AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1920X (12-Core/24-Thread) Desktop Processor (YD192XA8AEWOF)

CAUTION - THE INCLUDED SCREWDRIVER LIKE MANY OTHERS DID NOT RELEASE ON THE RIGHT TENSION! THIS CAN CAUSE DAMAGE IF YOU OVERTIGHTEN! Aside from the initial issue of the screwdriver; I stopped as I felt it was too much force and watched install videos, confirming I have put about as many turns as they have without it popping out to indicate it's tightened. I would recommend watching these so you don't overtighten as this can damage the motherboards socket or the CPU. The CPU: I have long since been an intel fanboy, but not anymore. Temperatures: With a Noctua TR4 cooler, expect 23C-33C Idle with 40-48C under load. The max I believe I've seen was 53C with a very high amount of CPU usage likely from an unoptimized piece of software. It runs cooler than all of my intel chips, including one that was watercooled while this is on an air cooler. Performance: It does everything. At once. You'll need lots of RAM if you want to do everything at once depending on what you do. If you want to play a game, stream said game, render graphics to a file you should get no less than 32GB of 3600 MHz memory, most of these TR4 boards support up to 128GB RAM. If you do graphics work, video editing, rendering and still want a PC you can use to have fun; this is a great CPU. I'll never get less than this in the future and it makes a quad core look like a toaster. Normal retail price is $800, it's been on sale often for $200, and moves up to $262 lately. The boards are expensive generally around $250-$350, but well worth the cost to have up to 3 NVMEs, 8 DIMM slots and a high cap of 128GB RAM. 10/10 Highly recommend, and would recommend further Threadripper CPUs they release.

There are a lot of claims going around that this CPU requires water cooling so I tested it. Mine easily and stably overclocks to 4.0GHz with a single-fan noctua NH-U14S TR4-SP3. Could possibly clock a little higher with liquid cooling but I haven't attempted it, even though there's plenty of thermal headroom. My CPU only runs a degree or 2 hotter with the noctua than with h115i. This processor also plays nice with high speed RAM, just make sure you get an asus motherboard if you want to hit 3600mhz on 128GB. I tested 3600mhz on 64gb with the zenith extreme and it works, but I ultimately chose the asrock x399 fatal1ty professional gaming for size reasons and my GPU wouldn't fit on the first slot of the zenith extreme. There are lots of other benefits to the asus boards but there are some unique benefits to the fatal1ty board, like onboard 10G lan for what that's worth. So with the asrock board I've been able to run 3200mhz on 64gb. It doesn't say anywhere in the manual or elsewhere that the board does not support 3600mhz, but if you select 3733mhz, it will revert to 2166 when you boot into windows. And when I selected 3600mhz, it'd boot and run at that number but crash as soon as i ran a program like google chrome. Tried it at lower and lower rates until I got to 3200mhz which is completely stable, so I'm guessing that's just a known limit but asrock's customer support is unaware of it. So yeah the threadripper is an amazing CPU but there are some things you gotta plan out in advance for your system. By the way, if you want to boot off an NVMe RAID array, this is definitely the platform to go with. The setup isn't trivial but it's this versus intel VROC, so there you go.

Holy crap, this thing's fast. I upgraded from a 4 core I7 Intel processor. My old rig couldn't keep up with editing 4K video without badly stuttering. This thing does 4K previews with transitions and effects at something like 20% CPU utilization. I did mate it with a killer graphics card (ASUS ROG-STRIX-GTX1080TI 11GB), but this CPU deserves the best! I'm not an overclocker, so I'm not pushing the limits, but I suspect this thing has enough horsepower for anything without overclocking. I had never built a water cooled rig before, but it was pretty straightforward. I used an all in one NZXT Kraken X52 and it works fine. For the motherboard, I used a ASRock X399 Professional Gaming board, populated it with 64 GB in four 16 GB DDR4 2400 ECC Kingston Valueram. I like the fact that AMD allows this "consumer" CPU the ability to use ECC RAM, unlike Intel which now requires the use of the "server" chips if you want to use ECC. The only integration glitch I had was installing Windows 10 - I had to disable the IOMMU option in the BIOS (I think it was buried in the Northbridge or Southbridge sub menu).

I think this is a great CPU. It is relatively easy to install if you get a motherboard with the Lotes CPU Socket - not Foxconn! Foxconn is horrible (see reviews online about it). I have only played a few games on it (Fallout 4 mostly) and it has no problem in 1080 Ultra settings (but that's mostly GPU anyway - which I'm getting a slight bottleneck due to going with a midrange video card due to budget restraints). I got this CPU for 4k video editing. I'm using Vegas Pro and a few other editing programs, and coming from an old i7-2600k, it blows it out of the water (I mean, if I were liquid cooling - which I'm not. I'm using the Noctua NH-U14S TR4-SP3 and it works great with it). I can render out a 10 minute 4k edited project with 5 audio and video tracks (complete with color grading and multiple effects) downsampled to 1080 24p (16MB bit rate) in about 6 minutes. Then I can take that same completed 10 minute 1080p video and render that out to DVD 24p (720x480, 8MB) in 57 seconds. I've only had the Threadripper 1950x for a few days, so I'm still testing and playing around with it - but I love it so far!

As a processor, the AMD Threadripper 1950X is AMD's flagship prosumer processor, designed for users who are multi/mega-tasking, have specialized workloads that can take advantage of the many cores high end processors offer. On paper, it has near feature parity with similar Intel processors with potentially a lot more cores for a lot less money. So, really the question we all want to know is.... How is it? In practice its great for my workloads. I fit the "Megatasker" profile as well as have some programs that I frequently use that scale well with many cores. So trans-coding video via x265, while testing virtual machines for work, while controlling home automation, web browsing, and some gaming on the side make for a buttery smooth experience no matter what I throw at the system. Its good points: --- Many many many cores taunt you to find workloads it cant handle. --- The ability to run ECC (Error correction Code) memory adds a level of system stability formerly only available in server class processors. --- Having so many PCI-E lanes that you don't need to worry about starving your networking, storage or graphics devices regardless of configuration. --- Performance per $ that can outstrip the competition in relevant workloads. --- Soldered IHS. It might seem a stretch to list this, but from investigations into thermal performance vs power consumption this can play a very big difference in why AMD can seemingly push more cores at faster clocks. They have an effective way of transferring waste heat from cores to IHS to the HSF/Cooler. AKA: They didn't cheap out on the thermal packaging - The enthusiast crowd thanks you, AMD. Its neutral points: --- This isnt the CPU for you if you are a casual user, a hard core gamer, or are not sure if your workloads would benefit from a >4 Core CPU. --- The AMD (Ry)zen architecture is fairly new, so there are optimizations that are taking place so meet these new processors - this simply means that what you read about performance today will improve over time - all things considered. It isn't something that is a guarantee for every application, but nor is it a bad thing. When Zen first came out overclockers had a rough time with memory compatibility at stock speeds - now we have memory compatibility up to DDR4-3600 - things like this are expected to improve as well as software improvements. Again they are not guarantees so as to put this as a positive, but performance of these processors will grow a little bit over time as the ecosystem and programmers learn to optimize for it.. --- Power hungry. Of course a HEDT processor will pull a lot of power. It isnt good or bad, it is what it is. Just ensure your power supply, case and cooling system are appropriately sized for the thermals. Overclocking (if that's your thing) is a different story... See below: The Bad Points: --- Single threaded performance will trail comparable Intel processors - Intel still has a 10-15% advantage in IPC (but you arent buying this processor for single threaded workloads are you?) --- Lacking AVX512 support (yes, AVX-512 is a mess right now with many (Partial) implementations and very little software that uses it to advantage - if you have such software, why are you looking at this, then? ;) ) --- The 1950X is pushing its own thermal envelopes at stock speeds with rational cooling. 16 Cores at 3.4-4.2 Ghz is really impressive - but sometimes the 1950X's little brother the 1920X (the 12 Core Threadripper) manages better thermals, better clocks (Less thermal throttling), and higher performance in some workloads.This seems to demonstrate that the 1950X wont have a lot of headroom for rational overclocking taken as a whole, and the need to size any threadripper system for abundant cooling- doing so will prevent thermal issues from such a high powered processor.. When we do overclock we see power consumption go through the roof - even when simply raising Memory frequencies can add an additional 30W of power consumption. If you are an overclocker and this is your hobby - there is a challenge here for you - bring a big power supply, and a lot of cooling. Overall - Threadripper is a great "Halo" product from AMD that likely isnt for the majority of people out there - but it is an excellent choice for those who have a workload that matches its strengths. It also seems to be helping anyone who has noticed the stagnation of x86/x64 platform stagnation - Intel is now on high alert, and we see 6-core consumer chips imminent, price reductions for Intel HEDT processors, and this will only benifit us all in the long run.

