AMD could have a cool idea with bundled water-cooling for Ryzen Threadripper

By Darren Allan

Word from the processor grapevine claims that AMD could be planning a major added bonus with its flagship Threadripper CPUs, in terms of bundling these offerings with water-cooling.

According to Japanese tech site Hermitage Akihabara, AMD’s top-of-the-range models, the Threadripper 1950X and 1920X, will come bundled as standard with a water cooler (for more effective cooling than the traditional fan setup).

The Threadripper 1950X is AMD’s 16-core model which runs at 3.4/4.0GHz (base/boost clock) and is priced at $999 (around £770, AU$1,260). The 1920X is the 12-core CPU clocked at 3.5/4.0GHz (base/boost) which will lighten your wallet to the tune of $799 (around £615, AU$1,010).

Obviously these are very beefy processors, and for those who want to try and really push those multiple cores, a water-cooling solution will certainly help in the quest for the highest clock speeds.

Cost of cooling

Assuming this speculation is on the money, the question is whether the pricing of these processors that AMD announced last week includes this bundled liquid cooling solution – or whether that will cost extra (and if the latter, presumably you’ll get a choice of liquid or air cooling).

As Techspot, which spotted this development, points out, a few …read more

Source:: techradar.com – Computing Components