StinkyPinky
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Is Skylake going to bring hex-core to the mainstream?
Rumours are saying the 29th and I believe it. Some online shops that have preorders for DDR4 have the available date as the 29th. Makes sense as consumer DDR4 is useless without X99 right now. 10 days!
I don't understand Intel's nomenclature re 4+2, 2+2, 4+3e, etc.
Cores + GTx
So 4+2 means four cores, GT2 graphics.
e--> edram
(That said intel's naming is too complex and they have too many SKUs. AMD is much nicer).
Wonder why there are no leaked overclocking figures. Could be a bad sign for overclocking? Considering the hype about DC and still cant hit 5ghz, not looking for too much from Haswell-E either. Seems like a very limited market for the 8 core at only 3ghz and $1000.00 if it doesnt overclock to at least 4+ ghz.
Is Skylake going to bring hex-core to the mainstream?
Maybe on Skylake-E we will see another price drop on the entry level hexcore? Though with this said I have to wonder what the smallest die will be for 14nm?
On 32nm SB-E, Intel made a specific quad core die.
Then for IV-E, Intel's smallest die was hexcore.
Haswell-E, also on 22nm has octo-core as the smallest die.
Broadwell-E (14nm) ???
Will 14mn Skylake-E have its smallest die based on octo-core or something larger?
Over at the Overclock site their is a user with an ES 5960X that on a beta bios and mobo got 4.3GHz and 4.5GHz out of it, so lots of potential by the sounds of it.
http://www.overclock.net/t/1506847/intel-5960x-haswell-e-8-core-quick-observations
Probably Octacore. Otherwise you would have to cut too much out for 6 and 8 core versions.
Over at the Overclock site their is a user with an ES 5960X that on a beta bios and mobo got 4.3GHz and 4.5GHz out of it, so lots of potential by the sounds of it.
http://www.overclock.net/t/1506847/intel-5960x-haswell-e-8-core-quick-observations
Being able to boot at 4.3GHz to 4.5GHz with 1.3V doesn't mean much to me. There needs some actual system stress tests performed before I get my hopes up.
Not likely, unless you OC
I won't be buying this chip but i'm also very curious to see the results and totally agreed with better testing adam.
Do you have any idea of what cooling solution you maybe be looking at to tame this 8 core beast?
I'm not big into water cooling. I was going to get a 360mm AIO, but none exist. I'm just going to use my existing H110 and sandwich the radiator with four SP140 fans.
Is phase change out of the picture? At this level, and with the desire to push 8 cores beyond 4.5GHz, it would seem to be a sensible candidate for cooling.
Is phase change out of the picture? At this level, and with the desire to push 8 cores beyond 4.5GHz, it would seem to be a sensible candidate for cooling.
If the H110 doesn't cut it
You should try this.
http://www.ncix.com/detail/swiftech-h320-quiet-power-plug-and-play-b6-86340-1046.htm
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