If I was buying a thousand desktops for an office refresh and paying the power bill every month, I'd probably wait for the non X variants. If I was a gamer, I'd wait for the X3D. If I was a creator, I'd wait for the 16 core. These processors really need to be 30% cheaper because there is no compelling reason to buy them at this price, when they are jack of all trades and master of none.
I wish they had been less agressive on power limits for a desktop cpu and let some performance gains through. I will say that I am more excited for their top of the line chips since they still have the same power limits as last generation. I am a big fan of lowering the power limits and improving thermal efficiency though, it saves money on coolers and electricity and helps reverse this trend of juicing cpu's with as much power possible (especially on the intel side). It feels like amd is their worst enemy though, and the x3d chips are still the best for gaming with the zen 3 5800x3d still being very powerful against these new cpu's.
Can likely pass for now. But am intrigued the Linux gaming and server side it seems like a candidate. The X3D variants perhaps and new motherboards but another month to go. Am not sure about whether PBO is neccessary for gains.
I guess AMD was feeling the Snapdragon / Apple M-series power pressure? The main complaint with this generation is how aggressive they went on power limits. Other than that, this generation provides no incentive to upgrade from Zen 4, but if prices come down a little, they're a compelling buy for those building a brand new AM5 system ... maybe .... I'd personally wait another few months for x3d before pulling the trigger. Thanks for another solid video, @TechniQualities.
If I was buying a thousand desktops for an office refresh and paying the power bill every month, I'd probably wait for the non X variants. If I was a gamer, I'd wait for the X3D. If I was a creator, I'd wait for the 16 core. These processors really need to be 30% cheaper because there is no compelling reason to buy them at this price, when they are jack of all trades and master of none.
I wish they had been less agressive on power limits for a desktop cpu and let some performance gains through. I will say that I am more excited for their top of the line chips since they still have the same power limits as last generation. I am a big fan of lowering the power limits and improving thermal efficiency though, it saves money on coolers and electricity and helps reverse this trend of juicing cpu's with as much power possible (especially on the intel side).
It feels like amd is their worst enemy though, and the x3d chips are still the best for gaming with the zen 3 5800x3d still being very powerful against these new cpu's.
It always good to have lower expectations in life while hopping for the better.
Can likely pass for now. But am intrigued the Linux gaming and server side it seems like a candidate. The X3D variants perhaps and new motherboards but another month to go. Am not sure about whether PBO is neccessary for gains.
I guess AMD was feeling the Snapdragon / Apple M-series power pressure? The main complaint with this generation is how aggressive they went on power limits. Other than that, this generation provides no incentive to upgrade from Zen 4, but if prices come down a little, they're a compelling buy for those building a brand new AM5 system ... maybe .... I'd personally wait another few months for x3d before pulling the trigger.
Thanks for another solid video, @TechniQualities.
Simple: pass!
BIG PASS :)
Hard pass.