This is the base Threadripper for the X399 first Gen Threadripper Ryzen Processor. The 1900 X is overclockable and has 8 cores and 16 threads. Power hungry but has lots of Workstation Lanes for high volume editing and multiple drives.

I have to admit, I'm completely blown away. I've hand-built 30+ PCs in my life, and every single one was Intel-based. There was a time when AMD simply couldn't compete on anything but price, which was never of interest to me because I value performance. I lean heavily on my computers for high-end 3D animation/design/rendering work, as well as gaming and other common functions. I bought this processor to test as a potential replacement for my existing rig, which had two 10-core Xeon chips ($1,000 each) on a server-grade motherboard. This 1950x CPU shreds that setup in Cinebench and real-world render times, is way faster to boot up, runs cooler and was almost 1/3 the cost! It's been completely reliable and capable. Seriously, if you're the kind of person who's always built around Intel CPUs, now is the time to reconsider AMD. I would highly recommend this CPU to anyone who needs lots of cores for 3D/DCC or other applications that will benefit from having 32 threads.

I have been using this CPU close to two months now and I am extremely impressed with it. Resource utilization is amazing, I don't even need to use game mode on the CPU because resource managment intelligently decided between using one CPU dye or the Other. in most cases for gaming 16 threads will be reserved entierly for gaming and the other 16 will be reserved entirely for background tasks. You likely wont see a game use all 32 thread for a couple years but something like assassins creed unity might do it at this moment. It uses all 32 threads for encoding/compressing/decompressing so your projects are lightning fast. I should note that I am using MSI's X399 pro carbon motherboard with this processor and that motherboard seems to be the best combo with this motherboard if you want stability. (I also have a review on that product with critical information in getting your system working properly, be sure to check it out) Noctua is the only cooler I would recommend with this processor. 99% of all liquid coolers and competing air coolers are relatively insufficient for this processor. warning: Do not get ram faster than 2666Mhz for this processor!

Avec son prix actuel de 430 €, il est difficile de trouver un autre produit qui apporte plus que ce qu'offre un Threadripper 1920x. Vous imaginiez avec un processeur 12c/24t à ce prix il y a deux ans ? En tant qu'infographiste, j'en suis très satisfait. Aucun problème avec la mémoire vive en quad-channel (DDR4 4x8 Go 3200-CL14). Des performances gaming qui ne sont pas au top du top, mais qui restent très bonnes. Un gain de temps monumental sur la plupart des lourds calculs des logiciels de création. Et surtout, une plateforme qui sera flexible à l'avenir... presque tout pour séduire, en bref.

Very pleased with the performance and quality. Been using Intel almost exclusively for a very long time, but decided to take the chance and very happy I did. Built a very fast gaming computer, which also serves as a developer and editing machine. Very fast indeed.

took me a while to get all the parts and this part didnt work. and i missed return period. where the hell is the warranty claim selection???

