eTeknix review i9-10900x and i9 10940x

[Panos]

Indeed you can buy it here for only £2699
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/inte...-creator-workstation-processor-cp-66l-in.html

And the matching motherboard for £1500
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/giga...-ddr4-hexa-channel-motherboard-mb-57r-gi.html

So cheap everyone should buy two.

Grab a Zenith II and a 3970X please. The change for 15 NVME drives

 

[subbytna]

Man, you are talking about the 10 core intel. My bad.

I wouldn't have said the 3950X was HEDT, it's mainstream. HEDT is TR3 and for intel it's the 10***s series

 

[deuse]

So not a gaming cpu

 

[thefish]

it will play games fine but if thats all you will be doing then the 9900k is a better option

 

[Harlequin]

Ah thought so, I knew i'd seen higher core counts before.

Do you happen to have a link or somewhere that shows intel's full HEDT lineup? Just want to see all the offerings they have, and how they compare with Threadripper counterparts chip for chip

https://www.intel.co.uk/content/www/uk/en/products/processors/xeon/view-all.html

 

[Paladine]

Well I just ordered 2x 10940X for a couple of desk builds so I will be interested to see how they go. Not seeing any exciting motherboards for these here in Sweden yet, anyone got any recommendations?

 

[Deleted member 209350]

https://www.intel.co.uk/content/www/uk/en/products/processors/xeon/view-all.html

Thanks!

Looking at this, seems as if 28 cores is the highest they offer.. Which is still beneath the 3rd tier offering from Threadripper at 32cores.

Intel are really in the gutter here

 

[Orange Nexus]

So not a gaming cpu

It should be more for gaming. For work unless it does not involve sensitive data.

 

[Harlequin]

Thanks!

Looking at this, seems as if 28 cores is the highest they offer.. Which is still beneath the 3rd tier offering from Threadripper at 32cores.

Intel are really in the gutter here

Intel have higher core count parts - just not for general consumption (or cost lol)

https://www.intel.com/content/www/u...alable/platinum-processors/platinum-9282.html

Cascade Lake-AP is the top of the stack ( Cascade Lake -W, -X, -SP and -AP in that order). It has 56 cores (112 threads) and a 400 w base clock TDP.

https://www.anandtech.com/show/1418...inum-9200-cpu-intels-biggest-cpu-package-ever

Puts it as a $50k cpu.

 

[Radox-0]

So not a gaming cpu

These CPU's while not designed for gaming in mind are actually capable once overclocked. I game on my 7980XE overclocked and also have the other Intel mainstream stuff (all brought prior to Ryzen third gen before anyone wants a pop) and its more then capable. Its not actually to hard thanks to being able to overclock on a per core basis with these CPUs down to voltage level to have some of the better cores sitting at higher clock speeds. As can be seen from few of the gamers nexus benchmarks when overclocked the 10980XE does reasonable in gaming, using gamers nexus as he shows plenty of the CPU's also overclocked.

Am I saying get these CPU's for gaming, nope, but tweak them right and you can game pretty nicely on them. For me aside from some games like Civ 6 and Warhammer 2 during end of turns with AI, the limit is usually with the GPU (abit on a 100hz panel), Only game that comes to mind which seems to really dislike these higher core count stuff is FC5 from what I recall, but even then I was usually GPU bound.

 

[Deleted member 209350]

Intel have higher core count parts - just not for general consumption (or cost lol)

https://www.intel.com/content/www/u...alable/platinum-processors/platinum-9282.html

Cascade Lake-AP is the top of the stack ( Cascade Lake -W, -X, -SP and -AP in that order). It has 56 cores (112 threads) and a 400 w base clock TDP.

https://www.anandtech.com/show/1418...inum-9200-cpu-intels-biggest-cpu-package-ever

Puts it as a $50k cpu.

Isnt that a server class CPU though?

I thought the 28core was the highest on the HEDT platform

 

[Harlequin]

Isnt that a server class CPU though?

