It seems that some consumers already have been able to order Ryzen 5 processors, interesting as these should not be available for another three weeks. ... AMD Ryzen 5 1600 already selling
For as much everyone wants to see the performance, this is either a total lack of ethics or incompetency.
I guess the gaming performance will be the same but productivity performance will be lower due to fewer cores. I assume these will overclock to ~4.0Ghz just like their bigger brothers do. If that's the case they will be a great value for money upgrade for those on old i5's.
Photochop? That fuzzy 6 looks very much like an 8... Ever notice how pics of UFOs, the Loch Ness monster, and pre-release hardware always look fuzzy and poorly shot? It's the one characteristic they have in common...
Did you tried to QR scan? I got the serial and the Part# as ryzen 5 1600. http://amd.atrk.net/R5-9GU5109N70194-90-YD1600BBAEBOX-12
It seems strange stores would have the CPUs this much in advance. From what I could see by checking the store listings before the first Ryzen launch, the stores got the first supply of CPUs barely in time for the launch, and then later they had more coming. As we all know, the mobo situation was even worse. But that being said, maybe we will get Hilbert reviewing the rumoured 16C Ryzen in 9 days...
That's what i was thinking. Not saying they aren't, but why have so much inventory that stores have them this far in advance yet not release them?
Especially at $249 usd !!! http://www.pcworld.com/article/3180...es-as-it-sidesteps-performance-questions.html
I want to see how far they can OC and tweak that 1400 and 1500 actually. If it can hit 5 GHZ and strike within 10% of a 7700k clock to clock, those would be awesome gaming cpus.