Best Buy is giving us a Black Friday preview sale with massive price cuts on 4K TVs. For a limited time, you can save up to $2,000 on big-screen TVs from brands like Sony, Samsung, LG, and more. Our top TV pick is the LG 75-inch Nano 9 Series 4K TV that’s on sale for $1,999.99. That’s a whopping $700 price cut and the best price we’ve seen for the UHD smart TV.
You’ll enjoy a cinema-like experience with the LG 75-inch TV thanks to the Nano Cell display, which provides accurate colors with over a billion vibrant shades. The smart TV features ThinQ AI technology, which allows you to turn your TV into a smart home hub. The 75-inch TV also works with Amazon Alexa and the Google Assistant, so you can use your voice to turn on the TV, change channels, launch movies, and more.
This not only a fantastic pre-Black Friday deal, but also an excellent price for a feature-rich big-screen TV. This offer also includes a $30 discount on Sling and Starz TV for two months, plus free DVR for life for new subscribers.
Shop more of our top Best Buy TV offers below, and keep in mind, this is an excellent opportunity to snag a killer deal before the Black Friday madness begins.
Intel has taken the wraps off its new heavyweight Intel Xeon W CPUs and Cascade Lake-X processors.
Although most of the details about the latter were already spilled last week following a leak, the news still represents a huge boost for the chip giant.
The chip giant boasted that these new high-end desktop (HEDT) processors have been driven forward on the AI acceleration front courtesy of Intel Deep Learning Boost, which gives users an AI inference boost of 2.2x compared to the previous generation.
Intel also noted that these processors benefit from Turbo Boost Max Technology 3.0 which has been “further enhanced” to help beefy applications (such as simulation or modeling) run faster by more accurately prioritizing the fastest cores to take on the work at hand.
As mentioned, we’ve already seen all the details on the new 10th-gen Cascade Lake-X CPUs which have had their prices heavily slashed by Intel. The 18-core flagship Core i9-10980XE is set to retail at $979 (around £795, AU$1,450) compared to $1,979 (around £1,600, AU$2,920) for the previous-gen Core i9-9980XE.
The huge price drops continue down the range to the tune of 40% to 50%, with the base Core i9-10900X starting at only $590 (around £480, AU$870).
Core counts are the same for Cascade Lake-X compared to predecessor Skylake-X, but with the new processors, you’re getting a bump in single-core turbo boosts, with these chips capable of hitting 4.8GHz maximum Turbo (or 4.7GHz in the case of the 10900X).
For the full details on these Cascade Lake-X offerings, check out our previous story on the launch – they are coming in November, incidentally, or at least that’s the plan. And that’s when the new Xeon chips will be available, too, so let’s move on to take a look at them.
Xeon prices get slashed, too
Intel’s new Xeon W-2200 chips are targeted at pro-level creators and the likes of heavyweight rendering or CAD and indeed AI development.
There are eight processors in total, with the flagship Xeon W-2295 sporting 18-cores (36-threads) with a base clock speed of 3.0GHz, all-core Turbo to 3.8GHz, and a maximum boost speed of 4.8GHz. This is with a TDP of 165W, and recommended pricing is $1,333 (around £1,080, AU$1,970).
The next step down is the W-2275 with 14-cores and a base clock of 3.3GHz, all-core turbo to 4.1GHz, and the same 4.8GHz max boost as the flagship. The price for this chip is $1,112 (around £900, AU$1,640).
That’s followed by the W-2265, Intel’s 12-core Xeon offering which ups the base clock to 3.5GHz and all-core Turbo to 4.3GHz, again with the same max boost. The price in this case dips below the thousand mark at $944 (around £765, AU$1,390). All these chips have a TDP of 165W.
The range then runs down 10-core, 8-core and 6-core models, with a pair of quad-core (8-thread) CPUs nestling at the bottom. The cheapest is the W-2223 clocked at 3.6GHz with all-core Turbo to 3.7GHz and a TDP of 120W, which is set to retail for $294 (around £240, AU$430).
You also get support for up to 72 PCIe lanes and 1TB of memory with these Xeon processors, as well as ECC support and Intel vPro on the security front.
Intel notes that a 3D architectural rendering process run on Autodesk Revit with V-Ray is up to 10% faster with the new flagship CPU compared to the previous-gen product.
Again, prices on these new Xeon chips have been slashed to similar levels as seen with Cascade Lake-X, with the flagship model’s price tag pretty much being chopped in half.
