CPU cooling specialist Thermal Grizzly has simply inadvertently revealed the existence of two new AMD Ryzen X3D gaming CPUs, after confirming which of its cooling merchandise are appropriate with the brand new chips. AMD has already revealed that it has a brand new Ryzen 9000X3D lineup coming quickly, selecting up from the place the Ryzen 7 7800X3D left off, nevertheless it has up to now been tight-lipped concerning the mannequin names of those new chips.
One of many two new AMD CPUs talked about by Thermal Grizzly is the Ryzen 7 9800X3D, which is broadly anticipated to be one of the best gaming CPU when it comes out. The AMD Ryzen 9000X3D launch date is coming very quickly in November 2024, and it could nicely embrace this new CPU, however the cooler producer additionally mentions one other X3D chip in its assertion.
That is the Ryzen 9 9950X3D, which we’re anticipating to have 16 cores, based mostly on earlier AMD mannequin numbers, such because the Ryzen 9 7950X. Neither the 9950X3D nor the 9800X3D have been formally introduced by AMD, although, so Thermal Grizzly has jumped the gun right here.
“We’ve been in a position to confirm internally that each the Ryzen 9800X3D and the 9950X3D will probably be appropriate with a few of our merchandise,” says Thermal Grizzly on its weblog, implying that there are already samples of the 9950X3D doing the rounds. AMD is anticipated to extend the 9800X3D clock velocity, in comparison with the 7800X3D, when it’s launched, leading to a lot better 9800X3D benchmarks compared to the older chip.
The corporate lists a variety of merchandise that it says are appropriate with the brand new chips, together with a number of direct-die waterblocks, that are designed to be used on a CPU after you’ve eliminated the large metallic heatspreader on prime of it, so the cooler could make direct contact with the chips themselves. The corporate’s Ryzen 7000 delidding software (for eradicating the heatspreader) can be appropriate, as is its lapping software, for flattening the floor of the heatspreader to make higher contact together with your CPU cooler’s contact plate.
Nonetheless, Thermal Grizzly does word that its Ryzen 7000 Direct Die Body is prone to be incompatible with the brand new chips with out modifications, and likewise cautions that “modifications could happen within the manufacturing of those processors.” The cooling firm states that the latter “sometimes impacts the adhesive factors on the SMD elements on the circuit board,” and advises contacting its customer support staff if any points come up.
We’re all excited concerning the forthcoming Ryzen 9000X3D launch, significantly after the disappointing gaming efficiency of Intel Arrow Lake. If you wish to discover out concerning the latter, try our new Intel Core Extremely 7 265K assessment, the place we take a look at the brand new chip in a variety of video games.