I thought the 28core was the highest on the HEDT platform

It is - but then again, you can also buy Socket P in retail for the - SP branded CPU`s

 

[Deleted member 209350]

It is - but then again, you can also buy Socket P in retail for the - SP branded CPU`s

Got it now, thanks!

 

[humbug]

These CPU's while not designed for gaming in mind are actually capable once overclocked. I game on my 7980XE overclocked and also have the other Intel mainstream stuff (all brought prior to Ryzen third gen before anyone wants a pop) and its more then capable. Its not actually to hard thanks to being able to overclock on a per core basis with these CPUs down to voltage level to have some of the better cores sitting at higher clock speeds. As can be seen from few of the gamers nexus benchmarks when overclocked the 10980XE does reasonable in gaming, using gamers nexus as he shows plenty of the CPU's also overclocked.

Am I saying get these CPU's for gaming, nope, but tweak them right and you can game pretty nicely on them. For me aside from some games like Civ 6 and Warhammer 2 during end of turns with AI, the limit is usually with the GPU (abit on a 100hz panel), Only game that comes to mind which seems to really dislike these higher core count stuff is FC5 from what I recall, but even then I was usually GPU bound.

Both Xeon and TR 3 are more than just capable Gaming CPU's, absolutely no worries there. The problem with the Xeon is as HEDT performance goes its competing with an AMD Mainstream part.
To me that just seems a little pathetic, its like: well if you need the extra PCIe lanes, its good value, i guess? what happened for Intel's best HEDT to be that option?

 

[Radox-0]

Both Xeon and TR 3 are more than just capable Gaming CPU's, absolutely no worries there. The problem with the Xeon is as HEDT performance goes its competing with an AMD Mainstream part.
To me that just seems a little pathetic, its like: well if you need the extra PCIe lanes, its good value, i guess? what happened for Intel's best HEDT to be that option?

Where did include or exclude anything about other CPUs? I did not simply put, I am talking specifically about the i9-10xs gaming performance, not saying to go out and buy it. You can actually see my first sentence under the video i specifically say

Am I saying get these CPU's for gaming, nope, but tweak them right and you can game pretty nicely on them.

 

[humbug]

Where did include or exclude anything about other CPUs? I did not simply put, I am talking specifically about the i9-10xs gaming performance, not saying to go out and buy it. You can actually see my first sentence under the video i specifically say

Surley if you're looking at gaming performance there are other chips which do it as well or better for much less than $1000, its a workstation CPU and a pretty crap one.

The ONLY thing it has going for it is 64 PCIe lanes for $1000 or less.

 

[Radox-0]

Surley if you're looking at gaming performance there are other chips which do it as well or better for much less than $1000, its a workstation CPU and a pretty crap one.

Yes and once again where did I say it to buy it? my very own statement with that initial post I said to not go out buy this for gaming. Once again I am talking about how for gaming when tweaked they actually perform solid. Is that a recommendation to go out and buy it? Nope not at all but does not detract from fact if you tweak it can actually get solid gaming experience on it for most the part.

 

[Firestar_3x]

Massive power usage when overclocked though, suppose you could game and cook your dinner at the same time.

 

[humbug]

Yes and once again where did I say it to buy it? my very own statement with that initial post I said to not go out buy this for gaming. Once again I am talking about how for gaming when tweaked they actually perform solid. Is that a recommendation to go out and buy it? Nope not at all but does not detract from fact if you tweak it can actually get solid gaming experience on it for most the part.

I didn't say you did, i'm just pointing out there are better gaming options, "oh it does quite well at gaming" is hardly a justification for this thing.

 

[Radox-0]

I didn't say you did, i'm just pointing out there are better gaming options, "oh it does quite well at gaming" is hardly a justification for this thing.

Absolutely there is better options for gaming which use less power and cost much less. That much is obvious which is why in my own post I said not to get this for gaming. Me saying to not go out and get this for gaming pretty much is opposite of me justifying it. That still does not detract you can game on it fine which is the answer I was replying to.