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Haswell -E Core i7-5960X, 5930K, 5820K specifications

Well at least i know what architecture i will be getting now

Between the first two but not sure which until real world performance arrives - particularly overclock - will there be big differences between the 2 6 cores or will they both push up to the same level (thinking of the i7 920, 950 etc)

will 8x do any damage to performance in dual GPU? considering its 3.0 pci
 
Wow that 5820k is a golden winner if they keep the same price points, though i cant really see it happening (lets all pray to the sillicon god). I cant see the PCIe config on the next tier up to be of enough practical use for me. I upgrade too often to build up more than two of the same cards. Also if i stepped up to the next tier i probably wouldn't have the cash left over to even afford a GPU upgrade let alone to double up.
 
Forget the specs, its the price what people should be thinking about. Take into consideration the price of DDR4 when it hits the market too. That wont be cheap.
 
Jokester said:
Will be interesting to see if they keep the same price points, £240 for a hex core?
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If this was the case (or even at about £300) I would be all over a new setup to replace my 2500k.

That said DDR4 will probably be quite expensive as well...
 
DazQ87 said:
If this was the case (or even at about £300) I would be all over a new setup to replace my 2500k.

That said DDR4 will probably be quite expensive as well...
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Yep if around £300 for the 5820K, lot's of people will be all over it. Possibility of 4960X performance or better with the 5820K. This is going to be a potentially expensive year :o
 
Hmm, well I don't need to upgrade, but if the 5820K did (though I doubt it) come in at the same price point as the 3820/4820K, I might just have to make the jump :p

Or perhaps pick up a cheap 4930K and X79 board on the MM when people upgrade :)
 
McstylisT said:
any mini itx in the x99 line up :p :p ;)
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I always hold out hope.

I think there are three problems:

a) Getting 140W worth of voltage regulation onto an ITX board is tricky to the point where it is non-viable without making the resulting board extortionately expensive.

b) You also need to make room for four DDR3/4 slots.

c) It would also be a massive waste of PCIe lanes with only 16x being used at once (although it would leave room for a good load of SATA express connections).

Closest I've seen is the Shuttle barebones.
 
Will be a very close thing 12 threads @ 3.5 Mhz is already not very far behind 16 threads @3 Mhz

I wonder if the 5930 is being held artificially low to make the 5960 the flagship 8 core product because they can't dissipate the heat from 8 cores.

If it is the 5930 could be the chip of choice for everyone.
 
Reading between the lines I think the overclocking on these CPUs is going to be quite poor.

8/16 cores/threads @3.0 is total rubbish.
 
Kaapstad said:
Reading between the lines I think the overclocking on these CPUs is going to be quite poor.

8/16 cores/threads @3.0 is total rubbish.
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Yes agree. This is why I am speculating the 5930k may be the overall "fastest" solution. With a base clock of 3.5 GHz and better heat dissipation due to lower core number, it may clock higher (4.5 GHz+) and actually surpass a 5960X which gets to 4 GHz and tops out.
 
I am actually surprised that Intel is bringing the 8 core to the consumer market. They said they were going to but now I see the specs it still looks kind of weird. Mainly due to the lack of competition, not that the two extra cores would not be amazingly useful in any professional application with multithread support.
40 PCie lanes is quite spectacular as well, and DDR4 too. I look forward to see how the market will change after Haswell-E gets introduced. I would really like to see the prices as well the prices of cpus, mobos, and memory. I think this whole gen will be more or less a technical exercise and the performance it has will be too much for everyone so the prices will be astronomical.
 
If want 8 cores, the Broadwell -E 14nm 8 core will be the one to get. Should clock better and use much less power. Hopefully slot in upgrade like Sandy X79 > Ivy X79 was.

5820K looks pick out of these first E chips, 6 cores, hopefully not much more than £300. Ideal until Broadwell -E.
 
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