That info is easy to find 🙂 2 channel 3200 dual slot, 2666 4 slot (official amd/jedec) aand XMP is XMP

The 3800X is the most interesting processor I think when it comes to gaming - showing single & multithreaded performance the same (or just slightly above) a 9900K. The fact that single thread performance is equal to a 9900K is very impressive, especially as AMD is at only 4.5Ghz vs the 5.0Ghz of Intel. Not only that, it's also at a lower power consumption than the 9900K - so it will be easier to cool - it might mean that the 3800X will overclock to a greater performance than an overclocked 9900K, but we'll have to see on that front as historically there hasn't been hardly any overclocking headroom of Ryzen CPUs. Last but not least it's about $90 cheaper than a 9900K. Given the high single thread performance of the 3800X I'm expecting it to game as well as the 9900K, that was always the weak point of Ryzen CPUs - let's see how they stack up in high refresh rate gaming testing! EDIT: Actually, 3700X will be the most interesting gaming CPU as it's the same CPU as the 3800X in terms of silicon but is cheaper, but only if it overclocks pretty much as well as the 3800X - we'll see.

bout time amd grew some balls and started to act like a hungry lion and not a declawed house cat.

m4dn355:

I presume that 16+ cores are left for threadripper. p.s.Lisa rules them all

not likely, they just aren't ready to do 16 core Ryzen 9's yet. Threadripper will probably start at 24cores and up if they happen to release this generation.

Fox2232:

Naming itself hints that there will not be 16C/32T part. If naming was according to Zen(+) there would be 65W Ryzen 7-3700 and 105W Ryzen 7-3700X. Then 12C/24T would be Ryzen 9-3800 and 3800X depending on power target, leaving space for 16C/32T as Ryzen 9-3900(X). It is unlikely to see 16C/32T in AM4 socket even with Zen 2+. Maybe some ES in hands of few people as AMD can make them without extra effort.

There will be a 16 core part when its time.

Fox2232:

I meant it for AM4 socket. Can't deny possibility that it may happen. But naming hints otherwise + Zen 3 is on AM5 w/ DDR5.

There will be a 16 core AM4 part when it is time, the part exists in ES.

Fox2232:

I meant it for AM4 socket. Can't deny possibility that it may happen. But naming hints otherwise + Zen 3 is on AM5 w/ DDR5.

3900x is already a double 8core chiplet, likely with 2 cores per chiplet disabled. So I hightly doubt 16 is not possible. Fact that board developers all have early samples of em kinda removes an doubt. Pre computex it was said they would hold off on the 16core/announcing until Q3. Looks true so far.

Only seems like yesterday when we were on single cores.

alanm:

Only seems like yesterday when we were on single cores.

if yesterday was 18 years ago.

Astyanax:

if yesterday was 18 years ago.

In 2005, vast majority of users were still on single cores (AMD socket 939, venice, san diego, etc, and Intel Pentium 4 (1 core, 2ht). The first mainstream dual cores were released in 2005 (Athlon 64 x2, Pentium D). Still remember the days here in this forum and what the vast majority of users were on. Only with C2D in 2006, everyone began to switch to dual cores. I recall all the excitement in early 2006 when the first C2D performance leaks came out, and a lot of folk held off their upgrades (incl me) until its release in early summer that year. So basically, 14 years when dual cores first began to appear.

Well, It is 2019, many users here nowdays were born in the early 2000's. 2005 to them sounds like talking about the 70's sounds to me o_O 😱 Yeah.. I know..

alanm:

Only seems like yesterday when we were on single cores.

stop it. i miss OCing my 466 celeron.

Or ocing my Opteron 144 over 1100 MHz to be better than the FX57 for pennies