Naturally, this can only really be seen as a response to the threat posed by AMD as we’ve already discussed in recent times, with Intel’s rival making major headway with Ryzen 3000 CPUs in the consumer desktop PC arena – and the threat of 3rd-gen Threadripper products looming large (AMD’s new HEDT offerings also arrive in November).
As ever when these sort of price wars kick-off in the computer components world, the end-user is the winner…
Finding the best vacuum cleaner isn’t easy. You need a device that ensures dust and dirt have no place to hide, one that’ll fit with your home and your needs and that’s also within your budget. We’re here to help.
We’ve been on a hunt to find the best of the best vacuum cleaners available right now. The cleaners we’ve found will leave your carpets looking clean, your floors looking dazzling and will hopefully take some of the stress out of the chore of cleaning your home. What’s more, you might not have to spend as much as you think.
UPDATE: Did you know that one of our favourite robovacs, the Roomba, might soon be leaving the constraints of your house and coming for your garden? Details of iRobot’s Terra Robot Mower were released earlier this year, but recent reports suggest it’ll be with us by early 2020 and could change the way we mow our lawns for good.
We’ve put in a considerable amount of dust-busting hours to rate and review the vacuum cleaners listed below, so you know which is the best model to buy in 2019.
You might notice that a lot of the leading vacuum cleaners in our list feature a cordless design, waving goodbye to the massive cord that was always a tripping hazard anyway. After the success of the Cyclone V10 (included below), Dyson has even stopped making corded vacuums altogether.
As well as new, cordless models, some of the top vacuum cleaners now have brains of their own: choose a robot vacuum cleaner and you don’t have to lift a finger to take care of the vacuuming. You don’t even have to be at home to set them off.
So whether you’re after a super lightweight, cordless vacuum or an advanced robotic cleaner, here are the best vacuum cleaners TechRadar has used to date.
Best vacuum cleaners at a glance
Dyson Cyclone V10 Absolute
Shark IF250UK
Dyson V8 Absolute
Gtech AirRam MK2
Dyson Light Ball Multi Floor
Dyson Eye 360
iRobot Roomba 980
Eufy RoboVac 11
Neato Botvac Connected
Best vacuum cleaners of 2019: ranked
Dyson Cyclone V10 Absolute
1. Dyson Cyclone V10 Absolute
Power supply: : Cordless, battery | Weight: : 5.9 lbs / 2.6 kg | Bin size: : 0.75L | Run time: : Up to 60 minutes
Unrivaled design
Powerful suction
Battery drains fast on highest setting
Expensive
Dyson’s newest cordless vacuum cleaner is so good, the company is no longer making vacuums with cords. That’s how confident Dyson is that the Cyclone V10 (and all the vacs that follow) will meet all your cleaning needs.
Simply put, the Cyclone V10 is the best vacuum Dyson has ever made. The redefined cyclone technology produces more suction power than ever – reportedly 20% more than the previous V8 model – and we can testify to that from first hand experience.
The V10 offers some crucial changes over older V models. The barrel is now front-facing, with all attachments connecting here directly, and the design has been tweaked for greater suction efficiency. According to Dyson, the V10 can also detect differences in altitude, air pressure and temperature, adjusting itself for maximum performance.
Prices and models vary across regions, but you will pay more for the Cyclone V10’s souped-up suction. And while the Cyclone V10 is more powerful than ever and boasts a more energy-dense battery than previous models, putting it on the highest setting will drain the battery in about five minutes.
At the lowest setting, however, you’ll get up to 60 minutes of use, and that should be plenty for your everyday needs.
Power supply: : Cordless, battery | Weight: : 4kg | Bin size: : 0.33L | Suction power: 25.2AW
Easily portable
Powerful suction
Variety of cleaning modes
Heavier than some of the competition
Don’t want a Dyson vacuum cleaner? This Shark IF250UK is a cheaper and rather decent alternative to some of the top-end products from Dyson that sit in this list. It’s another cordless cleaner that can run for 22 minutes from a single charge – but the best bit is there are two batteries in the box, so you can just hot swap out mid-clean and get 44 minutes in total.
We really like the design of the Shark IF250UK, although it is a little on the heavy side. It comes with Shark’s Flexology technology that means you can bend the cleaner at the mid-way point, so you can get those hard to reach places like under your sofa without needing to get crawl down on the floor.
As we’ve said, it’s not as lightweight as the Dyson listed above, but we still found it easy enough to carry, and portable enough for most people.
