Monday, June 18th 2018

Trade Your Intel Core i7-8086K for a Threadripper 1950X

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AMD acknowledges Intel's contribution to the x86 architecture over the last 40 years. However, AMD is convinced that they are the leading company for future high-performance computing, and will "take it from here". That's why AMD will hold its own online sweepstakes to give the first 40 U.S.-based winners of the Intel sweepstakes the opportunity to swap their 6-core prize for a 16-core monster. To put things into perspective, the Ryzen Threadripper 1950X has 16 cores, 32 threads, 40 MB of cache, and 64 PCIe Gen3 lanes. Now that's something hard to pass up on! AMD's sweepstakes will go live on June 25 at 1:00:00 PM EDT. If you were one of the lucky Core i7-8086K winners and want to take up on AMD's offer, check this page for further details.

Update: Intel's response didn't take long. The company posted the following message to their Intel Gaming Twitter account: "if you wanted an Intel Core i7-8086K processor too, you could have just asked us. :)"
Source: AMD

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67 Comments on Trade Your Intel Core i7-8086K for a Threadripper 1950X

#51
jabbadap
qubitIf I had an 8086K I wouldn't trade it.
I would. Then sell that threadripper and buy i7 8700k with mobo and memory bundle :roll:
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#52
qubit
Overclocked quantum bit
jabbadapI would. Then sell that threadripper and buy i7 8700k with mobo and memory bundle :roll:
Great strat, bro. Spoken like a true hardcore gamer. :cool:
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#53
E-curbi
It really depends on your use case. If you need a High Core Count CPU to get your work done faster, then Threadripper is a great solution.

If on the other hand your work does not benefit from 16cores (or an 18core from Intel ), then I'd select the processor with the highest responsiveness - lowest latency.

Coffee Lake or Ryzen 2.
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#56
R0H1T
jabbadapI would. Then sell that threadripper and buy i7 8700k with mobo and memory bundle :roll:
You know what I wouldn't mind that, but I'd rather get the 1180 or 1180Ti, I seriously doubt though if the next Nvidia flagship will cost just $800 :cool:
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#57
B-Real
HoodI wouldn't trade my i7-4790K for a TR 1950X. Not even if they included the motherboard and RAM with it. Threadripper is garbage, they cant even give them away.
Haha. What a troll. Wonder why they cant' sell all of their 800$ CPUs. :O
qubitOh, that's cutting! :laugh:
That's a very weak ripost in my opinion. AMD was the winner troll here.
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#58
qubit
Overclocked quantum bit
B-RealThat's a very weak ripost in my opinion. AMD was the winner troll here.
Yeah probably, cuz moar cores!! <facepalm>

Personally, I'd get the 8086K/8700K any day, because I want the best gaming performance. Threadripper 2 might change this equation, but at the moment, Intel is still king for games and that's all I care about for my home PC.
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#59
cucker tarlson
16x3.4GHz=54.4GHz, who wouldn't trade a binned 8700K for that.
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#60
DeathtoGnomes
R0H1TYou know what I wouldn't mind that, but I'd rather get the 1180 or 1180Ti, I seriously doubt though if the next Nvidia flagship will cost just $800:cool:
Even Nvidia cant grasp the concept of sub $1000 flagship cards. Especially when the previouscurrent gen cards are still $1k+
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#61
Captain_Tom
The funny thing is I would keep that i7..... if it worked in my motherboard. But it doesn't of course thanks to Intel's patented Milking Tech.

Even when I want to buy Intel, they find a way to destroy any proposition of me considering them again. There's just no point in buying their nuclear reactors anymore...
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#62
[XC] Oj101
Captain_TomThe funny thing is I would keep that i7..... if it worked in my motherboard. But it doesn't of course thanks to Intel's patented Milking Tech.

Even when I want to buy Intel, they find a way to destroy any proposition of me considering them again. There's just no point in buying their nuclear reactors anymore...
Why does Intel always get the blame for it?

Who stands to make money out of a different socket, Intel or the motherboard vendors?

Think about it.
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#63
Captain_Tom
[XC] Oj101Why does Intel always get the blame for it?

Who stands to make money out of a different socket, Intel or the motherboard vendors?

Think about it.
Both obviously. Intel gets the blame because they are the ones making that decision.
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#64
[XC] Oj101
Captain_TomBoth obviously. Intel gets the blame because they are the ones making that decision.
You mean doing what the vendors ask of them.
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#65
Hood
[XC] Oj101You mean doing what the vendors ask of them.
Actually, the motherboard vendors have a record of going against Intel's rules, like when they allowed overclocking the unlocked Pentium G3258 on H81 chipset boards. But I don't think Asus, Asrock, and Gigabyte could coerce Intel into arbitrarily changing sockets, just so they can sell more boards. That would cut into Intel's profits, the ultimate sin (to Intel). Fewer people will by their new CPUs if it requires buying a new board.
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#66
Captain_Tom
[XC] Oj101You mean doing what the vendors ask of them.
That's completely incorrect. ASUS said they wanted to allow support for the new 6-core i7's on their old motherboards, but Intel wouldn't let them.

Are you intentionally lying, or did you literally just make up this "fact" in your head so you can rationalize blindly defending another anti-consumer decision by Intel?
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