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New BIOS update will improve Cascade lake-X Overclocking
MSI outs an interesting press release in which they mention the are releasing BIOS updates for X299 motherboards soon for one sole reason, improving Cascade lake-X processor overclocking.
- MSI - Taiwan, Taipei - MSI takes initiative to release BIOS updates for X299 motherboards soon. To enhance the overclocking capability for the newly launched Intel Core X-series Processors (Intel Core i9-10980XE (review), 10940X, 10920X, 10900X), Intel will provide a new microcode update.
X299 motherboard
Current BIOS versions have already been supportable for the Intel Core-X i9 10000 series processors. To maximize the overall performance, MSI will release BIOS updates for all the MSI X299 motherboards soon. MSI X299 motherboard list:
- CREATOR X299
- X299 PRO 10G
- X299 PRO
- MEG X299 CREATION
- X299 XPOWER GAMING AC
- X299 GAMING M7 ACK
- X299 GAMING PRO CARBON AC
- X299 GAMING PRO CARBON
- X299 TOMAHAWK AC
- X299 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC
- X299 TOMAHAWK
- X299 SLI PLUS
- X299 RAIDER
- X299M GAMING PRO CARBON AC
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#5735609 Posted on: 11/27/2019 09:39 PM
Yeah, wanted to bite my tongue, but somehow I blurted : Intel, cool story bro!
I'll admit, it's only for overclocking now , but besides that, no compelling reason to buy Intel anymore.
If you need PCIe lanes for NVMe RAID, Thunderbolt, etc., Threadripper 3960X starts at $1400, compared to i9-10900X for $600. If 3950X was a Threadripper like the 2950X it would have been great.
Yeah, wanted to bite my tongue, but somehow I blurted : Intel, cool story bro!
I'll admit, it's only for overclocking now , but besides that, no compelling reason to buy Intel anymore.
If you need PCIe lanes for NVMe RAID, Thunderbolt, etc., Threadripper 3960X starts at $1400, compared to i9-10900X for $600. If 3950X was a Threadripper like the 2950X it would have been great.
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#5735643 Posted on: 11/28/2019 12:16 AM
$600 pfff... what a ripoff.
1920X costs $279...
https://www.newegg.com/amd-ryzen-threadripper-1920x/p/N82E16819113448?Description=1920x&cm-re=1920x---19-113-448---Product
1900X is just $160 .... that's still 8 cores which are way more than enough for a file/media server !
https://www.newegg.com/amd-ryzen-threadripper-1900x/p/N82E16819113457
All the PCIe lanes and SATA channels... for peanuts.
Intel still doesn't make any sense, doesn't matter how much fanboys like you try to justify it.
i9-10900X for $600
$600 pfff... what a ripoff.
1920X costs $279...
https://www.newegg.com/amd-ryzen-threadripper-1920x/p/N82E16819113448?Description=1920x&cm-re=1920x---19-113-448---Product
1900X is just $160 .... that's still 8 cores which are way more than enough for a file/media server !
https://www.newegg.com/amd-ryzen-threadripper-1900x/p/N82E16819113457
All the PCIe lanes and SATA channels... for peanuts.
Intel still doesn't make any sense, doesn't matter how much fanboys like you try to justify it.
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#5735647 Posted on: 11/28/2019 12:30 AM
$600 pfff... what a ripoff.
1920X costs $279...
https://www.newegg.com/amd-ryzen-threadripper-1920x/p/N82E16819113448?Description=1920x&cm-re=1920x---19-113-448---Product
1900X is just $160 .... that's still 8 cores which are way more than enough for a file/media server !
https://www.newegg.com/amd-ryzen-threadripper-1900x/p/N82E16819113457
All the PCIe lanes and SATA channels... for peanuts.
Intel still doesn't make any sense, doesn't matter how much fanboys like you try to justify it.
I like competition - but, as an aside, I have to say that my gaming performance is just fine using an intel cpu from...7 years ago? Modern PC's and ocmputers in general just do not need high performance.
$600 pfff... what a ripoff.
1920X costs $279...
https://www.newegg.com/amd-ryzen-threadripper-1920x/p/N82E16819113448?Description=1920x&cm-re=1920x---19-113-448---Product
1900X is just $160 .... that's still 8 cores which are way more than enough for a file/media server !
https://www.newegg.com/amd-ryzen-threadripper-1900x/p/N82E16819113457
All the PCIe lanes and SATA channels... for peanuts.
Intel still doesn't make any sense, doesn't matter how much fanboys like you try to justify it.
I like competition - but, as an aside, I have to say that my gaming performance is just fine using an intel cpu from...7 years ago? Modern PC's and ocmputers in general just do not need high performance.
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#5735649 Posted on: 11/28/2019 12:50 AM
The i7-980X in my backup PC only started feeling the squeeze this year. That's an almost decade old CPU, and even then, I imagine it still has a year or two left in it before I'll replace it as my backup with my current i9. Most people here are enthusiasts, so they're almost aways into the latest and greatest, but in the foreseeable future, the so-called average user will be just fine with any CPU that's been released in the last 5 years.
The i7-980X in my backup PC only started feeling the squeeze this year. That's an almost decade old CPU, and even then, I imagine it still has a year or two left in it before I'll replace it as my backup with my current i9. Most people here are enthusiasts, so they're almost aways into the latest and greatest, but in the foreseeable future, the so-called average user will be just fine with any CPU that's been released in the last 5 years.
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Yeah, wanted to bite my tongue, but somehow I blurted : Intel, cool story bro!
I'll admit, it's only for overclocking now , but besides that, no compelling reason to buy Intel anymore.