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AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980X

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980X Review – by PCMag

Exceptional power for massively multi-threaded tasks

Reasons To Buy

  • ✓ Exceptional performance for tasks that can leverage huge core/thread counts
  • ✓ 64 cores with 128 threads tops all "consumer" CPUs
  • ✓ 256-bit memory interface
  • ✓ Highly efficient

Reasons To Avoid

  • ✗ Expensive for chip and supporting platform alike
  • ✗ Requires a top-end cooler to leverage full performance
  • ✗ Requires registered RAM
  • ✗ Installing CPU in sTR5 socket requires a careful touch