Alder Lake-S leaks

[Adrian1976]

i got confirmation email for cpu and motherboard but thinking they will send the cpu as theres no motherboards...

They did ship separately but I cancelled the board anyway to do more research it's still not working though.

 

[beasty6]

You must have paid a lot for the 1200 board then as the difference between the CPUs is around £200

So the CPU was £150
B560 tomahawk was £170

Used a deal on well known selling site
5800x £314
B550 strix-f £128

 

[RavenXXX2]

They're saying 6 cores isn't enough anymore and also saying it's too expensive when it is infact cheaper than the 5600x and smashes it in performance, I think they talking crap tbh.

In terms of price, the Core i5-12600K alone has an advantage as a CPU, but the very high platform costs at the start make it appear less attractive compared to a Ryzen 7 5800X with eight cores that can be used in games, for which there are inexpensive B550 boards.

Who mentioned the 5600x?

 

[Alan McFall]

They're saying 6 cores isn't enough anymore and also saying it's too expensive when it is infact cheaper than the 5600x and smashes it in performance, I think they talking crap tbh.

Who mentioned the 5600x?

I did, because that's what it's priced against.. the 5800x is in a higher price bracket. They've already determined that you don't need DDR5 so where is the very high platform cost coming from ?

 

[Joxeon]

I did, because that's what it's priced against.. the 5800x is in a higher price bracket. They've already determined that you don't need DDR5 so where is the very high platform cost coming from ?

The board costs means it works out about £50 more than a 5600X and decent B550 but you get better gaming performance, 40% more MT performance and better feature + more lanes on the board.

 

[Adrian1976]

Scrub that tracking is working now lol.

 

[Journey]

The board costs means it works out about £50 more than a 5600X and decent B550 but you get better gaming performance, 40% more MT performance and better feature + more lanes on the board.

You missed the £100 extra on electricity you'll spend in 3 years of ownership for the ADL platform as well.

 

[Cyber-Mav]

Anyone done igpu tests on the gt1 in alderlake?

 

[[Death]]

Who cares about the money? If you like a particular make, it won’t bother you in the slightest, high end users don’t pick on price point , hell I know I don’t.

 

[V F]

You missed the £100 extra on electricity you'll spend in 3 years of ownership for the ADL platform as well.

I'm sure those with solar panels sharing back into the grid wont be caring.

 

[Alan McFall]

The board costs means it works out about £50 more than a 5600X and decent B550 but you get better gaming performance, 40% more MT performance and better feature + more lanes on the board.

Will be interesting to see how B660 boards will handle the 12600k, is the argument that having a K-skew is pointless without a Z*90 still true ?

 

[Journey]

I'm sure those with solar panels sharing back into the grid wont be caring.

I have solar, and I care where my money (electricity) goes.

 

[Joxeon]

You missed the £100 extra on electricity you'll spend in 3 years of ownership for the ADL platform as well.

For gaming though they use pretty much the same and the speed difference in multicore workloads means your only looking at about a 20w difference Because you complete the workload faster.

 

[Journey]

For gaming though they use pretty much the same and the speed difference in multicore workloads means your only looking at about a 20w difference Because you complete the workload faster.

If you have two systems one that draws 250w and take 4 hours, and one that is 350w and takes 25% less time, so 3 hours, then you'll use 300w in total extra.
Even if you only the that 300w per day, then you are talking a huge difference over a 3 year life span. These CPUs are certainly going to be a hard sell to companies trying to hit net zero CO2, which three is pressure on everyone to do.
It's actually pretty embarrassing for Intel really, they provide a massive total percentage of the global market of CPU's and they need to be called out making incredibly inefficient power hungry parts.

People who say it doesn't matter clearly don't give a flying fig about the planet, only themselves.

 

[mrk]

For gaming though they use pretty much the same and the speed difference in multicore workloads means your only looking at about a 20w difference Because you complete the workload faster.

These logical points are all well and good, but we both know will be glossed over by certain folks

 

[Haz123]

At this time of year the energy a pc uses is not exactly wasted, it helps heat up the house/office and means less gas is used for central heating.

 

[Grim5]

If you have two systems one that draws 250w and take 4 hours, and one that is 350w and takes 25% less time, so 3 hours, then you'll use 300w in total extra.
Even if you only the that 300w per day, then you are talking a huge difference over a 3 year life span. These CPUs are certainly going to be a hard sell to companies trying to hit net zero CO2, which three is pressure on everyone to do.
It's actually pretty embarrassing for Intel really, they provide a massive total percentage of the global market of CPU's and they need to be called out making incredibly inefficient power hungry parts.

People who say it doesn't matter clearly don't give a flying fig about the planet, only themselves.

Time is money baby. That 25% time saved is most likely worth far more than 50w and the business would rather buy a carbon credit to offset any coal burnt at the power plant than lose time. Energy efficiency is only a problem because countries are using non renewables for generation - if we all just use solar we can get near infinite energy from the sun

 

[Alan McFall]

People who say it doesn't matter clearly don't give a flying fig about the planet, only themselves.

Ooof, ***** gettin serious 'bout now ! I hope you are living off the grid and have a carbon footprint of zero if your going to fly that flag.

 

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

Didn't realise it was released today!

Hence,why there is no review thread.

 

[Sequence]

As expected results for me, certainly happy with my i7 choice the difference to the i9 is not worth the £190 odd. Got my order in early when they dropped on the site but not shipped today sadly