How many of you are going to get a Broadwell-E CPU?

[Caracus2k]

I believe you can (happy to be corrected) only do this with the Xeon CPU's not the HEDT ones in the current generation. That's why I was curious if anything in Broadwell-E was going to change that.

Subject to motherboard support (physical slots and bios) an x99 board with any haswell-e (or broadwell-e) chip can run 128GB of memory

http://www.pcworld.com/article/2938...s-pc-with-128gb-of-cutting-edge-ddr4-ram.html

128GB with a 5820k and an Asus mobo

 

[RSR]

I'll be upgrading from a X79 Sabertooth and i7 3820 to Broadwell-E

 

[AllBodies]

I'll be upgrading from a X79 Sabertooth and i7 3820 to Broadwell-E

I'm highly considering coming from Z77 and a 3770k. Will be a very similar upgrade for speed and motherboard features.

 

[BluesFanUK]

Am I right in thinking the biggest difference between six core broadwell e and the 5820k will be power consumption and heat, with only a very small gain in performance the way things are looking?

Power consumption? I doubt it.

All in all it's the exact same CPU just rebranded.

Intel don't make any effort anymore whatsoever.

 

[Dicehunter]

Not me, Buying a friends 5960X off him for £350 as he's getting the 6950X

 

[AllBodies]

Power consumption? I doubt it.

All in all it's the exact same CPU just rebranded.

Intel don't make any effort anymore whatsoever.

It's 14nm instead of 22nm though. So the 6 core models should consume less power and run cooler, in theory.

 

[Ayahuasca]

Not me, Buying a friends 5960X off him for £350 as he's getting the 6950X

Wish I had dumb friends

 

[DragonQ]

It's 14nm instead of 22nm though. So the 6 core models should consume less power and run cooler, in theory.

In theory. TDP hasn't changed much since Westmere, especially when overclocking.

 

[shamus21]

Not me, Buying a friends 5960X off him for £350 as he's getting the 6950X

That's a good deal.

 

[Adam_101]

Thinking about it...currently on a 4820k (4.5) which although it seems to be absolutely fine, that upgrade itch is there lol.

 

[mmj_uk]

In theory. TDP hasn't changed much since Westmere, especially when overclocking.

Yes it has, Sandy Bridge kicks out a hell of a lot more heat than Ivy Bridge, temperatures have gone up mainly because the newer architectures seem to retain heat a lot more (3D transistors?). Power consumption has gone down with each new generation.

 

[DragonQ]

Yes it has, Sandy Bridge kicks out a hell of a lot more heat than Ivy Bridge, temperatures have gone up mainly because the newer architectures seem to retain heat a lot more (3D transistors?). Power consumption has gone down with each new generation.

i7-2700K has 95 W TDP. i7-6700K has 91 W TDP.

 

[AllBodies]

i7-2700K has 95 W TDP. i7-6700K has 91 W TDP.

Yeah but that's because the 6700k is higher performance. If the 2700k was put onto 14nm, it'd be less than 50W most likely.

 

[Minstadave]

Yes it has, Sandy Bridge kicks out a hell of a lot more heat than Ivy Bridge, temperatures have gone up mainly because the newer architectures seem to retain heat a lot more (3D transistors?). Power consumption has gone down with each new generation.

The new archs have smaller dies, meaning heat production is concentrated and contact area for heat transfer is lower too.

 

[Kyle1987]

I am going to look at it maybe like the 6850k ect and get a newer x99 board, I am liking the look of the new the carbon pro by msi, but truthfully not sure what to do still on z87 with 4770k and run good.

 

[Kidge]

I may go for the 6850k in August as I plan on upgrading.

Does anyone predict a large price decrease on the 5820k or do you think they will hold their price until they're all sold out/EOL?

Also which motherboard would be best to go for sub £300?

 

[Caracus2k]

I may go for the 6850k in August as I plan on upgrading.

Does anyone predict a large price decrease on the 5820k or do you think they will hold their price until they're all sold out/EOL?

Also which motherboard would be best to go for sub £300?

Look at the prices 4790's still sell for. Don't expect prices to drop. For the most Intel just lets their chip supply dry up as they head towards eol and prices generally don't ho down much if at all as a result.

http://hexus.net/tech/reviews/cpu/70473-intel-core-i7-4790k-devils-canyon-22nm-haswell/

4790k launch price June 2014 circa £290

Now - ocuk price £275

 

[Orangey]

Same performance just support for a couple of new things, no reason for prices to drop that much.

 

[FredFlint]

The 10 Core Broadwell-EP Xeon CPU's start at about £500, not good for overclocking but could be good for people that dont overclock.

 

[Brazo]

^^That's a very good price if the application warranted as many cores as that! Personally would want 6-8 plus higher clock speed