so that was just a quick unboxing of the new Ryzen 2nd generation processors
and a couple of X470 motherboards unfortunately I can't get into the
performance results and talk about a little bit about the architecture and
stuff for these new CPUs because AMD has given us an embargo for that and they
have only given us actually they'd be missed to embargoes this is an
interesting thing so they've given us an embargo for today which is the Friday
April the 12th and it is an unboxing embargo so we're supposed to or we're
allowed to reveal the pricing in specs of these new Ryzen processors we can't
really talk about we can't really get into the depth of the platform the
architecture what are some of the tweaks with this new platform and something
stuff like that so it's gonna be a pretty short video but I would recommend
preparing your sub boxes for next week April a 19-foot that on your calendars
because rise in to coverage is gonna be everywhere I guess reviews and all that
kind of stuff so yeah you can thank me for that in the comments anyways what I
can talk about today are the newly announced Ryzen second generation
processors and their respective specifications along with pricing and
availability along with the new x470 platform and
some of the features that brings to the table so without any further ado let's
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expect from these new Ryzen processors well first and foremost the obvious more
performance this is AMD's first line of CPUs on the new 12 nanometer technology
using these n+ architecture it isn't necessarily Zen to but rather a minor
optimization of from the original Zen architecture they've also made some
improvements to the soldered HS by using premium indium alloy solder they've
claimed to reduce Die temps by 10 degree Celsius which is pretty amazing also say
hello to AMD's x470 chipset this is their updated platform that supports
these new rising CPUs and they come with a few enhancements that I'll get to
shortly ok so let's get to the new CPU's meet the Ryzen 7 2700X it's an 8 core
processor which 16 threads comes with 20 megabytes of cache a baseball Cup
seven gigahertz and a boost up to 4.3 it also comes with AMD's new wraith prison
cooler which we'll get to shortly and it's priced at $329 by the way all of
these new processors will be available for pre-order globally on April the 19th
next up we have the Ryzen 7 2700 it features the same number of cores and
threads as the 2700X except it runs at lower clock speeds out of the box and
its TDP is set to 65 watts when compared to 105 on the 2700X and it's priced at
299 that's just incredible considering the performance it's packing moving on
we have the Ryzen 5 2600X it's a 6 core processor with 12 threads comes with a
base clock of 3.6 gigahertz and a boost up to 4.2
and it's TDP rating is set to 95 watts what's even exciting is it's priced at
229 and I can't wait to test out its performance compared to Intel's
offerings lastly we have the r5 2600 features the same number of cores and
thread count as the 2600X except slightly lower clock speeds out of the
box when compared to its bigger brother but check out that price $200 guys $200
for a 6 core 12 thread processor really exciting stuff now with the introduction
of these new processors and new platform Rises and in this case it's X470 it is
a successor to X370 from last year and it brings some improvements in the power
infrastructure in order to support second generation rising CPUs especially
since they can achieve higher clock speeds you can also expect a lot of new
motherboard designs from Asus or as MSI X arow + AMD has announced store mi
technology with this platform consider this as a response to what Intel does
with their rapid storage technology it's basically a storage software that
fuses two or more storage devices so in this case it could be your SSD and hard
drive plus your RAM into a single virtual disk so the operating system
reads it as a single Drive I can only get to the specifics next week when the
review embargo lifts plus I'd like to spend some time validating this
technology to see if it's actually worth upgrading because it's only compatible
with x470 motherboards and not X370 quick note and compatibility if you own
an existing Ryzen system so say for example you have an X370
motherboard with a first-generation rise in CPU you can just purchase one of
these new processors and do a drop-in upgrade and it'll just work right away
as long as you've updated the BIOS beforehand so it is backwards compatible
the only thing to keep in mind is that store mi technology isn't compatible
with x370 plus I think overclocking there are some overclocking limitations
with the new Ryzen processor if you install it into in if you install it to
an x370 motherboard so I'd recommend if you are thinking about upgrading from
say a 5 or maybe like a relatively older system and if you're considering making
the switch to rise in you should definitely pick up an X470 motherboard
and one of these new Ryzen processors just sort of take full advantage of the
new overclocking capabilities and just just the storage the story in my
technology that I talked about earlier another thing that I need to mention is
that I've not had the best experience when it comes to overclocking on Ryzen
processors especially with the 1700X I wasn't able to get a consistent 4
gigahertz overclock on my CP or on my sample but I'm hoping to achieve even a
lot higher on the new rise in CPUs so let's just hope that overclocking would
turn out pretty well on these new systems because 4.3 gigahertz or let's
say roughly 4.2 gigahertz on all eight cores would be pretty amazing and I'm
hoping to I'm hoping to achieve that hopefully when I put together the rise
into system so stay tuned for our performance result or a performance
build video next week so that concludes this video I hope you're excited for
rising to just like I am but most importantly I'm really excited about
what kind of performance it will bring to the table when compared to 1st
generation Ryzen processors because I'll be testing out the 2700X and I'll
be comparing to the 1700X that's on my editing PC right behind me so can't wait
to can't wait to test that out but I'd love to hear your thoughts on Ryzen 2
are you excited let me know in the comments down below
I'm Eber with Hardware Canucks thank you so much for watching and we'll see
you in the next one