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Core i9 7980XE 18 core & 16 & 14 core reviews

mmj_uk said:
You can generally run Intel chips at 4.1-4.2ghz with 1.1V so what wattage they pull at 4.4ghz 1.4V is largely irrelevent unless you're an extreme overclocker in which case you don't really care about power draw in the first place.

They're still incredibly poor value compared to AMD Threadripper though but on the AMD side you have to be concerned about the long term effect of high stock voltages.
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Voltage has nothing to do with power consumption when you compare apples and oranges.
 
 
Rossi~ said:
Add some actual written reviews as well as this youtube rubbish for the love of god man.

https://www.anandtech.com/show/11839/intel-core-i9-7980xe-and-core-i9-7960x-review
https://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/8348/intel-core-i9-7980xe-7960x-cpu-review/index.html
https://hexus.net/tech/reviews/cpu/110072-intel-core-i9-7980xe-14nm-skylake-x/
http://www.bit-tech.net/reviews/tech/cpus/intel-core-i9-7980xe-review/1/
https://www.kitguru.net/components/...-edition-18-cores-of-overclocked-cpu-madness/
http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/foru...el-i9-7980xe-i9-7960x-performance-review.html
https://www.techspot.com/review/1493-intel-core-i9-7980xe-and-7960x/
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Yeah, some make bit more sense :)

Imho given the price of the 7980XE alone, anyone who wants that amount of multithread performance, could buy the Gigabyte MZ30-AR0 or the Tyan Tomcat SX and the EPYC 7401P for around £1300-1400 total cost. (mobo+cpu)
And build a full second machine for gaming with the left over money.

Or 2 Dual Epyc 7301 + motherboard for the cost of the 7980XE :p
(64c/128t)
 
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Panos said:
Yeah, some make bit more sense :)

Imho given the price of the 7980XE alone, anyone who wants that amount of multithread performance, could buy the Gigabyte MZ30-AR0 or the Tyan Tomcat SX and the EPYC 7401P for around £1300-1400 total cost. (mobo+cpu)
And build a full second machine for gaming with the left over money.

Or 2 Dual Epyc 7301 + motherboard for the cost of the 7980XE :p
(64/128)
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I have looked at those too. The Gigabyte board is in stock for a couple of hours tops then gone. You also get ECC support.

Almost nothing happened in CPU development for a decade and now it seems like we get a new CPU and platform every month.
 
jigger said:
I have looked at those too. The Gigabyte board is in stock for a couple of hours tops then gone. You also get ECC support.

Almost nothing happened in CPU development for a decade and now it seems like we get a new CPU and platform every month.
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Yeah. :/
But some people who don't follow the technology, comes to great surprise on their birthdays. :)
Like my brother back in Greece :)
 
Okey, skimmed through a couple of reviews... This beast thing is not the ideal choice for gaming or office applications. It's great when multi-thread performance is needed, such like video encoding, where ThreadRipper has an advantage of ECC. I'm gonna skip this and focus on the 8700K instead then.
 
I can't make it out, too tired. Was the hexus review using 2666 ram for the Intel chips and 3200 ram for AMD?
 
Smffy said:

1000W beyond 6ghz on all cores... That power draw haha! Seems like one crazy CPU with a price to match.
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Yes however, I do not see the point of that CPU. :/ especially at £2000

Is not for gaming clearly, and for multi thread applications an EPYC 24core is far cheaper (roughly £1300-1400 total cost with mobo)
Hell someone can build 64 core 128thread EPYC (2x32) with motherboard for £2000.

Also the 7980XE needs the £500 motherboard if you don't want to fry anything less :/
 
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