AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX

The PC Specialist Nucleus is an expensive computer, but as workstations go its price is merely mid-range. You do get a lot of kit for under £4,000, with the whopping 32 processing cores, a reasonable 32GB of RAM, high-end professional graphics, and...

Ultimately, the Threadripper 2990WX is a very niche CPU that’s only fast in specific circumstances, and that’s as much down to its design as the scaling of software to 32...

Who really needs 32 cores? The answer is fairly limited, but the perspective that AMD offers is that the new Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX is quite a bit less expensive than Intel's current (though dated) flagship, the 18-core Core i9-7980XE, and handily...

Threadripper 2990WX barrels onto the high-end desktop scene with 32 cores and 64 threads, wowing enthusiasts accustomed to four- and eight-core processors. But the unique design has its caveats. You need to have specific workloads in mind able to exploit the 2990WX's massive resources. If you need this chip, then you probably already know it.

The core revolution is here and AMD is leading the charge with their monstrous 32 core and 64 thread behemoth, the Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX. Simply put, it crushes and rips through the entire Core-X lineup with a disruptive price tag and performance furtehr refined with 12nm Zen+ cores. This is a premium enthusiast grade and work station ready chip for the performance hungry masses.

The AMD Threadripper 2990WX is a niche processor that's in a multi-core league of its own. Feed it well with optimised software and it has no performance peer. For everyone that can't take full and utter advantage of 64 threads, the X-series may well be the better bet.

The 2990WX Threadripper is truly a revolutionary part for AMD and the workstation market. Expect to see AMD market it as such. The 2990WX, and likely the 2970WX, does have some shortcomings to conquer in the media encoding realm however.

For the vast majority of people doing every day tasks, this CPU would be massive overkill. The latest generation Ryzen 7 or Intel i7 will provide more than enough performance for content creators and gamers alike, and even if you did decide to buy...