SeekerAMD Ryzen Threadripper 1920X
At $799, AMD's 12-core Threadripper chip skips along ahead of Intel's competing $999 Core i9 on core-happy computing tasks, while costing a couple of hundred bucks less. Just factor in the high cost of motherboards and cooling into your build budget.
-- As reviewed by PCMag
Product details
- Incredible 12 Cores and 24 Threads of processing power
- 4.0 GHz Precision Boost (up to 4.2 GHz with XFR)
- 38MB of Cache Memory
- 64 PCIe Gen3 Lanes
- Quad channel DDR4 with support for ECC for reliable throughput
PROS
+ Outperforms Intel's pricier Core i9 chip on core-hungry tests.
+ Platform is overflowing with PCI Express lanes.
CONS
- Compatible motherboards are expensive.
- Byzantine installation process compared to mainstream CPUs.
- Competing Intel chips are better at lightly threaded tasks.
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By PCMag on August 16, 2017
At $799, AMD's 12-core Threadripper chip skips along ahead of Intel's competing $999 Core i9 on core-happy computing tasks, while costing a couple of hundred bucks less. Just factor in the high cost of motherboards and cooling into your build budget.
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