Well I don't know you so maybe you are just rich and it's your hobby. Still a cheaper hobby than racing cars or being an audiophile. Or you actually have some business that can profit from that CPU like 3D Rendering shop or similar.
I'm going to buy one as soon as they become available tonight. Already have my motherboard + new quad channel DDR4 kit in. I'm pumped. I believe that I am in my right mind
I couldn't have said it better :thumbsup:No professional trying to maximize productivity would buy an unlocked 10 core processor with a consumer-oriented X99 mobo. Theyd be buying Xeon workstations and servers (which offer even more cores), and theyd be willing to pay extra for all the features associated with those platforms, such as multisocket support and ECC RAM support. At $1700, the 6950x isnt even a discount compared to the pricier broadwell-ep lineup: http://www.anandtech.com/show/10158/the-intel-xeon-e5-v4-review/6
So it's not even cheap compared to the professional alternative.
If youre on a budget and need cores, youre much better off looking at the used Xeon market, where you can get even more cores for much less, and probably get equivalent performance at a lower power consumption, especially if the 6950x is overclocked.
A professional or company would only use an overclocked 6950x if it offers performance that absolutely found nowhere else, especially with the unreliability that comes with overclocking. It has a very small niche of multithreaded applications that scale very poorly beyond 10-12 cores. In all other cases, you can find a superior alternative elsewhere, as I discussed before.
This processor is directed only towards those enthusiasts whose ego wont let them have anything less than the largest processor money can buy. Thats the market Intel is going after just take a look at the leaked slides.
I wouldn't say so, given it's stolen property.Expensive 10 cores new tech is one thing, but for me it's tempting to go moar cores with older tech as prices fall..
AsRock X99 Extreme4 @ $139.99 (after rebate)..
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...16-Index-_-IntelMotherboards-_-13157543-S1A3A
12 core XEON E5-2658 V3 @ $160
http://www.ebay.com/itm/191844466193?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT
Well worth the $300 :thumbsup:
One buys this chip for his e-peen, I'm sure it'll score lots of e-girls.IMHO, does not buy a 6950X because it is a "good value." One buys this chip when one wants to own the absolute fastest multi-threaded monster consumer chip on the planet. 6950X will appeal to those customers.
And my gosh, that box is slick. MrTeal may have been sarcastic when he was talking about a $500 box, but that is definitely a box I would keep around after the build is finished.
If you have money, and want to have a general fastest CPU, the HEDT platform is it.
The Xeon, while viable if you look for it, sacrifices gaming performance too much. The LGA 115x, is for enthusiasts that have to be somewhat price sensitive.
HEDT gets the fastest in both. Sure, gaming is slower. But by how much? Less than 5% according to Anandtech benches. Do you really need 25 extra frames when you are getting 300+ already? At 90-150 fps its still GPU bottlenecked enough that HEDT is in practice, the same as 6700K.
In multi-threaded applications though, you'll end up 25%, 50%, 75% faster than 6700K, depending on what HEDT chip you get. Now that's worth springing money for.
I'd do the same thing, I wouldn't get a Xeon, or a 6700K if money was zero worry for me. It's still a PC, not a workstation. I would want a fast PC, workstation second.
Spending is objective when you need to balance it out with more important things in your life: food, clothing, shelter. Not when you earn $150K.
I wouldn't say so, given it's stolen property.
Well I don't know you so maybe you are just rich and it's your hobby. Still a cheaper hobby than racing cars or being an audiophile. Or you actually have some business that can profit from that CPU like 3D Rendering shop or similar.
One buys this chip for his e-peen, I'm sure it'll score lots of e-girls.
And to think I built my dual X5690 setup with 24 threads, 48GB of RAM, a 390X, and a 1TB SSD for less than the price of this processor. Granted not all my parts were new, so not a fair comparison.
No professional trying to maximize productivity would buy an unlocked 10 core processor with a consumer-oriented X99 mobo. They’d be buying Xeon workstations and servers (which offer even more cores), and they’d be willing to pay extra for all the features associated with those platforms, such as multisocket support and ECC RAM support. At $1700, the 6950x isn’t even a discount compared to the pricier broadwell-ep lineup: http://www.anandtech.com/show/10158/the-intel-xeon-e5-v4-review/6
So it's not even cheap compared to the professional alternative.
If you’re on a budget and need cores, you’re much better off looking at the used Xeon market, where you can get even more cores for much less, and probably get equivalent performance at a lower power consumption, especially if the 6950x is overclocked.
A professional or company would only use an overclocked 6950x if it offers performance that absolutely found nowhere else, especially with the unreliability that comes with overclocking. It has a very small niche of multithreaded applications that scale very poorly beyond 10-12 cores. In all other cases, you can find a superior alternative elsewhere, as I discussed before.
This processor is directed only towards those enthusiasts whose ego won’t let them have anything less than the “largest” processor money can buy. That’s the market Intel is going after – just take a look at the leaked slides.
I could see a case maybe for the 6800k for folks that need the extra pci-x lanes , assuming it overclocks well. The others above that IMO are more just people needing it for small business that can write it off that way, or wealthy people with money to blow for bragging rights. There is no shortage of them though - see the people paying $1300 on ebay for Founder's Edition 1080s.