AMD Summit Ridge Family With Zen Core Rumored To Get OC Variants

AMD's upcoming enthusiast processor lineup based on the Zen architecture would allegedly exist featuring special variants aimed at overclockers. The rumor comes from Bitsnchips who are saying that these processors will be part of the Tiptop Ridge family.

AMD Summit Ridge Family unit To Feature Specialized Variants For OC Aimed at Enthusiasts

The rumor points out that there would be at least i such variant in the Pinnacle Ridge family. The part volition feature 8 cores based on the Zen architecture. These special, enthusiast-class chips would ensure high OC margins but as well ship with higher frequencies compared to standard 95W variants. The TDP would remain at 95W for the higher clocked variants given that these are cherry picked.

It seems like these variants would be similar to Intel's "Unlocked" series processors. Intel 1000-Series chips are also aimed at a similar market however, these are the only chips in Intel Core lineup that can be overclocked. AMD on the other hand, offers unlocked multiplier across all chips. But the special variants would generally be optimized for overclocking and enthusiast use.

The special OC variants will be shipping at higher prices compared to regular 8 cadre variants and would require some decent AM4 motherboards to churn out their true potential. Last just not least, the fries are said to send without whatever heatsink cooler, that would otherwise exist available with normal variants. AMD did launch the Wraith (reference) cooler a while ago however, information technology seems similar you would need bigger toys with OC chips.

Next Generation AMD CPUs And APUs

WCCFTech	AMD Summit Ridge	AMD Tiptop Ridge	AMD Bristol Ridge	AMD Raven Ridge	AMD Gray Hawk
Family Name	Ryzen	TBD	AMD 7th Gen A-Series	Ryzen	TBD
Product Architecture	Zen	Zen Refresh / Zen 2	Excavator	Zen	Zen 2
Procedure Node	14nm	12nm	28nm	14nm	14nm
CPU Cores	Up to 8	Upwards to viii	Upward to 4	Up to 4	Upward to 4
GPU Compages	N/A	North/A	Caribbean Islands	Vega	Navi
TDP	65W-95W	65W-95W	15-65W	TBA	TBA
Socket	AM4	AM4	AM4	AM4	AM4
Memory Support	DDR4	DDR4	DDR4	DDR4	DDR4
Launch	2017	2018	2016 (Mobile) 2022 (Desktop)	2017 (Mobile) 2022 (Desktop)	2019

AMD Zen Based Summit Ridge Chips Arriving On Desktops in Q1 2022

The desktop lineup based on the Zen architecture volition be known as Summit Ridge and is expected to get in in first quarter of 2022. These fries will be available to a wide range of audition who are planning to build gaming and enthusiast grade PCs.

AMD Demo PC Running Zen CPU and R9 Nano GPU (Via Paul's hardware):

The Summit Ridge platform is very impressive as information technology rids AMD of their existing and old AM3+ and FM2+ platform. The AM4 platform which will support the new chips comes with a slew of new features and capabilities such as back up for the latest DDR4 retentiveness, PCI-e Gen 3.0 and next-gen I/O support. AMD volition have several SKUs in the works, ranging from quad core to octa core models. All multi-threaded and featuring overclock support.

AMD was very proud to showcase performance parity of their viii core Summit Ridge flake to be on par with Intel Broadwell-E 8 core part. The Intel part comes at a price of $999 US so AMD will tackle it with a more than aggressive price. Those looking forrad to building gaming PCs can also wait tons of functioning from this platform. In fact, these would be a worthy upgrade if you are planning to get a Vega GPU next year which will be coupled with HBM2 retentivity.

AMD X370 For Enthusiast AM4 Motherboards:

AMD X370 is the chipset for overclockers and tweakers who need robust platforms. This chip provides the ultimate low-level control to its users and delivers ultimate graphics card bandwidth. By bandwidth, AMD is referring to max PCI-Express lanes as this is the simply bit in the stack that supports multi-GPU functionality. The chipset supports both, CFX (CrossFire) and SLI.

AMD has mentioned two total x16 (Gen3) lanes for GPUs. AIBs can add additional lanes through a PLX bit just that would add to the price. X370 features full overclocking support with a very sophisticated GUI that will allow the all-time overclock tools and experiences. Since all AM4 CPUs have an unlocked multiplier, record breakers volition definitely put X370 boards to the test on liquid and LN2 setups.

The X370 platform would be recommended to overclockers and enthusiasts who want to try out these overclock-aimed Zen processors. We should as well call up that AMD has previously tried to sell higher clocked Piledriver chips (FX-9000 Series) to enthusiasts. These chips were faster clocked variants with loftier clocks, high TDP and high prices. They didn't turn out to exist a massive success and AMD is expected to do meliorate this time effectually with Zen. AMD tin follow Intel's footsteps who have seen a full general twelvemonth-to-year success in sales with their "K" serial products.