How many of you are going to get a Broadwell-E CPU?

Cromulent · 3 Jan 2016 at 16:01

Since it has been leaked that the new top end Broadwell-E CPU will be a 10 core / 20 thread beast I have decided that that is going to be my next CPU upgrade (upgrading from a Sandybridge-E i7 3930k).

So who else is going to make the jump to Broadwell-E when it comes out at some point in Q1 2016? Sounds like it will be a real monster of a CPU when it comes out and it'll certainly help with the video work I'm about to start doing. I don't want to be spending most of my time waiting for videos to encode to make them ready to upload to YouTube.

Reality|Bites · 3 Jan 2016 at 16:05

Probably not, I'll upgrade to something like that when I can actually make any use of it, Maybe in 5 years or more

JediFragger · 3 Jan 2016 at 17:19

Sure, I'll get the 10-core bitch in 5 years when it's like £200!!

Minstadave · 3 Jan 2016 at 17:20

If it really is 10 cores I'll be finally leaving Sandybridge.

Caracus2k · 3 Jan 2016 at 17:57

You'll really need a good reason and/or deep pockets to buy the ten core CPU. Given that for the first time in four generations of 'Enthusiast' CPU's well have a four sku lineup I anticipate a new premium £1,000 (+) price point for the top model as I don't expect Intel will be selling the lower models for less than there haswell-e counterparts.(which they are very likely to rather comparable to especially when overclocked)

Unless your workload can really benefit from the cores it will be be a waste of money to as a higher clocking six core will suit most tasks better

Cromulent · 3 Jan 2016 at 18:08

Caracus2k said:
Unless your workload can really benefit from the cores it will be be a waste of money to as a higher clocking six core will suit most tasks better

Yeah I do a lot of video encoding which really makes use of extra CPU cores and of course when you are Twitch streaming live game play having the extra cores is a huge help.

Sure it won't be a CPU for everyone but I certainly think I'll get really good use out of it. Hopefully it'll be released really soon (February would be awesome) but I'm prepared to wait either way.

h4rm0ny · 3 Jan 2016 at 19:23

I would love to, but sadly I do not have the wealth of a central African dictator. If it comes out for less than £400, I might buy it.

Doug73458 · 3 Jan 2016 at 19:38

When the prices goes down for sure

Yaayuh! · 3 Jan 2016 at 22:30

I might do, but with Skylake-E potentially this year, with a new board, I'm not sure.

8 Pack · 3 Jan 2016 at 22:33

I will!!!

smilertoo · 3 Jan 2016 at 22:43

I'd like one but i suspect it will be the £1k cpu.

Disco_P · 3 Jan 2016 at 22:49

Still waiting on something that is so objectively better than my 2550K for gaming that I can subjectively get past the attachment I have to my first ever CPU.

Cromulent · 3 Jan 2016 at 22:56

Disco_P said:
Still waiting on something that is so objectively better than my 2550K for gaming that I can subjectively get past the attachment I have to my first ever CPU.

Wow. You make me feel old. My first ever CPU was a 286

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Well technically it was my Dads but I used that computer the most.

TheMorningStar · 4 Jan 2016 at 00:20

If the ten core is at the price point of the current 8 core I may consider it. If it's fleece wars again like is still going on with the 6700k I may just get a base system on the MM and upgrade again when Zen drops, I have a feeling that regardless of what system I go with I'll save money doing that.

Disco_P · 4 Jan 2016 at 02:12

Cromulent said:
Wow. You make me feel old. My first ever CPU was a 286 .

Well technically it was my Dads but I used that computer the most.

It might make you feel worse that I bought it after Ivy Bridge came out (cause it was super cheap)

And my Dad's first computer had a 386

Jono8 · 4 Jan 2016 at 08:41

Just got onto the x99 platform and a 5820k with a view to jump to broadwell E eventually - if rumours are true and the 5930k replacement is an 8 core chip (without the insane "extreme" price tag) i will eventually make the jump to one of those when it comes down in price a bit or i can find one for a good price (ie so not at release!).

Caracus2k · 4 Jan 2016 at 09:04

Jono8 said:
Just got onto the x99 platform and a 5820k with a view to jump to broadwell E eventually - if rumours are true and the 5930k replacement is an 8 core chip (without the insane "extreme" price tag) i will eventually make the jump to one of those when it comes down in price a bit or i can find one for a good price (ie so not at release!).