This is certainly a powerful vacuum cleaner. If you’re a pet owner, you can get a special edition with in-built pet cleaning features, but in an animal-free home we found the Shark IF250UK cleaned up easily when using its maximum suction mode.
For a lower price than the Dyson V10, the Shark IF250UK is a very good pick for your next vacuum cleaner– it matches the competition for power and is as simple to use as you could want.
Power supply: : Cordless, battery | Weight: : 2.16kg | Bin size: : 0.54L | Suction power: 22AW (115AW in MAX mode)
Lightweight
Portable and modular
Strong suction
Expensive
Formerly the best cordless vacuum cleaner that money could buy, the Dyson V8 Absolute is still a top-of-the-line battery-powered cleaning machine, even as the Cyclone V10 has dethroned it from the very top rung of the ladder. It also remains a real joy to use.
First, the design. With a removable extender pole and six different heads for different surfaces and use cases, the V8 Absolute is lightweight and easy to run around the house. With the suction motor in the pistol-grip handle area, you can also easily clip a head directly onto the main unit, turning the whole thing into a portable cleaner – one that’s perfect for going up the stairs or decrumbing the car.
A full charge will give you around 40 minutes of use, which is really impressive for a cordless cleaner, though mileage will vary once you start using on the motorized heads – or switch on the V8 Absolute’s MAX mode. You’ll rarely need it though: for a handheld, this cleaner rivals upright vacuums for sheer dirt-sucking power. Its large bin will take in plenty of trash too before needing emptying, which is another convenience not often seen in a cordless.
Best of all though, it is genuinely fun to use. The sci-fi aesthetic makes it one of the few “white goods” gadgets you’ll happily leave on show in the house, with the transforming design as useful as it is clever. It’s still worth a look even with the V10 now on the scene.
The Gtech AirRam MK2 blends the flexibility of a cordless vacuum with strong suction performance and ease of use, making it a great choice for those looking for a lightweight and highly manoeuvrable vac they can quickly whizz around the home.
It’s super-simple to setup out of the box, though the four-hour charge can be a hassle if you need a speedy clean and the AirRam MK2 simply isn’t juiced. You could use it if plugged into the wall, but with such a short charging cable supplied that’d be wholly impractical.
An hour on the charger will give you a short burst of vacuuming power to address a spillage, but if you’re planning on doing a general clean you’ll want a full charge, which gives you around 40 minutes of use (similar to the Dyson V8 Absolute).
Meanwhile, Gtech’s Airlock technology automatically adjusts the head for different flooring types, and suction is generally very good, without being the absolute best on offer.
The collection bin may be a bit on the small side, but it’s incredibly easy to empty and ensures you don’t get your hands dirty, with a removable cylinder featuring a sliding lever that pushes out all the collected dirt and dust.
The vacuum cleaner is easy to carry up and down stairs, but with no hose or attachments you can’t easily clean stairs or other hard-to-reach areas of your home with it. Its price tag makes it a more approachable option than the Dyson however, so if you’re on a budget it’s definitely worth considering.
If you want serious suction from your vacuum cleaner, Dyson is the market leader. Its cyclone technology has long been touted as the best sucker around, and on the Light Ball Multi Floor we can safely say it earns its reputation.
With 90AW of suction power, the Dyson Light Ball Multi Floor tackles carpet, wood floors, laminate and more. Each pass hoovers up dust, hair and other particles stuck inside your carpets too, not just those sitting on top.
We were surprised and impressed with the amount of stuff it picked up during the first few trips around our house – clearly our previous vacuum wasn’t doing the job as effectively.
When the large bin fills up, it’s just a simple one-button release from the body of the Light Ball, and then another one button press to dispense its contents into the bin – although with the large flag that opens at the bottom you’ll need to angle the cylinder accordingly.
As well as acting as a standard upright vacuum cleaner, the Light Ball also comes with a built-in hose and tools, allowing you to tackle hard to reach places, ceilings and stairs with relative ease.
It’s still a bit of a beast to carry up and down the stairs though, and at times the long 9.4m cord does get in the way, making you wish this was a cordless vacuum – but the trade off will be inferior suction.
If you’re in the market for a vacuum cleaner that will give your floors a seriously thorough clean, then the easy-to-use, highly maneuverable and surprisingly quiet Dyson Light Ball could be right up your street.
