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So the new X99s processors come in at good prices!
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UK RRP is around £280 (With VAT).
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It looks like 300 for the 5820 and 450 for the 5930.
Nice!
I really don't see why the 5820K has been getting so much hate for having a reduced 28 PCI-E 3.0 lanes, that still offers more overall PCI-E bandwidth than any other sub-£400 processor available. Are the AMD fanboys just ******* themselves that Intel have finally made their hex's more affordable?
Intel hex core for £300 who can argue? are we sure it will be that cheap though as it'll hit 4770K/4790K sales hard?
I really don't see why the 5820K has been getting so much hate for having a reduced 28 PCI-E 3.0 lanes, that still offers more overall PCI-E bandwidth than any other sub-£400 processor available. Are the AMD fanboys just ******* themselves that Intel have finally made their hex's more affordable?
Intel hex core for £300 who can argue? are we sure it will be that cheap though as it'll hit 4770K/4790K sales hard?
nah, i dont think so, because the overall platform cost will still be much higher.
x99 = £300 for cpu + ~£150-200 (or more) for mobo + £200 for 4x4gb ddr4 ram
z97 = £250 for cpu + £100-150 for mobo + £120 for 2x8gb ram (£60 for 2x4gb)
im guessing roughly a price differential of £200 between a 4790k and a 5820k
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Last I looked it was Kaap leading the criticism - think calling him an AMD fanboy might be a tad wrong!
For me I don't care about the lanes, as I am very unlikely to go multi-GPU, but can see why those who like xfire/sli are sad about it.
Edit: Good to hear the prices are decent too, I know OCUK have been hinting they'd not be astronomical but actually seeing some is great
Troll.
OCUK are selling 16GB DDR4 for £170 so that's £30 saved already. 
I just think that it won't be worth making the move up to 4770K/4790K if the prices turn out to be true, i5 is still very much the platform of choice for the budget conscious and those willing to spend another £100 just for Hyperthreading would be far better off saving that ~£150 or so extra over a 4770K/4790K for a 5820K system.
Touched a nerve eh?
get back to ruining the X99 thread.
I just think that it won't be worth making the move up to 4770K/4790K if the prices turn out to be true, i5 is still very much the platform of choice for the budget conscious and those willing to spend another £100 just for Hyperthreading would be far better off saving that ~£150 or so extra over a 4770K/4790K for a 5820K system.
Touched a nerve eh?
get back to ruining the X99 thread.
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OCUK are selling 16GB DDR4 for £170 so that's £30 saved already.
I just think that it won't be worth making the move up to 4770K/4790K if the prices turn out to be true, i5 is still very much the platform of choice for the budget conscious and those willing to spend another £100 just for Hyperthreading would be far better off saving that ~£150 or so extra over a 4770K/4790K for a 5820K system.
Touched a nerve eh?
I agree with him, and I'm not an Amd fanboy.
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I'm not understanding why people are so up in arms about about X99.
300 pound for an Intel Hexcore is the cheapest they've ever been as a launch product, and as far as CPU perforamance goes? They'll be right up there.
The price of the motherboards looks no different.
And as for RAM? I'm pretty sure DDR4's shaping up pretty well priced as the first foray into it with the set up.
I remember people spending 400 pound on a socket 1366 CPU!
300 pound for an Intel Hexcore is the cheapest they've ever been as a launch product, and as far as CPU perforamance goes? They'll be right up there.
The price of the motherboards looks no different.
And as for RAM? I'm pretty sure DDR4's shaping up pretty well priced as the first foray into it with the set up.
I remember people spending 400 pound on a socket 1366 CPU!
That does seem to be the biggest barrier to the platform at the moment even without the usual high motherboard prices for well spec'd Intel sockets.
The initial cost of DDR4 and the speeds being relatively low to what DDR4 is capable of is a little off putting. But for the most part DDR4 performance is mostly conjecture at this point.
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+1
Been saying this for a while, X99 is actually decently priced considering the longevity / features of it.
I think it's only a few saying about price, mainly one guy tbh..
I'm looking forward to getting on X99, question is what do I do with my Z97 stuff?
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Looking forward to seeing what the 5820k does compared to the 5930k as that is where the battle will be for the "majority" of high end enthusiasts. If the 5820k clocks well and performs similarly to the 5930k in most 2-way SLI/CF setups despite the gimped number of PCI-E lanes, then the 5930k will be reserved for the minority who need tri and quad setups.
Would be good to see Haswell-E CPUs clock better with lower temps rather than the DC Haswell chips which only go as far as sucking a bit less than the original Haswells with "improved thermal interface". I expect soldered CPUs in X99. Whether that helps, we will see.
Not quite sure where the 5960X lies but probably totally unnecessary for most except benchers and real power users requiring 16 threads for productivity without shelling out server hardware money. Still, would be nice to have a 25-30k physics score on 3DMark 11
Would be good to see Haswell-E CPUs clock better with lower temps rather than the DC Haswell chips which only go as far as sucking a bit less than the original Haswells with "improved thermal interface". I expect soldered CPUs in X99. Whether that helps, we will see.
Not quite sure where the 5960X lies but probably totally unnecessary for most except benchers and real power users requiring 16 threads for productivity without shelling out server hardware money. Still, would be nice to have a 25-30k physics score on 3DMark 11
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Not quite sure where the 5960X lies but probably totally unnecessary for most except benchers and real power users requiring 16 threads for productivity without shelling out server hardware money. Still, would be nice to have a 25-30k physics score on 3DMark 11
Yup, to have any chance of keeping up in benchmarks at the top end the 5960X will be a necessity.
Personally think 5820K, 16GB/32GB DDR4 + Gigabyte X99 is the way forward for me.. I would like the 5960X, but that's to pricey for me to justify really, maybe with Broadwell -E the mid tier 6930K will also be an 8 core...
5820K > 6930K will be best route imo. Get 5820K now to get on the platform relatively cheaply..
Touched a nerve eh?
No not really, just pointing out your blatant hypocrisy, that's all.