Here they are, AMD's next generation Ryzen CPUs pictured in all their glory. This is what the retail box actually looks like, courtesy of VCZ.

AMD’s President and CEO Lisa Su confirmed that Ryzen will be released in early March. It was later confirmed that the release date is in fact set forMarch 2nd. The new line-up starting with the $499 Ryzen 7 1800X and ending with the Ryzen 3 1100 includes 17 different models. Four octo-core CPUs, three hexa-cores and six quad-cores. All Ryzen chips feature fully unlocked multipliers, making every one of them overclocking-ready right out of the box.

AMD Ryzen CPUs

The Ryzen 7 1800X and 1700X will come in two options. A boxed chip with the brand new Wraith Max 140W cooler with RGB lighting or just the chip without the cooler. The cooler bundle costs $20 more, so for users that are looking to use aftermarket cooling they can just opt for the chip without the Wraith cooler and save twenty bucks.

The 1800X and 1700X are 95W CPUs and AMD is pairing them with a 140W cooler. The 1700 is a 65W CPU and AMD is pairing it with a 95W cooler. So the company is going all out on the cooling with Ryzen to make sure the chips run cool and the system remains very quiet.

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The system pictured above with AMD's Raja Koduri clearly features one of the new RGB coolers. The ring around the coolers' fan will shine brightly with a colorof your choosing. In the case of the above system the color that Raja has chosen is magenta.

Everything We Know About Ryzen :

- All 17 Ryzen SKUs, specs & prices.

- MSI & ASRock X370 andB350 AM4 Ryzen motherboards.

- ASUS, GIGABYTE & BIOSTAR X370 and B350 AMD Ryzen motherboards.

-Ryzen 5 1600X benchmarks.

- Ryzen 7 1700X benchmarks.

- Ryzen 7 1800X benchmarks.

-Ryzen 7 1700X, 5 1600X & 3 1300 3DMark benchmarks.

- New Ryzen CPU coolers.

- ASUS Crosshair VI Hero X370 Motherboard Unboxing.

- Entire ASUS AM4 motherboard lineup & prices.

- AMD Ryzen Architecture deep-dive.

AMD Ryzen 7 1800X, 1700X &1700 - 8-Core, 16-Thread CPUs From $319 To $499

AMD will offer at least three 8-core, 16-thread Ryzen CPUs initially. Two 95 watt Black Editions, the 1800X and the 1700X, as well as a 65W 1700 chip. These CPUs perform competitively with Intel's $1000+ 8-core 16-thread i7 6900K and i7 5960X whilst coming at a half to one third the price.