If AMD Ryzen delivers on its claims onto the real-world setting, then the price to performance ratio of the AMD CPUs will prove to be a game-changer that will stop Intel's decade-long monopoly. Anticipation is at an all high as pictures of various AM4 Motherboards have just been leaked online as launch draws near. A few notable names include MSI, ASUS, and GIGABYTE offering top-tier to low-tier boards with varying price ranges.

There are now various AMD Ryzen capable motherboards from the flagship motherboard, mid-range to the lowest tier for those on a budget and cannot afford the $150 to $200 price range. These boards will be most likely unveiled during the Capsaicin and Cream event of AMD as part of GDC 2017 on Feb. 28. Several pictures have been leaked online providing some valuable details on upcoming boards from ASRock, ASUS, Biostar, GIGABYTE, and MSI.

The AMD AM4 Platform reveals varying chipsets from the enthusiast X370 chipset, mainstream B350, essential A320, enthusiast SSF X300and the essential SSF A300. The X370 chipset is what interests the CPU market as it offers the all-USB 3.1 Gen 2 support, features overclocking and the CF/SLI support, according to Videocardz. However, the B360 chipset will do as much for those who do not intend to have multiple-GPU setups. The A320 is an excellent mid-range chipset with the native USB 3.1 support but it does not support overclocking or multi-GPU.

Previously, AMD was reported to be competing only with the high-end processors of Intel, but new pricing leaks reveal AMD will cover the whole stack. To start, AMD will be offering a wide spectrum of Ryzen processors with its top-tier enthusiast CPU with 8 cores, 16 threads like the Ryzen 7 1800X. It also has the low-tier 6 cores, 12 thread variants and the 4 cores, 8 threads. All of these chipsets are compatible with DDR4 RAM.

When it comes to pricing, AMD has the advantage over Intel. AMD has the budget Ryzen 3 1100 which when stacked up against Intel's Core i3 still offers pure quad-core performance but with a price starting at only $129. The top-tier Ryzen 7 1800K has double the cores and threads to Intel's' Core i7 7700K but their prices are the same around $320. Incidentally, Intel's 8-core i7 6900K fetches a price of $1000.

However, it is the Ryzen 5 that excites gamers with its combination of 6 cores, 12 threads, and 4 cores, 8 threads processors that equal the price of the Core i5. The leaked stacks reveal base frequencies for each with turbo clock, which means an automatic overclock that is made with TDP and now with XFR clock. XFR feature allows for more overclocking headroom with a customized cooling functionality, which is highly useful since all Ryzen can now be overclocked.

IF AMD proves that prior leaks and benchmark results will be reflected in real-world performance, then AMD will totally alter the CPU market. The AMD Ryzen will have more cores and more power but at much lower prices. To sum, its price to performance ratio for many gadget geeks is astonishing according to Eurogamer.

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