Intel Core i7-6950X Engineering Sample Spotted and Sells for $1950

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 05/02/2016 08:19 AM | source: | 26 comment(s)

We see it often, sometimes engineering samples make their way to e-bay prior to being released. One lucky dude was able to get his hands on a Core i7-6950X, the new ten-core processor. It came at a price though, $1950 USD.

The photos back up the product, but also tell a thing about clock frequency, it seems that that base clock fro the product is just 3.00 GHz (with a Boost clock to be higher). The CPU gets a 140W TDP rating.

Broadwell-E will be tied to the X99 chipset as the website mentions as these processors will be tied towards socket LGA2011-v3. That would be good news for X99 owners as only a BIOS update will be required to get the new processors supported.

Processor	Cores/threads	Clock frequency	L3-cache	Socket
Intel Core i7-6950X	10/20	3GHz	25MB	LGA2011-v3
Intel Core i7-6900K	8/16	3,3GHz	20MB	LGA2011-v3
Intel Core i7-6850K	6/12	3,6GHz	15MB	LGA2011-v3
Intel Core i7-6800K	6/12	3,4GHz	15MB	LGA2011-v3

Four models Broadwell-E processors will be released, the i7-6950X, i7-6900K, i7-6850K and i7- 6800K. That Core i7-6950X thus is the flagship CPU. X is Extreme with totally unlocked multipliers and voltages, the K models are more or less the same with a slightly lower voltage ceiling. All models will get some Turbo (dynamic clock frequency) allowance as well. To date it is unknown when the new processors will be released, but we think the Computex time-frame is a valid suggestion.

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Matt26LFC
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#5265961 Posted on: 05/02/2016 08:17 PM

So it can breath?

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Actually thats really interesting, maybe because its one of the engineering samples they made that hole there to easily remove the TIM to test bendability?

Just speculation tho.

I think you're right there fella

That hole is not a new thing either, been there for generations.

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#5266008 Posted on: 05/02/2016 10:09 PM

Finally may take the plunge and upgrade my 3960x, RIVE machine. Been a trusty sidekick for a long time. I still do not really care for any of the motherboards on the new platform though so we shall see.
Also, lot of people do other things that are cpu intensive on their gaming machine, so this cpu would be great in that regard.

I wouldn't do that if i were you. Not just yet.

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#5266023 Posted on: 05/02/2016 10:43 PM

I wouldn't do that if i were you. Not just yet.

Ill be on my 3930k setup for a while myself.
I feel or see 0 reason to upgrade at all for at least another 2 years.

Loobyluggs
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#5266198 Posted on: 05/03/2016 09:49 AM

Ill be on my 3930k setup for a while myself.
I feel or see 0 reason to upgrade at all for at least another 2 years.

I doubt I will upgrade my PC overall (RAM, Motherboard and CPU) until 2020 - but will probably upgrade my GPU this year or next.

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#5266612 Posted on: 05/04/2016 12:44 AM

My next cpu upgrade, other than broadwell-e, is going to be no less than an 8-core, for the same price as 5820k

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