Core i7 "Haswell-E" Engineering Sample Pictured

Boomstick777 · 16 Dec 2013 at 12:53

hakank68 said:
i am sounding like a noob but what advantages does the Haswell-E have over Haswell apart from DDR4 support, wich programs does it actually have a real performance effect on ?

Haswell -E has twice the amount of cores, Quad Channel Memory support with DDR4. Things like Video Encoding where those extra cores can be utilized, the Haswell -E will just destroy Haswell. Any programs that can utilize those cores are going to be much much faster on Haswell -E. By the time Haswell -E arrives we might see some game titles that could take advantage of all those extra cores, and again have the advantage.

=XDC=FluphyBunny · 16 Dec 2013 at 13:13

8 cores and 16 threads..... so this and tri-sli Maxwell and you might be able to run Witcher 3 with wolf fur physx in all its glory

bru · 16 Dec 2013 at 13:19

Boomstick777 said:
By the time Haswell -E arrives we might see some game titles that could take advantage of all those extra cores

So are you suggesting that at that point there might be games that can use 8 cores. There are some who would have it that that has already happened.

OLDPHART · 16 Dec 2013 at 14:09

bru said:
So are you suggesting that at that point there might be games that can use 8 cores. There are some who would have it that that has already happened.

Hi, the only game l can think of is BF4 + the FX 8 core, would love to know the grand total of game's that use 8 core.

ubersonic · 16 Dec 2013 at 14:17

Technically as this would be a 8c16t CPU isnt it on par with a... 12-14 core AMD CPU? /shrug

MrMarvelous · 16 Dec 2013 at 14:48

This is looking tasty if true and might just be the thing to make me upgrade from my 2700K.

hakank68 · 16 Dec 2013 at 15:28

can anyone guess what the price will be like, and if im not wrong, there will be an x99 chipset, im guessing these will also support 4 way sli/cf in x16?

Boomstick777 · 16 Dec 2013 at 16:11

bru said:
So are you suggesting that at that point there might be games that can use 8 cores. There are some who would have it that that has already happened.

All I know is Intel are extremely smart, if their going to launch 8 core desktop CPU's late next year, than we can assume that late next year is when games will finally start to take advantage more cores.

2014, 8 Core Intel's + 20nm GPU's, awesome

bru · 16 Dec 2013 at 16:25

Boomstick777 said:
All I know is Intel are extremely smart, if their going to launch 8 core desktop CPU's late next year, than we can assume that late next year is when games will finally start to take advantage more cores.

Good call. +1

MooMoo444 · 16 Dec 2013 at 16:46

We all know guys with more cores will pull better looking women. There is no reason not to upgrade.

ubersonic · 16 Dec 2013 at 18:52

Boomstick777 said:
All I know is Intel are extremely smart, if their going to launch 8 core desktop CPU's late next year, than we can assume that late next year is when games will finally start to take advantage more cores.

I would really like to see that, but bear in mind they first started selling desktop 6 core i7's in Q1 2010 and we have yet to see any games fully utilize them.

smilertoo · 16 Dec 2013 at 19:33

I wouldn't put it down to Intel smartness, they've probably realised that the enthusiasts won't upgrade unless the next cpu offers a reason for doing so, a 100mhz bump won't do it.

schumi84 · 17 Dec 2013 at 00:09

If I have any money left once this is released then this could be on the cards to upgrade from my trusty AMD 1090T.

It won't go to waste, though, as I'll just upgrade my work machine from its current Q6600

Krisali · 17 Dec 2013 at 00:40

Next year will be a good year for making a new machine. Think it will be a complete overhaul for me

New case
Full water cooling loop
2/3 Maxwell cards in SLi
X99
32gb DDR4
Haswell-E I7

Can't wait!

David Bisset · 17 Dec 2013 at 13:51

hmmm, tempting. I definitely don't need 8 cores/16 threads (hence I'm still on an i5!), but just thinking of how many VMs I could run with that much CPU grunt and plenty ram/bandwidth to go with it. *drool*

OLDPHART · 17 Dec 2013 at 17:53

David Bisset said:
hmmm, tempting. I definitely don't need 8 cores/16 threads.

You don't, l do[i7 930:4.2GHz]--> I Feel The Need, The Need For Speed.

Silent_Scone · 18 Dec 2013 at 09:17

Just seen this. Good times...Had both X58 and X79 platforms since day one, and wouldn't of changed a thing. Bring on 8 cores...

Finally...

Intel’s X99 will offer native support for USB 3.0, as well as 10 Ports of SATA 6Gb / s.

Orangey · 18 Dec 2013 at 23:01

Would this be worth setting money aside for just for gaming or should I just target Skylake?

Been tempted to upgrade after my GPUs got me a spot in the OcUK Firestrike Extreme top 10 but was let down by my CPU.

R3X · 19 Dec 2013 at 16:39

Confused so this 8 core intel cpu will be due late 2014 ?

With DDR4 around the corner, prices may be through the roof it took a good year or 2 for DDR3 to hit the normal prices and 2-3 more further for it to be cheaper then DDR2.

Still if DDR4 is required to take it up a notch its the best route forward for sure. Think ill hold off buying a totally new expensive new pc lol

Boomstick777 · 19 Dec 2013 at 17:55

Orangey said:
Would this be worth setting money aside for just for gaming or should I just target Skylake?

Been tempted to upgrade after my GPUs got me a spot in the OcUK Firestrike Extreme top 10 but was let down by my CPU.

Skylake will no doubt be excellent for gaming, and really low power as well. Be nice to own Intel's first true 8 core though, imagine the power !