Dyson 360 Eye robot vacuum cleaner
6. Dyson 360 Eye robot vacuum cleaner
Power supply: Battery | Weight: 2.4kg | Bin size: 0.33Lm | Suction power: 20AW
Quiet operation
Compact width
Not the most thorough clean
Tall height
With AI smarts improving all the time and robotics increasingly accepted in the home, the sci-fi dream of having a little robot helper to potter about the house is fast becoming a reality. The Dyson 360 Eye is the vacuum cleaning company’s first effort in the space, and makes a good account of itself.
After a relatively painless app-powered set-up process, the camera-equipped Dyson 360 Eye is able to navigate your home, weaving around obstacles on a cleaning routine you again establish through the app.
Considering its small size, the vacuum cleaner surprisingly capable at sucking up the rubbish in your home, and when the battery gets low and it’s time for a recharge, the 360 Eye will intelligently return to its charging station without any prompting.
It’s a premium product, commanding a high asking price that’s best used as a supplement to your usual cleaning rota rather than a replacement. With the 360 Eye doing the rounds once every day, you’ll find that your home will need a “deep clean” vacuuming session by your own hand far less often.
But there’s still room for improvement – the tall clearance makes it difficult for the 360 Eye to fit under furniture, while a bigger bin would lessen the need to keep emptying it out, and a larger battery would give it a better chance of completing a whole-house sweep in one pass without a recharge session.
The limitations of the wider product category taken into consideration, this is a solid luxury cleaning product regardless. Bear in mind though that Dyson just announced its successor, the 360 Heurist.
iRobot Roomba 980 robot vacuum cleaner
7. iRobot Roomba 980 robot vacuum cleaner
Power supply: Battery | Weight: 3.94kg | Bin size: 0.6Lm | Suction power: 33AW
Environment mapping
Relatively low clearance
Sluggish app control
Struggles with cables
Dyson’s not the only company working with robotics in the home space, and many rate iRobot and its Roomba 980 vacuum cleaner very highly, too.
A low-clearance, dirt-sucking disc, it’s intelligent enough to go about its business in your home without much prompting from its human owners. The Roomba 980 will intelligently map your home for problem spots, kicking into a high-power mode when carpets are identified, and weaving around chair legs and other potential obstacles.
With a two-hour battery life, it manages a longer cleaning cycle than the Dyson before it heads back to its charging dock.
Other smart features of the Roomba 980 include its battery-powered “Dual Mode Virtual Wall Barriers” which signal to the bot which areas to avoid if placed across a doorway, and more granular control over its cleaning procedures through the accompanying app.
However, as good as it is the Roomba 980 has room for improvement, with its app not always terrible intuitive, and the robot itself sometimes getting bamboozled by cables.
It’s another pricey cleaning luxury, and making the choice between it and its Dyson rival is a tough one. But for those that can afford it, the Roomba 980 is another excellent cleaning convenience.
Power supply: Battery | Weight: 3.02kg | Bin size: 0.6Lm
Low price compared to competition
Lots of cleaning settings
No companion app
Limited battery life
You may not have heard of the name Eufy before, but this more affordable robot vacuum cleaner offers some fantastic value and it comes from the sister brand of Anker, which is the closest thing to a household name in the world of portable chargers.
The RoboVac 11 has lots of cleaning settings available, including an automatic mode, maximum power, edge cleaning, single room cleaning or a mode that specifically focuses on one small area.
The problem is, unlike the two vacuum cleaners above, you can’t connect the RoboVac 11 to an app – and so you can’t monitor the robot cleaner or set it off when you’re not in the house. (The more recent RoboVac 30C upgrades with the EufyHome app, though you’re looking at closer to £300 than £200 for the change.)
Instead it’s all activated through a remote control that comes in the box with the RoboVac 11. You can set it up on a timer, so the cleaner will automatically head on its journey once a day, but it’s not as useful as having an app to do it from anywhere in the world.
There’s also no mapping technology built-in, and instead the RoboVac 11 will just make its own way around your home until the battery runs out. It uses infrared sensors to avoid bumping into furniture in your home, but it can be quite frustrating if you’re sitting and watching it work – it doesn’t clean quite as efficiently as some other cleaners.
With a 600 ml bin this will keep going for multiple cleans. We found the battery life to last around 90 minutes on the automatic mode, and a little bit less if you’re using the maximum power suction.
The Eufy may not be the most efficient or powerful robot vacuum cleaner on the market, but considering its super-low price point, it’s impressive how much value for money you get with the RoboVac 11.
