Review: Intel Core i9 7900X processor
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BLEH!
Damn it's quick, I'll give 'em that, but is it worth the cost?
It's marginally faster than an 1800X, which is half the price. The ONLY advantage I can see this having is the ability to OC individual cores higher than the whole lot. This is the sole reason I've not bought into Ryzen yet, I want dynamic overclocking.
Loophole35
So looks like the 4.3Ghz rumors were bunk. However holy s*it batman that power consumption. This product definitely looks rushed. Saying Intel hit the panic button may turn out to be true.
zer0_c0ol
Loophole35
SirDremor
This one looks great!
Intel haters, just go, ok, there's nothing for you here.
Can't wait for a proper >10 core CPU from Intel, with a rumoured mesh topology (versus ring, which probably is powering this 10-core part).
Hilbert, there are some... references to Ryzen CPU in review... not comparison, but wording like "Directly connected to four PCIe lanes on the Ryzen"... it is not the only instance.
Ricepudding
Whats up with the DDR4 write speeds, that was in the other reviews too... there a chipset bug on it right now or something? because read seems fine, scaling as it should be write is doing worse :/
Beyond that it seems like an amazing chips, the heat levels worry me however. if i'm looking at this correctly even on Liquid cooling its reaching into the 80's with no overclock and well past 90 with an overclock.... anyone got some spare liquid nitrogen?
zer0_c0ol
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/intel-core-i9-7900x-skylake-x,5092-11.html
for the love of the Planet.. check this out... wth did Intel do?
Denial
I think threadripper going to be a better buy than this - I'm still interested in the 8 core though.
Loophole35
schmidtbag
Remember people - the 6950X has a base clock of 3.0 and a turbo of 3.5. The 7900X has a base of 3.3 and a turbo of 4.3. That's a BIG difference. The 7900X (especially when overclocked) is undoubtedly very fast but it's not leaps and bounds better than what has already been out there.
Those watt numbers are crazy, but hey, at least now the 8-pin CPU connectors are actually put to good use. Honestly though, I don't think a single connector is going to be enough for the bigger i9s.
BangTail
Loophole35
zer0_c0ol
Denial
Loophole35
zer0_c0ol
zer0_c0ol
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/a12b5d5b4a08d8b38436ec130556a010a857581beb8d475e8c89119452a74fa1.png?w=800&h=533
very nice.... winter is coming soon anyhow 😀
Aura89
-nevermind, already answered.
Denial
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