Dieser Prozessor ersetzt meinen billigen betagten I5 3570K, mit dem ich jahrelang 3D-Rendering, Videoschnitt und Programmierung (hauptsächlich C++) betrieben habe. Man mag durchaus berechtigt einwenden, dass das für diesen Aufgabenbereich alles andere als der bestgeeignete Prozessor war - aber fast ein Jahrzehnt lang hat Intel uns Desktop-Nutzer ja mit 4 Kernen und kümmerlichster Weiterentwicklung kurz gehalten. Mehr Kerne gab es durchaus als "Extreme"-Edition oder Workstation-Hardware zu kaufen - zu exorbitanten Preisen. Und dazu war ich einfach zu geizig, da die Aufgaben, die Höchstleistung erforderten, nur einen gewissen Teil meiner Arbeit ausmachen. Aber es hat mich natürlich sehr gefreut, dass AMD endlich eine relativ günstige Alternative auf den Markt gebracht hat (wenn auch deutlich teurer als mein altes System), und bisher habe ich den Kauf auch nicht bereut. Die Multithreading-Leistung ist einfach gewaltig, wie man sich auch in vielen Benchmarks im Netz überzeugen kann. Adobe Premiere exportiert Filme wahnwitzig schnell, DAZ Studio rendert ebenfalls unvergleichlich viel schneller. 3ds max war allerdings ein kleines Problem, da ich viele eher einfach gestaltete Szenen in eher niedriger Auflösung rendere, dafür aber sehr viele Bilder (9.000 pro Film-Minute). Zumindest der gute alte Scanline-Renderer schafft es bei derartigen Aufgaben nicht mal ansatzweise, die vielen Kerne/Threads auszulasten, und kümmert bei 10-20% Prozessorleistung herum. Beholfen habe ich mir damit, die Szenen einfach per Maxscript/Kommandozeile aufzusplitten - statt einem Renderer werden jetzt gleich 6 Renderer gestartet, und die lasten das System dann auch zu 100% aus. A propos auslasten: Am meisten hat mich neben der hohen Multithreading-Geschwindigkeit an diesem Prozessor erstaunt, dass er trotz 100% Auslastung immer noch sehr gut ansprechbar bleibt. Neben den 6 Renderern noch an der 3ds-max Szene weiterzuarbeiten, zu surfen, Videos zu schauen oder sonstige Dinge zu tun, ist überhaupt kein Problem. Man spürt absolut keine zähe Reaktion, Leistungseinbussen oder Ruckeln. Das kannte ich von meinem vorherigen System gänzlich anders. An ein Weiterarbeiten beim Rendern war nicht zu denken - es sei denn, man klaut dem Renderprozess die Kerne, dann wurde das Rendern aber natürlich noch langsamer. Vorwitzig geworden, habe ich dann einfach mal noch mehr Mäxe rendern lassen. Erst bei mehr als ~14 3ds max-Prozessen war dann Schluss mit flüssiger Reaktion. Phänomenal! Was das Programmieren angeht, hängt die Performance sehr vom Aufbau der jeweiligen Solution ab. Manche ältere Solutions sind noch auf Singlethreading (pro Projekt) ausgelegt, und natürlich merkt man bei diesen eher wenig Beschleunigung. Bei Projekten, die auf Multithread-Kompilierung setzen, ist das schon anders - allerdings hat mich diesbezüglich die Leistung nicht ganz so sehr umgehauen. Ich habe allerdings noch keine diesbezüglichen wirklichen Benchmarks gemacht (und bisher auch noch keine im Netz gefunden - dort findet man eigentlich nur Blender, Cinebench und die üblichen Verdächtigen). Edit: Mittlerweile habe ich mich etwas umgesehen und - wie eigentlich schon erwartet - widersprüchliche Ergebnisse gefunden. So wurde wohl der Linux-Kernel mit dem Threadripper in absoluter Rekordzeit kompiliert (http://winfuture.de/news,99333.html), andererseits liegt er in anderen Compile-Benchmarks selbst hinter 600$-Intels zurück und nur sehr knapp vor 390$-Intels (https://www.anandtech.com/show/11697/the-amd-ryzen-threadripper-1950x-and-1920x-review/11). Wie erwartet steht und fällt die Leistung also damit, wie gut das Projekt Multithreading ausnutzen kann. Mittlerweile