In 2017, AMD CPU ushered in a glorious period since the Athlon era. The release of the Ryzen CPU finally allowed AMD to turn itself into a toothpaste factory.
However, after all, Ryzen is a new architecture that has been revived. The first-generation products still have problems such as large memory delay and low overall frequency.
Now that Ryzen's second-generation product has finally been released, will this generation of products continue to hang toothpaste, or will it align with toothpaste? Let's examine it in detail today.
CPU specification introduction:
CPU specifications, AMD still maintains R7 eight-core, R5 six-core overall plan, R7 2700X will replace R7 1800X, R5 2600X will replace R5 1600X, 2800X temporarily disappeared.
The chip process upgrade to 12nm, this is AMD in the paper process for the first time in recent years beyond Intel, but overall GF 14nm and 12nm is just an upgraded version, the positive or behind 7nm.
Compared with the previous generation of 3.6G~4G, the 2600X has been upgraded to 3.6G~4.2G, and the 2700X has been upgraded to 3.7G~4.3G. However, the corresponding 2700X TDP has also been improved from 95W. Ascension to 105W, so here you can see the first change in Ryzen+, Break the frequency wall around 4G before.
On the motherboard platform, AMD also introduced the 400 series chipset accordingly, but at present only the X470 is released. From the table comparison, you can see that The difference between the X370 and the X470 is not significant, the main difference is the higher XFR automatic overclocking space and StoreMI technology.
The StoreMI technology is similar to the AMD version of Intel Optane. The main advantage is that it can add an additional SSD to accelerate the system disk.
AMD achieves this function compared to Intel There is no limitation on the SSD model, and there is no need to reinstall the system during the build process , So more conscience, but personally think that disk acceleration is not a very practical function.
CPU packaging and accessories:
Let's introduce the appearance and accessories of the CPU. The first is the R7 2700X. From the packaging, you can see that this time AMD upgraded the appearance of the heat sink. The fan was changed to transparent and matched with RGB lights.
The attachment of the CPU body is very simple, a manual + a small sticker of Ryzen.
It has been said that AMD is to buy radiators to send CPU, this 2700X original radiator also fully embodies the style of a radiator manufacturers.
The CPU base broke AMD's long-standing tradition and changed the heat from the copper bottom to direct contact. However, it is strange that the general heat pipe contact is reinforced with an aluminum base, but AMD is still the bottom of the copper. The heat pipe still maintains the original Four configurations.
Radiator fins are welded to the base and buckled on the sides for FIN treatment. The thickness of the fins is a little thinner than the old ones.
Heat pipes and fins are designed with reflow soldering. Heat pipe bending is also good.
The most plausible part of this heat sink is the sintered end of the heat pipe. The previous version of the ghost radiator has a sintered end hidden in the base, and the fins do not extend so far from one end. Now this design is more likely to lead to heat pipe sintering End-of-life damage is a significant step backwards.
Radiator fans have been translucent materials, mainly to match the lighting effects.
The left side of the figure is the connection line provided by the heat sink, which is connected to the motherboard RGB control cable and the connection to the motherboard USB cable for APP control. On the right is the radiator fan power supply line, 4PIN supports PWM control.
Two sockets can be seen on the fan, and there is a governor on the right. You can select the fan speed mode.
Let me introduce the R5 2600X.
Compared to the 2700X, the 2600X heatsink has a lot of low profile and is consistent with the 1600X in appearance.
The basic structure of the radiator is Big plug copper + extruded aluminum fins.
The lighting design on the fan is gone.
Fan is still 4PIN interface, support PWM speed.
In the end, I still talked AMD's CPU pins are very fragile. If you are careful, don't make a big mistake.
