Asetek confirms that a TR4 retention kits will be included with all AMD Threadripper

[WYP]

This means that lots of existing coolers will support Threadripper out of the box.



Read more on Threadripper's bundled Asetek retention bracket.

[NeverBackDown]

Very good for AMD, they seem to be trying very hard to make sure the launch is as smooth as possible. Which is good since Ryzen's launch was a bit shaky despite it's impressive performance.

I think the coolers should do fine. AMD made a smart move to make sure that the actual working dies on TR are diagonal to spread the heat output over a greater surface area which should help them from heating each other up. We will see how it works out