Initial reviews for the Ryzen 9000 Series, AMD’s first lineup of Zen 5 desktop CPUs for the AM5 platform, will not be published until one day before their retail availability, according to new dates that have surfaced online. The Ryzen 5 9600X and Ryzen 7 9700X will be released first, on August 8, while its more powerful siblings, the Ryzen 9 9900X and Ryzen 9 9950X, will be available a week later, on August 15, per an update that AMD shared yesterday.
The relevant dates:
- Ryzen 5 9600X, Ryzen 7 9700X
- Reviews: Wednesday, August 7
- Availability: Thursday, August 8
- Ryzen 9 9900X, Ryzen 9 9950X
- Reviews: Wednesday, August 14
- Availability: Thursday, August 15
The original word, as picked up by the @9950pro account:
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— HXL (@9550pro) July 25, 2024
AMD on its new chipsets for the Ryzen 9000 Series:
Designed to seamlessly integrate with AMD Ryzen 9000 Series desktop processors, the new AMD X870E and X870 chipsets boast support for the latest technologies such as PCIe 5.0, DDR5, USB4, and WIFI7. Socket AM5 platforms are built to last, with support through 2027 and beyond.
These new chipsets feature USB4 as a standard feature and are also designed to support even faster DDR5 memory overclocking with AMD EXPO Technology. Both the X870 and X870E feature 44 total PCIe lanes and direct-to-processor PCIe 5.0 NVMe connectivity for the ultimate transfer speeds. The X870E is differentiated with 24 PCIe 5.0 lanes, with 16 lanes dedicated to graphics. When PCe 5.0 direct-to-processor storage and graphics care are enabled at the same time, the X870E offers twice the bandwidth of competing platforms.