From why we know about broadwell-e it will consist of four sku's

•Intel Core i7-6950X: 10 cores, 20 threads, 25MB L3 cache, 3.0GHz
•Intel Core i7-6900K: 8 cores, 16 threads, 20MB L3 cache, 3.3GHz
•Intel Core i7-6850K: 6 cores, 12 threads, 15MB L3 cache, 3.6GHz
•Intel Core i7-6800K: 6 cores, 12 threads, 15MB L3 cache, 3.4GHz

http://m.hexus.net/tech/news/cpu/88235-intel-core-i7-broadwell-e-launch-set-q2-2016-suggests-leak/

Now the 6800k - 6900k look like they will be updates of the current haswell-e lineup with minor in increases to the stock clock speeds (I.e. Two six cores and one eight core - expect the 6800k to come with 28 pci-e lanes ala 5820k with the 6850k coming with 40 ala 5930k). The 6950x represents a new tier for the enthusiast line given that the past three generations have consisted of three sku's

I have indicated previously (re skylake pricing) that Intel tend to be rather consistent with their pricing structure with new comparable cpu's costing a similar amount to the previous gen.

So Intel have two choices with broadwell-e pricing

1) maintain haswell-e style pricing for the lower thee sku's add a new price point for the top chip - expect at least a £200 premium over the next chip (so £1,000 +)

2) drop the price points of the three chips comparable to haswell-e cpu's so the new top end chip sells for circa £800 in the UK.

Given that Intel wont face any competition at this level and given that you could hardly drop the price of the 6800k below the current 5820k price without making it cheaper (from Intel) than the 6700k I expect option one will be likely.

( if Intel maintain 5820k pricing for the 6800k - resulting in around £300-£320 at retail in UK, then they will have to significantly move the price points for the other two 'k' cpu's from the equivalent haswell-e price points - 5930k £430-£450 and 5960x circa £800)

h4rm0ny · 4 Jan 2016 at 10:40

Caracus2k said:
From why we know about broadwell-e it will consist of four sku's

•Intel Core i7-6950X: 10 cores, 20 threads, 25MB L3 cache, 3.0GHz
•Intel Core i7-6900K: 8 cores, 16 threads, 20MB L3 cache, 3.3GHz
•Intel Core i7-6850K: 6 cores, 12 threads, 15MB L3 cache, 3.6GHz
•Intel Core i7-6800K: 6 cores, 12 threads, 15MB L3 cache, 3.4GHz

http://m.hexus.net/tech/news/cpu/88235-intel-core-i7-broadwell-e-launch-set-q2-2016-suggests-leak/

Now the 6800k - 6900k look like they will be updates of the current haswell-e lineup with minor in increases to the stock clock speeds (I.e. Two six cores and one eight core - expect the 6800k to come with 28 pci-e lanes ala 5820k with the 6850k coming with 40 ala 5930k). The 6950x represents a new tier for the enthusiast line given that the past three generations have consisted of three sku's

I have indicated previously (re skylake pricing) that Intel tend to be rather consistent with their pricing structure with new comparable cpu's costing a similar amount to the previous gen.

So Intel have two choices with broadwell-e pricing

1) maintain haswell-e style pricing for the lower thee sku's add a new price point for the top chip - expect at least a £200 premium over the next chip (so £1,000 +)

2) drop the price points of the three chips comparable to haswell-e cpu's so the new top end chip sells for circa £800 in the UK.

Given that Intel wont face any competition at this level and given that you could hardly drop the price of the 6800k below the current 5820k price without making it cheaper (from Intel) than the 6700k I expect option one will be likely.

( if Intel maintain 5820k pricing for the 6800k - resulting in around £300-£320 at retail in UK, then they will have to significantly move the price points for the other two 'k' cpu's from the equivalent haswell-e price points - 5930k £430-£450 and 5960x circa £800)

PCI-E lanes are the deal-breaker for me. If the 6850 does bump it up to 40, that's a BIG differentiator between it and the 6800 from my point of view.

Ayahuasca · 4 Jan 2016 at 11:24

Only if having 10 cores provides a tangible benefit in DX12 games.

Purgatory · 4 Jan 2016 at 11:55

I am going to wait till new E chipset and Skylake-E I think. Skylake just has better performance per core and hopefully prices will be better. I don't see the 8 core none E being cheaper than the current 8 core E. 10 core E will fill a new £1k price point sadly. Intel don't mess about that way and reduce their top tier cpus that quick. So rather see what the new chipset and Skylake-E have to offer, maybe more pcie lanes and pcie version 4 for the graphics cards. X99 is still not a huge upgrade for me for the price and hassle of a complete system rebuild, also by then windows 10 would have matured for me to do that complete hardware and os change all in one. Sticking to windows 7 for now as it is stable and reliable,no rush for dx12 either as hardly any games will even have dx12 support even by the time Skylake-E is out.