habe ich auch mein aktuelles Haupt-Projekt (VS-Solution mit 36 Projekten - 3ds max plugins und Support-Libs wie z.B. FreeImage) komplett auf Multithreading umgestellt - es erreicht damit geschätzt durchschnittlich ordentliche 70% Auslastung und kompiliert damit schon sehr schnell. Also, vermutlich lohnt sich der Prozessor für so etwas schon, aber man muss die Compiler-Optionen entsprechend anpassen. Evtl. werde ich demnächst mal Messungen nachreichen. Bei aller Leistung bleibt der Prozessor angenehm kühl. Ich setze einen Noctua NH-U14S Luftkühler ein - eigentlich aus Verzweiflung, weil der AIO nicht ins Gehäuse passte. Mittlerweile habe ich aber schon in einigen Berichten gesehen, dass dieser Giganto-Luftkühler so ziemlich allen AIO's zumindest Paroli bietet, oft sogar deutlich besser kühlt und dabei schön leise bleibt. Im Leerlauf liegt er bei ca. 33°, bei Volllast bei ca. 55°. Der Einbau gestaltete sich überaus leicht - wenn man nach der Anleitung vorgeht, ist es wirklich kinderleicht, ohne Kraftaufwand und wirkt sehr robust. Dank seiner 2 Zen-Dies (plus 2 "Fake"/deaktivierte Dies) ist der Prozessor einfach gigantisch. Leider ist daher an mATX-Boards und somit schönen kleinen Gehäusen selbst bei einer geschickt verlegten Wasserkühlung nicht mal zu denken - solche Boards gibt es gar nicht erst. (Edit: Mittlerweile ist mit dem Asrock X399M Taichi tatsächlich ein mATX-Board angekündigt, was mich wirklich verblüfft hat. So bald es lieferbar ist, werde ich die Rezension entsprechend anpassen) Überhaupt sind die Boards sehr teuer. Bekommt man ein brauchbares Ryzen-Board (mATX) schon für 70€, fängt es beim Threadripper bei 350€ erst mal an (in meinem Fall MSI X399 Gaming Pro Carbon AC). Gut, diese Boards sind auch sehr gut ausgestattet - allerdings brauche ich das überhaupt nicht. Eine Grafikkarte und eine M.2-SSD reichen mir vollkommen aus. Nun, und so ein Board und Prozessor braucht dann auch eine doppelte CPU-Spannungsversorgung... kommt dann gleich noch was drauf für das extrateure Netzteil. Trotzdem bleibt das System aber wesentlich günstiger als eine vergleichbar leistungsfähige Workstation. Natürlich lässt sich mit dem Prozessor auch gut spielen. Als reines Spielesystem wäre es allerdings herausgeworfenes Geld, da nach wie vor viele Spiele nur wenige Kerne nutzen. Selbst der viel günstigere Ryzen stellt ihn in manchen Spielen dank des einfacheren Aufbaues in den Schatten. Generell ist die Singlethread-Leistung ok, aber nicht umwerfend. Viele wesentlich günstigere Intels stellen ihn diesbezüglich in den Schatten. Lahm ist er aber keineswegs; er leistet vielleicht ein paar Prozent weniger. Insofern gehe ich in meiner Wertung natürlich auch von meinen Anforderungen aus - für jemanden, der hauptsächlich spielt, kann das natürlich ganz anders aussehen. Vorsicht übrigens bei der Wahl des Netzteils - zumindest mein Board benötigt gleich 2 (zwei) CPU-Stromanschlüsse! +++ Enorm hohe Multithread-Leistung +++ Enorme "Elastizität" - System bleibt auch bei Vollast lange benutzbar ++ Leichter Einbau ++ Gute Kühler verfügbar ++ Gutes Preis-Leistungs-Verhältnis ++ Sehr viele PCI-Lanes, um mehrfache Grafikkarten, M.2-SSDs etc. anzubinden + zwar hoher Stromverbrauch bei Vollast - was allerdings durch die Geschwindigkeit wieder ausgeglichen wird. o Ausreichende Singlethreading-Leistung -- zu hoher Stromverbrauch bei Leerlauf (-- keine mATX-Boards verfügbar (aber angekündigt)) -- Boards und generell Peripherie (Netzteil, RAM) teuer

Una verdadera joya. Va como un tiro y el software amd Master es una maravilla. Puedes aprovechar los 16 núcleos o dejar algunos inactivos para gaming u otras tareas.