News regarding AMD’s 2nd Generation Ryzen processors has been trickling out for months. We covered
the initial announcement back during CES in January when
AMD first revealed its plans, which also included some salacious info about a couple of upcoming GPUs and the X470 chipset.
Additional specifications, some benchmark data, and an array of
X470 motherboard shots have leaked since then as well. But today, as we inch closer to the 2nd Generation Ryzen processors’ official launch, in addition
to pre-orders going live, we’ve some actual hardware to show you...
The AMD Ryzen 7 2700X and Ryzen 5 2600X, along with a trio of motherboards, are currently on the test bench and being put through their paces. We’ve also taken the opportunity to completely re-vamp and update all of our current-gen test-beds to account for all of the
post-Spectre and Meltdown hoopla.
We obviously can’t reveal any numbers just yet – that will have to wait for next week’s launch – but considering 2nd Generation
Ryzen’s higher clocks, lower latency, and more opportunistic boost algorithm, you can rest assured it ups the ante on AMD’s Socket AM4 platform.
Marco Chiappetta
Marco's interest in computing and technology dates all the way back to his early childhood. Even before being exposed to the Commodore P.E.T. and later the Commodore 64 in the early ‘80s, he was interested in electricity and electronics, and he still has the modded AFX cars and shop-worn soldering irons to prove it. Once he got his hands on his own Commodore 64, however, computing became Marco's passion. Throughout his academic and professional lives, Marco has worked with virtually every major platform from the TRS-80 and Amiga, to today's high end, multi-core servers. Over the years, he has worked in many fields related to technology and computing, including system design, assembly and sales, professional quality assurance testing, and technical writing. In addition to being the Managing Editor here at HotHardware for close to 15 years, Marco is also a freelance writer whose work has been published in a number of PC and technology related print publications and he is a regular fixture on HotHardware’s own Two and a Half Geeks webcast. - Contact: marco(at)hothardware(dot)com
