So it has been 2 years in the making and the latest AMD Ryzen CPUs are nearly here. We have all seen the benchmarks and they are looking very promising, it will all be down to whether or not AMD can compete on price with their competitors Intel and their latest line of Kaby Lake CPUs.
One thing that will be making enthusiasts happy are the reports that all of the Ryzen CPUs will be unlocked and overclockable, this will mean no more paying a premium to have a K Series chip!
Now onto these leaked prices (These prices are a leak from a Chinese retailer that was obtained by Wccftech and as such should not be taken as set in stone.).
The Ryzen R7 CPUs all with 8 cores and 16 threads
| SKU | Base Spd | Turbo Spd | TDP | RRP (USD) |
| 1800x | 3.6Ghz | 4.0Ghz | 95w | $499 |
| 1700x | 3.4Ghz | 3.8Ghz | 95w | $389 |
| 1700 | 3.0Ghz | 3.7Ghz | 65w | $319 |
The Ryzen R5 CPUs will contain a mix of 6c/12t and 4c/8t:
| SKU | Base Spd | Turbo Spd | TDP | RRP (USD) |
| 6 Core – 12 Thread | ||||
| 1600x | 3.3Ghz | 3.7Ghz | 95w | $259 |
| 1500 | 3.2Ghz | 3.5Ghz | 65w | $229 |
| 4 Core – 8 Thread | ||||
| 1400x | 3.5Ghz | 3.9Ghz | 65w | $199 |
| 1300 | 3.2Ghz | 3.5Ghz | 65w | $175 |
Finally we have the Ryzen R3 CPUs which will have 4 cores and 4 threads:
| SKU | Base Spd | Turbo Spd | TDP | RRP (USD) |
| 1200x | 3.4Ghz | 3.8Ghz | 65w | $149 |
| 1100 | 3.2Ghz | 3.5Ghz | 65w | $129 |
Now please keep in mind that these are leaked prices and at present there has been no official information released from AMD as to what the RRPs will be. Also these prices are in the good old US Dollar, what this will equate to when they land in the UK is unknown but with the current state of the weak pound I personally would be surprised to find a 1/1 currency conversion.
However, these prices do look promising and the whole Ryzen platform is something that will hopefully shake up the market share between AMD and Intel quite a lot.
Please leave your comments as to what you think about the Ryzen launch below.
