c and 24c that us 2x more dies and don't directly compare to the 1950x.

 

The 29##x line up could be, This is my speculation.

2900x 8c

2920x 12c

2950x 16c

2970x 24c

2990x 32c

[TVwazhere]

13 minutes ago, Dabombinable said:

*looks at 4790K*. Well shit. The lifespan of my i7 just keeps on getting shorter.

I'm waiting for Intel;s 8 core before I upgrade mine. Still gonna keep the 4790k in an mITX case though for a portable gaming rig since it'll still be decent for gaming for the foreseeable future.

[Guest]

2 minutes ago, The Benjamins said:

The reason for a 2990x could be due to that not they plan on having CPUs with 2 and 4 dies active so the 2950x would be the 16c like the same config as the 1950x but the 2990x and 2970x would be the 32c and 24c that us 2x more dies and don't directly compare to the 1950x.

 

The 29##x line up could be, This is my speculation.

2900x 8c

2920x 12c

2950x 16c

2970x 24c

2990x 32c

So the 8/16 core threadripper CPUs from last gen are probably going to be like 2nd gen ryzen with an IPC boost, clock speed boost and lower latency, but just a rebrand of 1st gen skus along with the new ones.

[schwellmo92]

3 minutes ago, TVwazhere said:

I'm waiting for Intel;s 8 core before I upgrade mine. Still gonna keep the 4790k in an mITX case though for a portable gaming rig since it'll still be decent for gaming for the foreseeable future.

Not Zen 2? The game's going to change when AMD get 7nm out and Intel don't have their counter ready.

[Doobeedoo]

54 minutes ago, AskTJ said:

180W? WOAHHHHHHHH

That's literally nothing specially for 32 core! The older FX extreme edition 9000 series are 220W

[Doobeedoo]

But yeah pricing looks like in line with expectations. 

[The Benjamins]

3 minutes ago, PC_Master said:

So the 8/16 core threadripper CPUs from last gen are probably going to be like 2nd gen ryzen with an IPC boost, clock speed boost and lower latency, but just a rebrand of 1st gen skus along with the new ones.

I wouldn't call new dies a rebrand, they will use the new 12nm like the rest of 2### (besides the APUs), if they are rebrands the all of 2### (besides the APUs) are rebrands too.