AMD’s hitting the massive 5-Zero on May 1st, and to rejoice the milestone, the corporate simply introduced blinged-out new “Gold Edition” fashions of its respective CPU and GPU flagships, the Ryzen 7 2700X and Radeon VII. They are already obtainable, and AMD’s bolstering their arrival with a slew of promotions and gross sales.
While some earlier leaks whispered of spec bumps, the Ryzen 7 2700X Gold Edition and Radeon VII Gold Edition follow the inventory specs of their namesakes, relatively than being quicker, cherry-picked fashions like Intel’s nostalgic Core i7-8086Okay. That’s not terribly disappointing although, as each the 8-core, 16-thread Ryzen 7 2700X and the beastly HBM2-laden Radeon VII are insanely highly effective elements.
The Radeon VII Gold Edition comes clad in crimson relatively than the standard silver, although it prices the identical $699 as the traditional model whereas provides final on AMD.com. (Hover over the Graphics navigation tab on the positioning and choose the Add to Cart choice for the Radeon VII Gold Edition that seems within the drop-down menu.)