Power supply: Battery | Weight: 3.94kg | Bin size: 0.6Lm
Thorough cleaning
Relatively cheap
Incorrectly assesses its own height
Marks very easily
While not quite as familiar a name as Dyson or Roomba, with the Neato Botvac Connected, Neato has managed to create a vacuum cleaner that definitely gives the others a run for their money.
At 10 cm tall, it comfortably manages to shuffle under most items of furniture, and uses laser guidance to map the room. It’s very satisfying watching it figure out which items of furniture it can navigate under and around.
A little frustratingly, it doesn’t seem to factor in the little protruding circle on top of the unit that houses the Neato logo, and so does occasionally get caught on items that it only just clears.
You can control the Neato Botvac Connected using your phone, set up routines for when you want it to clean, and even pause it mid-clean. There are also convenient buttons on the unit itself: one for ‘spot clean’ that will do one room, or ‘house clean’ that will do your entire home before guiding itself safely back to its base station.
At 700 ml, the bin size is bigger than both the Dyson 360 and the Roomba, but it’s still small in comparison to a standard vacuum cleaner, and will need emptying mid-clean if you have a large (or particularly dirty) home.
There is the option to have the Neato clean in either Eco or Turbo mode, which will give you quieter or deeper cleaning, depending on your preference. From the time that we have spent with it, the deeper cleaning mode provides a very thorough level of cleaning – although it invariably miss areas that require moving of obstacles, so you’ll still need an occasional once-over with a hand-held vacuum cleaner too.
Amazon just announced a brand new version of its Fire HD 10, but if you don’t fancy spending extra on that you may find a £20 discount will tempt you to buy the 2017 version of the tablet.
The existing Fire HD 10 doesn’t sport USB-C, like the new Fire HD 10, and it doesn’t come with the improved battery life or a few other features that the newer tablet sports. All of that said, it’s still a consistently good, cheap tablet.
You can buy it for £129.99 – it’s normally £149.99 – until October 15 in the UK. It’s currently unclear if the company plans to discount the tablet in other markets.
Gemini Man is out in cinemas worldwide on 11 October 2019. Pre-order your tickets fromorin the UK, or fromorif you’re in the US. Before you go, find out if there’s a post-credits scene in Gemini Man.
Gemini Man is the latest title in Ang Lee’s roster; starring not one, but TWO Will Smiths. One Will Smith is Henry Brogan, a 51 year-old retired assassin who is just looking to rest and leave his past behind. The second Will Smith is Junior, a 23 year-old clone of Brogan whose mission is to assassinate him. The film follows the battles of the Will Smiths in various locations and scenarios… with an overarching plot follow it.
That last part is what lets the film down unfortunately. If all you’re looking for is an action blockbuster with some killer stunts and choreography, then Gemini Man will fill your boots. However, the story itself somehow falls into being both far-fetched and predictable at the same time.
Let’s start with the positive. Interestingly, Lee forewent the traditional style of cinematography and shot the film using 3D cameras at 120 frames per second to produce much sharper images. This brought the action to an entire new level, making real use of the 3D elements in the filmmaking process and leaving you stunned at some of the fight scenes that went on.
I also have to praise the stunts and choreography. From the chase scenes to the hand-to-hand combat, each battle was crafted to the tiniest detail. Will Smith wasn’t the only shining star in these scenes – Mary Elizabeth Winstead kicked some serious butt as Danny Zakarwesk. As a side note, it was refreshing to see a female secondary lead help advance the plot without being involved in an unnecessary and nausea-inducing romance.
Smith is the main selling point of the film, and as usual he delivers a killer performance. As Brogan, he manages to pull off the gruff and hardened persona of a man who’s seen too much. Even though Junior is practically fully digital, the base performance (and voice acting) that Smith lent to the role was naive, cocky and at times bordering on innocent, perfectly capturing the younger age of the assassin.
The majority of the time the de-aged Will Smith was realistic. The effects team did a great job with the mocap, taking inspiration from old footage of Smith’s greatest hits. It was almost like he’d stepped straight out from The Fresh Prince days. Well, except for that fact that he was also a cold-blooded killer.
When the CGI didn’t quite land, it was mostly during static, close-up shots of Junior. Where the skin looked just that bit too flawless, especially in comparison to a real actor. This may have been down to the fact that they couldn’t use an additional aid of putting make-up on Smith – the 3D cameras and higher frame rates made that impossible.
