Asus, MSI, Gigabyte, Biostar Are Ready For AMD 2nd Gen Ryzen 7 & 5 CPUs

Asus, MSI, Gigabyte, Biostar have announced their motherboards to support new AMD CPUs called AMD Ryzen 2 in & and 5 series. AMD just announced its 2nd-generation Ryzen 7 and 5 CPUs, known as Pinnacle Ridge / the 2000-series. available now for pre-order ahead of main availability date on April 19.

Asus Ready For 2nd-Gen Ryzen With Five X470 Motherboard TUF X470-Plus, Strix X470-I Gaming, Strix X470-F Gaming and Prime X470-Pro, ROG Crosshair VII Hero. Gigabyte Launches Three High-End X470 Motherboards, X470 Aorus Gaming 7, X470 Aorus Gaming 5 and Ultra Gaming.  Biostar Brings Two New Motherboards To The AMD X470, Biostar Racing X470GT8 Motherboard. MSI Has Five AMD X470 Motherboards, MSI X470 Gaming Pro Carbon AC, MSI X470 Gaming Pro Carbon, MSI X470 Gaming M7 AC, MSI X470 Gaming Plus.

AMD 2nd Generation Ryzen 7 & 5 CPUs spcs

AMD 2nd Generation Ryzen 7 & 5 CPUs spcs

At the top of the range is of course the Ryzen 7 family, which feature 8 cores and 16 threads along with 20MB of cache. The Ryzen 7 2700 (65W) has a base clock of 3.2GHz and a turbo frequency of 4.1GHz. The top-of-the-line Ryzen 7 2700X (105W) ups the stakes with clocks of 3.7GHz and 4.3GHz respectively. The new processors are AMD’s first refresh of its Zen-based chips as Zen+ microarchitecture on the 12nm LP GlobalFoundries process, which is a shrink of the 14nm LPP node used on the current-gen Summit Ridge processors. AMD will use the same process on its entire lineup of desktop chips. The Ryzen 7 2700 processors both come with eight cores and 16 threads and the Ryzen 5 2600 processors come with six cores and 12 threads. The Ryzen 7 2700X’s is a refreshed Ryzen 7 1700X, but it appears more like the 1800X. The 2700X gains an extra 100 MHz of base clock speed and 300 MHz in boost performance compared to the Ryzen 7 1800X, but it comes at the expense of a 10W increase in TDP. Interestingly, the Ryzen 5 2600X has the same base frequency as the Ryzen 5 1600X, but it comes with a 200 MHz higher boost.

The $329 Ryzen 7 2700X retails for $20 less than the 1800X, while the $299 Ryzen 7 2700 lands at the same price point as the 1700. The Ryzen 5 models come at a $10 premium compared to the Ryzen 5 1600X and 1600. AMD will continue to support the AM4 platform until 2020. The new Pinnacle Ridge processors will drop into both 300- and 400-series motherboards, and the first-generation Ryzen processors are also cross-compatible. AMD designed a badge to alert users that some 300-series motherboards will require a BIOS update before you can use a 2000-Series processor. Eventually all the 300-series motherboards will support the Pinnacle Ridge processors out of the box.

Unlike previous pre-order windows, AMD hasn’t provided any performance projections ahead of the official launch. As always, we advise readers to wait for the obviously pending reviews, but the processors are available for pre-order now.

AMD 2nd Generation Ryzen 7 & 5 CPUs, Price & Pre-Orders

AMD 2nd Generation Ryzen 7 & 5 CPUs, Price & Pre-Orders

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