The EPYC 7742 processor from AMD was officially introduced to the market :year_text. Thanks to the use of the 7 nm process node, the manufacturer achieved an excellent balance of performance. The chip is installed in the compatible motherboards socket. The die configuration includes 64 computing cores with support for 128 threads. By default, the cores function at 2.3 GHz. In Turbo Boost mode, this indicator can reach 3.4 GHz. The processor is equipped with a spacious buffer: the L3 cache memory volume is 256 MB. The manufacturer indicates heat dissipation at 225 W in standard operating mode. The gaming performance of EPYC 7742 is at a high level. Architectural improvements and a spacious cache allow the system to rapidly process game engine physics.