Ryzen Release Thread

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https://www.techpowerup.com/273331/amd-r...or-220-usd

AMD recently announced their first Ryzen 5000 series chips catering to the high-end market. AMD announced the Ryzen 5 5600X, Ryzen 7 5800X, and Ryzen 9 5900X with the bold claim of gaming supremacy. These chips came with price increases across the board over their predecessors being priced at 299 USD for the Ryzen 5 5600X, 449 USD for the Ryzen 7 5800X, and 549 USD for the 5900X. The AMD Ryzen 5 5600 which is expected to offer the best price to performance was not announced at the event to the disappointment of many wanting to upgrade their Ryzen systems.

According to a recent report AMD plans to release the Ryzen 5 5600 in early 2021 for 220 USD. This represents an 80 USD price cut over the Ryzen 5 5600X and a 20 USD price increase over the Ryzen 5 3600. This launch will likely coincide with BIOS updates for 400 series motherboards to support Ryzen 5000 chips. If AMD can match the performance of Intel's i5-10600K with the Ryzen 5 5600 they will likely have a very impressive value chip on their hands.

https://www.extremetech.com/computing/31...450-boards

When we first talked about Zen 3 some months ago, one of the downsides to the chip was the limited backward compatibility for older motherboards. At the time, AMD indicated they would be able to support a few specific X470 motherboards in the equivalent of a beta-testing program. That guidance has since changed. Not only is X470 support coming to Zen 3, but AMD is also enabling the CPU on the B450 platform as well. Asus has confirmed this, with a specific statement on the topic: