Intel CPU - Can't get stocks, what should I do?

[Coojeekitten]

I'm building a Premier Pro editing pc based on Intel.

I now have all the kit, apart from my intended CPU (i9-10980xe) which remains out of stock & has a 150% price loading in retail. I checked with trade distribution & they have suggested a 6 month lead time, although to be fair, they don't really know as they have no ETA from Intel.

With about £4-5k of kit waiting, I'm not sure I want to hang around for 6 months as I need to be editing in the spring.

Should I go instead for something like an i9-10920x or maybe from the older i9-9000x range?

 

[Armageus]

Sell/return the motherboard and buy a Threadripper?

3960X is ahead of the 10980xe for Premiere Pro

https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/a...formance-AMD-Threadripper-3990X-64-Core-1659/


Even the £700 Ryzen 3950X isn't far behind, and you could pair with a cheaper board

 

[Journey]

Buy a cheaper CPU in the mean time, and take the hit on resale later, it'll be less than paying 50% more for the Intel 10980XE now.

Why the heck did you get all of your other kit upfront though? :Shakeshead:

 

[EsaT]

Yep, AMD is now pretty much kicking Intel's butt in HEDT and that Intel was no good even in the first place.
Heck, even desktop platform is giving Intel run for their money with 16 cores/32 threads.

 

[Coojeekitten]

Buy a cheaper CPU in the mean time, and take the hit on resale later, it'll be less than paying 50% more for the Intel 10980XE now.

Why the heck did you get all of your other kit upfront though? :Shakeshead:

Yup, I think I have to do that.
I was buying bits as & when I could afford them. I was told from 2 sources (!) that i9-10980xe would be available from 14-Feb.

 

[Firestar_3x]

Boggles the mind why people buy hardware this way.

 

[sideways14a]

Boggles the mind that people were buying the 10980xe willingly

 

[Gray2233]

Why not go Threadripper? It's better for Premier Pro anyway and it has current availability.

 

[Quartz]

Should I go instead for something like an i9-10920x or maybe from the older i9-9000x range?

Return your Intel kit and buy an AMD Threadripper or Epyc solution.

 

[kitfit1]

Return your Intel kit and buy an AMD Threadripper or Epyc solution.

Absolutely no need at all for the OP to go with Epyc. Threadripper is the obvious choice and will still leave the 10980xe in the dust, especially for Premier Pro, it's a complete no brainer.

 

[Boot_Loop]

Bad advice going for a i9-10980xe.

Threadripper 3rd gen is the way to go, even 2nd gen at low prices for Premier Pro would be great.

 

[Deleted member 66701]

Got to be a troll post surely?


I mean, someone actually tried to buy a 10980xe over a 3960x?

 

[CHokKA]

Sell all your stuff (or return recent purchases if within the distance selling regs) and then pick up a Threadripper solution instead? You'll probably spend less on that anyway.

 

[faceman123]

Worst mistake ever!! go threadripper - It doesnt have any security flaws and eventually future patches on intel will further slow down their end, + it outperofrms the cpu meantioned.

 

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

I'm building a Premier Pro editing pc based on Intel.

I now have all the kit, apart from my intended CPU (i9-10980xe) which remains out of stock & has a 150% price loading in retail. I checked with trade distribution & they have suggested a 6 month lead time, although to be fair, they don't really know as they have no ETA from Intel.

With about £4-5k of kit waiting, I'm not sure I want to hang around for 6 months as I need to be editing in the spring.

Should I go instead for something like an i9-10920x or maybe from the older i9-9000x range?

Why would you buy an Intel CPU when system integrators such as Puget Systems have done a barrage of tests??

https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/a...adripper-3990X-64-Core-1659/#BenchmarkResults

There are more specific tests in the article - the HEDT Ryzen 9 3960X and the consumer socket Ryzen 9 3950X are the standouts here. Now look at the price of the 3900X and the motherboards,its much cheaper than any of the HEDT options and it access to high speed SSDs due to PCI-E 4.0 too.

 

[Armageus]

It's almost like I suggested that in the second post

 

[MartinPrince]

It's almost like I suggested that in the second post

I read the title and was expecting some poor fellow would be getting spanked; I wasn't disappointed.

 

[ZXSpectrum]

Got to be a troll post surely?


I mean, someone actually tried to buy a 10980xe over a 3960x?

You would be surprised how many IT Technicians are still stuck in their ways when it comes to workstations for productivity. AMD has made massive strides recently but there are still people who will only purchase Intel/Nvidia over AMD offerings.

 

[humbug]

IMO the i9-10980xe is a paper launch, Intel put their best foot forward and cut the price heavily to stick it back to AMD, but then realized its not actually any faster than the mainstream 3950X and the entry level HEDT 3960X blows it out of the water.

At $1000 they are not making as much money as they would like, the same i9 9980xe was $2000 and even at $1000 they look pretty poor against AMD's offerings, so why even bother with them?

 

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

It's almost like I suggested that in the second post

He ignored you the first time,so I pointed out the graphs so they could see the difference!