A no-brainer vs a USD 999 (60 USD more expensive from google searching) 10 core chip that could possibly overclock and sustain a 4.4-4.5 ghz speed?
If the E5-2640 v4 90W Xeon will work in the boards, and sustain it's 3.4ghz turbo speed, and it's cheaper, it would seem to be a no-brainer over the 6950X for enthusiasts.
If the E5-2640 v4 90W Xeon will work in the boards, and sustain it's 3.4ghz turbo speed, and it's cheaper, it would seem to be a no-brainer over the 6950X for enthusiasts.
The 2640 v4 is a 2.4Ghz base clock chip with a 3.4Ghz max single core turbo.
MSI's latest BIOS update enables Broadwell-E support
www.guru3d.com/news-story/msi-x99-m...rt-intel-next-gen-broadwell-e-processors.html
They say Broadwell-EP XEON so it seems X99 can run E5-2640v4Broadwell Xeons, too.
If we are to believe this the E5-2640v4 can run its 10 cores at 2.8 GHz.Hmmm...I guess I am thinking of my Haswell Xeon which happily runs all of it's cores at it's turbo speed on my Z97 board.
10 cores at 3.4ghz wouldn't be bad, I guess.
They say Broadwell-EP XEON so it seems X99 can run E5-2640v4
If we are to believe this the E5-2640v4 can run its 10 cores at 2.8 GHz.
@Shintai: as others guessed, I quoted $1500 based on rumors reported in this thread. If these are wrong, and 6950X is $1000, then the latter is the better choice without a doubt.
MSI's latest BIOS update enables Broadwell-E support
www.guru3d.com/news-story/msi-x99-m...rt-intel-next-gen-broadwell-e-processors.html
Intel® Core i7-6950X Processor Extreme Edition (25M Cache, up to 3.50 GHz)
Intel's download page is up - https://downloadcenter.intel.com/product/94456
Edit:
Derp, Shintai already posted it.
They say Broadwell-EP XEON so it seems X99 can run E5-2640v4
If we are to believe this the E5-2640v4 can run its 10 cores at 2.8 GHz.
@Shintai: as others guessed, I quoted $1500 based on rumors reported in this thread. If these are wrong, and 6950X is $1000, then the latter is the better choice without a doubt.
I don't care about overclocking, so it'd depend on non-OC speed of 6950X. That's personal preference and the need to have a reliable machine.And if the Xeon can run its 10 cores at 2.8 GHz, but the 6950X can (overclocked) run its 10 cores at around 4.5 GHz, is it still a no-brainer to spend $999 on the former?
I don't care about overclocking, so it'd depend on non-OC speed of 6950X. That's personal preference and the need to have a reliable machine.
Sorry, I wasn't clear: I was wondering about multi-core frequency.3GHz base, 3.5 GHz single core turbo.
No surprises there. I'm sure the Braswell products are cheaper but . . . false economy and all that.
Broadwell-EP thin PCB (like skylake)
Which fortunately has never caused any real problems.
It will continue to pose no real problems until users overtighten screws that are not stopped when they are tight enough.Which fortunately has never caused any real problems.
It will continue to pose no real problems until users overtighten screws that are not stopped when they are tight enough.
Agreed. But only Thermalright heatsink mounts had a public problem with this, and they changed the mounts because of that. But since then, Intel has thinned out the supporting PCB. Probably if an OEM followed Intel specs there was no issue in the past, and there will be no issue in the future. But for those who do not follow specs, they will be more likely to damage their cpu's.You could do that on older setups too. Its not like its a new thing that suddenly came along.