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Intel 5960X. Best CPU ever made.
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The first proper dual core CPU I bought was an E6300 @1.86 GHz. (I had p4 and pentium D before)I had a Gigabyte P31 something I think. It clocked np to 3.6ghz. I had it at 3.8ghz for a bit. The performance boost from the OC was incredible. I had that running for about 2 years. Eventually the traces burned up on the mobo but the CPU was fine. I still remember the panic and the smell lol. So I'd say that's my favourite CPU. It powered me through most games. Got fond memories Of Bioshock 1 & 2,and Crysis Warhead etc. To be youngish again eh?
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Mine was an AMD barton 2500+. 1.83gz @ 2.8 on a vapochill PE, sat at -20c for about 18 months (on an abit NF7-S, legend of a board in it's day, made good use of the dolby upmixing sound onboard too
) till it just didn't boot 1 day. All things considered was probably, without REALLY trying that hard (just throwing hardware at it) a top 5-10% machine in it's day.Went totally the other way with a wee shuttle boxed venice core after.
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Yeah when I had the e6300 I think I had a HD4850 and 4gb Corsair xms2. My mates could'nt believe how sharp and smooth Arkham Asylum was compared to consoles. I still remember him saying "hold on this is on your PC!?" I said look the 360 is turned off. (I was using a wired 360 pad) They looked shocked lol.Mine was an AMD barton 2500+. 1.83gz @ 2.8 on a vapochill PE, sat at -20c for about 18 months (on an abit NF7-S, legend of a board in it's day, made good use of the dolby upmixing sound onboard too
Went totally the other way with a wee shuttle boxed venice core after.
Interestingly I'd say the Xeon 1680 V2 was probably the best chip ever made which almost no one would have bought - only available to OEMs for the most part and hard to get via retail unless you had the right contacts, also with the approx. £2000 launch price tag and holding its value few would have bought one.
8 core, 16 threads from 2013 with a full range of technologies which are only just becoming obsolete - USB3, PCIE3, etc. etc.
If you get a good clocker, and many of them were, 4.7+GHz stable is possible putting them competitive against the AMD 3000 series and not hideously outclassed by the 5000 series for gaming, though can't compete with it for heavy weight productivity titles.
Also a good showing for the 5960X in that video.
Personally don't think a lot of the CPUs people talk about in this thread can hold a candle to these 2 CPUs when you move beyond what the CPU offered within its generation.
8 core, 16 threads from 2013 with a full range of technologies which are only just becoming obsolete - USB3, PCIE3, etc. etc.
If you get a good clocker, and many of them were, 4.7+GHz stable is possible putting them competitive against the AMD 3000 series and not hideously outclassed by the 5000 series for gaming, though can't compete with it for heavy weight productivity titles.
Also a good showing for the 5960X in that video.
Personally don't think a lot of the CPUs people talk about in this thread can hold a candle to these 2 CPUs when you move beyond what the CPU offered within its generation.
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Yeah the Xeons have always been a great bargain if you have the right mobo. I remember thinking of doing the 771 mod on my P35 but never got round to it. Do AMD not have a similar niche with the Threadrippers etc? I've never looked into it.
Time will tell with the Threadrippers really - though personally don't really see it with the older Threadrippers (some of them have been pretty much rendered obsolete by newer lower core count desktop chips even), maybe with some of the more recent variants.
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Would a Threadripper sit happily in a MSI Tomohawk B550 MAG? Actually it's a totally different socket is'nt it? Maybe a stupid question.
Those Xeons could cost upto £2000 in 2013! Add £4-500 for a motherboard that may not support them fully and deal with the tiny memory QVL list.
Not a chance
Hard enough to get different versions of TR chips to run any anything but their specific mobos.
You weren't limited to the server/high-end workstation boards and the limited memory compatibility - 1680 V2 runs fine in boards like the Gigabyte X79 UD3 I have which were sub £300.
I dislike the way Intel has now segmented the market, though I kind of understand it as they don't want businesses, etc. buying a cheaper more consumer targeted alternative. X79 had a nice set of forward thinking features and benefits like extra PCI-e lanes at a premium but not having to go to the cost of server hardware and the extra complications and features which come with that you don't need on a desktop system.
Memory compatibility is crapola on all the X and C Intel chipsets. In 2013 a system like the one you described was really expensive and way overpriced by comparison. Fast if you had a use for 16 threads, but truly awful value.
X79 V2 on the boards like the Gigabyte UD3 was not a problem - almost as extensive as the mainstream CPU desktop boards, only on the true HEDT and server motherboards was it an issue.
Well I’ve lots of issue with lots of systems. Desktop systems not so much. If I had guess I was because Intel wanted a slice of the memory IC market at that time.