Ask GN 111: 3950X & Threadripper Paper Launch? Reusing Thermal Pads?
4,473Answering viewer questions about whether the 3950X and 3970X were "paper launches," reusing thermal pads, whether AI/DL/ML are "fads," and editing workflow.
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01:43 - Bavor_NA: “#askgn-questions Was the 3950X really a paper launch? There was next to no reasonable inventory available on launch day. Amazon and Newegg sold out of their launch day inventory in less than 2 minutes. According to the people who waited in line before opening on launch day at Microcenter, most Microcenter stores received between 10 and 20 of the 3950x CPUs. That comes out to about 500 CPUs or less for the entire nationwide Microcenter chain at all of their locations. When I asked an Amazon rep about the 3950X inventory, because every time its restocked the CPU sells out by the time the push notification from the Amazon app appears on my phone, the Amazon rep told me they are receiving extremely limited quantities post launch and they sell out very quickly because there are so few of them received. The few times Newegg has had the 3950X restocked, it sells out by the time the notification email arrives. It seems that the launch day inventory between the major retailers in the U.S. was only a few thousand CPUs. I also read that the entire allotment of 3950X CPUs sent to Japan sold out on launch day the instant they went on sale at a starting price of over $900. You had to be in line when the store opened to get one and the retailers don't expect to receive more 3950X inventory any time soon. Are yields still that low that, even after a 2 month delay to build up inventory, AMD can't produce more than a few thousand 3950X CPUs for the U.S. market?”
09:09 - Misshapen Ape: “[Question] Why does AMD not include more Vega CUs on their new Ryzen based APUs? They’re interesting and provide a nice alternative to discrete GPUs for people on certain budgets. 10 and 11 units seems to be their upper end for both desktop and mobile platforms respectively. Is the problem diminishing returns? Physical space limitations? Power limitations?”
11:46 - Shunya Atma: “Ask GN:Is AI/ML all hype?”
14:20 – EVPointMaster: “#AskGN Can I reuse thermal pads after taking my GPU apart or do I need to put on new ones? Is there a noticeable difference in thermals?”
15:53 – US: “What kind of workflow did your editors use to organize and search all that factory footage you captured? How much space did it take?”
17:56 - Retro-Rig Gamer: “Hi,Long time viewer first time commenting. :) Anyway, with AMD's chiplet CPU design is delidding not really a "thing" anymore? And if one was to delid their AMD processor, how would they install thermal paste and heatsink or water block? And lastly, will you be doing any Zen 2/3 delidding videos? It seems that with AMD's CPUs performance being heavily reliant on temps, I almost think people might want to delid. Yet it's not a single die under the IHS anymore, so that makes me wonder if it is possible and worth the risks.Thank you!”
21:28 - Jock McBile: “I've never asked a question. But I wanted to say Thank you to Steve, and the Crew (Need to learn more names, sorry). Often I don't know what people are asking, but it's interesting to me, and I try to keep it in mind, when I'm facing issues myself. I use this channel to try and build my confidence in my own endeavours. Thanks again.”
22:24 - Internet Entity: “I can confirm that, here in Great Britain, water cooling is more viable than in Australia.Just have a funnel hung on a bracket outside and run a tube through a window.”
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