Thanks. Everything that I’ve been able to find points to it just being a ‘bit’ that flips high if an X370 chipset is present and suddenly you’re granted extra functionality that was there the whole time… I can’t think of any other setup.
Just when you thought pay to win only existed in video games
IMO forcing market segmentation like that is…uninspired.
At least I learned some more about SOC/uncore and PCIe root complexes.
In my experience high(er)-end products will often have a larger profit margin than low(er)-end products. More money in their pockets if they can push people to the more expensive things, which isn’t necessarily a bad thing.
100 shit
200 larger shit
300 meh
400 hey
500 <- kinda new price range, it doesnt make me feel anything than its the most sane option
700 actually cool shit
1k+ just why
Kinda wish it was just X370, A320, X300, & A/B300.
The A320 chipset is just so close to B350 in terms of I/O. Without B350 to muddy up the waters, I think we would have seen much more interesting micro ATX boards utilizing the X370 chipset capabilities.
Because of the larger gap between X370 & A320, I think it also would lead to the chance for competition to drive prices down on X370 boards and space for extras on A320 boards without overlapping the market segments.
I’m looking to build an APU system. However I have a very tight budget and thinking of getting a 2400Mhz RAM instead of those 3000Mhz over, would this be a huge compromise? I only want this machine to be able to play Dota smoothly.
@RazorLR1 Don’t skimp on ram too much, with current prices savings aren’t going to be big anyways and the difference in graphics performance is. 2400 vs 2666 is like 10$ in case of a single 8gb dimm. Although for APU dual channel is definitely going to be better so kit-of-2 4GB dimms. very yes. much wow. Gains falloff starting from 3200 onward however.
Well there should be improvements in 4.16 kernel next month. That’s what I’m waiting for to install on the HTPC (not proficient enough to play with pre-release).
If this leak is accurate, looks like decently higher clocks on a refresh. I’m still hoping the IMC sees noticeable improvements. Not sure if the pricing is going to be great vs the 8700K but being backwards compatible will help of course for those who bought in cheap and just want to go from a 1200 to a 2700X or something. No 2800X (yet?).
IMO the only reason they shouldn’t is if they don’t sell. Starting high gives them capital to work on future gens. I’m still happy with my launch-price 1700X, and considering the market at the time it was more than fair anyway.