Amd Zen rumors

This comment was posted to reddit on Nov 09, 2016 at 6:48 pm and was deleted within 14 minutes.

In case anyone missed it there is a second post as well:

All overclocking is done via Overdrive, you can't change any performance features at all in the BIOS (on to that next) at all.
BIOS or UEFI is actually built into the CPU, so only AMD can update the "BIOS" or microcode. All overclocking must take place within the Operating system
Right now it takes up to 30 minutes to clear the BIOS. If you remove the CPU and place it on another motherboard, it'll have the same settings applied as on the previous board. So debugging is a nightmare
6850K SKU (May not be final designation) is wait for it.... $300 roughly. That's 8 Cores and 16 Threads
AMD's Hyper Threading is called SMU and it is damn good. The same efficiency as Intel's HT.
Performance is really good, be it SuperPi, Cinebench, 3DMark etc, it's FPU performance is incredibly good and easily matching that of what Intel offers.
Current performance is staggering even though it is limited to 2133MHz (as mentioned before) and NorthBridge Frequency is limited to 2400MHz
There will be a nigher SKU than the 6850K, but it is a higher bin so it will certainly overclock better than 6850K and that may carry a premium price, but unlikely to be double.
There's plenty of excitement from all board vendors about the platform, so we will see how it all pans out. (Especially with the hot mess that INTEL has in store for us H2 2017, that we can leave to another thread)
For Gaming, the CPU is neck and neck with INTEL, even at low res where CPU bound.