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When it comes to ASUS motherboards you have quite a lot of choices, many users opt for their Republic of Gamers boards, but their Prime line is actually quite good. We've used a "Prime" motherboard as our baseline board for processor testing for both Intel and AMD for the past couple of years. These boards might not have all of the flash that the ROG series does, but they are extremely reliable and are still packed with features. For the Ryzen refresh the main "Prime" board from ASUS is their Prime X470-PRO. This board features a slick design with silver heatsinks and an integrated M.2 cooler as well. You also have support for DDR4 3466 MHz memory, USB 3.1, dual M.2 slots, and even some RGB lighting. Is this the board you need for your Ryzen build? Read on as we find out!

This week on the Podcast we talk about our reviews of the AMD Ryzen 7 2700X, Viotek GN24C, and the Cougar Phontum Headset. Also on the agenda is Intel 9th Generation Core processors, AMD vs Intel advertising, AMD's B450 chipset, and more!

ASUS today announced that the ROG Strix, Prime and TUF Gaming series motherboards built on the AMD B450 chipset and supporting the latest AMD Ryzen processors are now available. AMD's Ryzen platform offers an incredible desktop compute experience with multithreaded horsepower plus accessible overclocking and gaming prowess.

MSI, the leading motherboard manufacturer, is proud to announce that MSI B450 motherboards are on shelf now. To satisfy all kinds of gamers and users, MSI has prepared motherboards in Performance GAMING, Arsenal GAMING and PRO Series. With more MSI exclusive features and hardware improvements, MSI B450 motherboards allow users to maximize performance and gain better gaming experiences.

AMD has officially announced the B450 chipset for socket AM4 processor and APUs. It is set as a mid-range solution for the 400-series chipset family and motherboards in this range will be priced anywhere from $70 to $160. Like the X470 chipset it has lower TDP power draw so it runs cooler and make due with smaller heatsinks (compared to X370). It also has improved CPU VRM and memory wiring specifications which AMD introduced with the X470 chipset. B450 also supports XFR 2 "Enhanced" and Precision Boost Overdrive.

During its Q2-2018 investors conference call AMD gave some hints of when it plans to launch its 3rd generation Ryzen processors, which will be based on the "Zen2" architecture. AMD CEO Lisa Su said in a Q&A portion of the call that the rollout of 7 nm Ryzen processors will only come after the launch of 7 nm EPYC.

Ahead of its launch the AMD Ryzen 5 2500X quad-core processor has made an appearance in an OEM pre=built desktop, the Acer Nitro N50-100. The 2500X is a 4-core, 8-thread part which is clocked at 3.6 GHz and boosts up to 4.0 GHz, and can go even further with XFR 2.0. It is expected to launch at the same time as the new entry level Ryzen 3 2300X as well as the HEDT Ryzen Threadripper 2000 series processors later this year.

It seems both Intel and AMD will be increasing core counts on their mainstream desktop processors. We've know for a while that Intel will be releasing an 8-core socket LGA1151 processor, but it seems now AMD might be increasing core counts above 8-cores on their desktop processors.

QNAP Systems, Inc. today released the new enterprise-class TS-1677X Ryzen NAS with twelve 3.5-inch drive bays, four 2.5-inch drive bays, and driven by the absolute performance of an AMD Ryzen 8-core processor, optimized storage efficiency with Qtier auto-tiering, and SSD caching.

A list of model numbers of upcoming AMD Ryzen processor models has been leaked. They reveal pretty much AMD's entire second wave of Ryzen 2000 series processors. So let's start with the big boys in the Ryzen Threadripper line which will be the Ryzen Threadripper 2900X (YD290XA8U8QAF), Ryzen Threadripper 2920X (YD292XA8UC9AF), and the top-dog Ryzen Threadripper 2950X (YD295XA8UGAAF)