GamersNexus reports that…
AMD was supposed to launch its Ryzen 9000 Zen 5 CPUs in a few days. The launch was set for July 31st. We still haven’t received review samples, which is normally a bad sign: That’d leave just a day or two for evaluation. As of today, AMD has decided to push back the launch.
“We appreciate the excitement around Ryzen 9000 Series processors. During final checks, we found the initial production units that were shipped to our channel partners did not meet our full quality expectations. Out of an abundance of caution and to maintain the highest quality experiences for every Ryzen user, we are working with channel partners to replace the initial production units with fresh units.
As a result, there will be a short delay in retail availability. The Ryzen 9000 series will now be available on August 15.”
If you’re aiming to go to a 9000 CPU, wait a while until all of this first bad batch are out of the system. Or if you have to be one of the first to have the latest and greatest, best make sure you don’t receive one of those dodgy “initial production units that were shipped to our channel partners”.