However, considering this is technology that hasn’t been possible for decades – something that held the screenplay back from being produced since 1997 – it’s a huge feat that they’ve managed to even achieve this. Whether it will hold up in five years time is another matter altogether.
The script on the other hand was far less believable, which is such a shame as it’s been in development for such a long time. There were some intended emotional moments that just didn’t quite land in the audience, either leaving people guffawing at the sheer ridiculousness of it, or cringing at how on-the-nose it was. Stellar films can create a bizarre plot and make you believe it – and unfortunately this is an area that Gemini Man doesn’t quite achieve.
Action movies have lots of tropes – some good, some bad – and this film was full of them. One of the most annoying for me was the classic, “I know a guy, let me call him” and suddenly the team are aboard a private jet, en route to the next plot location with zero context. Basically, lazy writing for the sake of advancing the story quickly (I’d also like to know this ‘guy’ on the other end of the phone in all actions films. Can he get me a plane?).
Although Clive Owen’s performance as Clay Varris was admirable, I found him to be a little bit of a moustache-twirling type of villain. He’s the type of character that forgoes logic for the sake of ‘symbolism’ – ergo, he makes some stupid decisions, just ’cause. His motives and backstory were not enough to make him a compelling and dynamic character.
At the end of the day, all these negatives are perhaps a bit of a moot point, because they aren’t what will attract people to see the movie. Sure, the premise is a little bit crazy. But who cares when you’re getting a bargain of two Wills for the price of one, fighting on a pair of dirt bikes through the streets of Cartagena?
Verdict
When it comes to action, Gemini Man delivers with some epic fight scenes and stunning cinematography, and Will Smith kills it with his performance. However, the film does suffer from a slightly ridiculous and predictable plot, and occasional sections of clunky dialogue.
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The TechRadar Mobile Choice Consumer Awards are less than a week away, and we’re gearing up to crown the best smartphone of the last 12 months alongside 20 other coveted titles.
Another one of the awards is ‘Smartphone Manufacturer of the Year’, where we celebrate the best phone producers from around the world and decide who has had the strongest year.
The full shortlisted companies for the award include:
Apple
Google
LG
Huawei
OnePlus
Samsung
Sony
Xiaomi
We’ve also announced the shortlist for our hotly contested ‘One to Watch’ award that flags the most innovative and interesting companies that we believe may grow further to impress us over the next 12 months.
The full One to Watch shortlist is below:
Amazfit (Huami)
Mobvoi
Motorola
Oppo
TCL
Vivo
Xiaomi
The awards are taking place on October 10 in London and we’ll be announcing the full winners list on TechRadar soon after.
One of the best things about going with an AMD Ryzen-powered computer over the last few years is that Team Red has allowed users to keep their motherboards far longer than Intel would. But, that could be changing.
In some recent leaked slides spotted by Tom’s Hardware, AMD detailed socket details of its Zen 3 and Zen 4 Epyc processors, and it doesn’t look like the Zen 4 data center lineup will be compatible with the same SP3 socket as Zen 1-3. Now, it’s important to note that this doesn’t necessarily mean that AMD Ryzen processors based on the Zen 4 microarchitecture will need a new motherboard, but it does seem likely.
As for why you may need to buy a new motherboard for a Ryzen 5(?) processor, is that we might both see a jump to PCIe 5.0 and DDR5 memory – the second of which would require a new motherboard anyway. This is definitely not set in stone, but according to the leaked presentation, AMD did say that the Genoa architecture, which will be based on Zen 4, will come with “new memory.” We’re not sure that means an upgrade to DDR5, but it would be about time to see a new memory standard make its way to the mainstream anyway.
These leaked slides are, of course, all about AMD Epyc processors, so it is entirely possible that it will have little to no impact on consumer products. These enterprise-level pieces of silicon do end up getting new features first. We still haven’t seen DDR5 memory in an actual working system, but it would make sense for it to make its way to enterprise systems – or even HEDT Threadripper – before mainstream platforms.
According to another report from Tom’s Hardware, SK Hynix is expecting the world’s first DDR5 RAM to launch next year, so the timeline seems to line up. Either way, its impossible to actually tell the future, so we’re just going to have to wait and see. Regardless, if you’ve recently upgraded to a Ryzen 3rd Generation processor, and aren’t planning to upgrade until the 5th Generation, just keep in mind that you might need to take a look at the best motherboards when making that next upgrade.
