This is what happens when life flashes right before your eyes in RTRT, as one Toms editor put itAnd people called Pentium 4 EE as Emergency Edition... This is Xtreme Emergency then.
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This is what happens when life flashes right before your eyes in RTRT, as one Toms editor put itAnd people called Pentium 4 EE as Emergency Edition... This is Xtreme Emergency then.
System Name | 4K-gaming |
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Processor | AMD Ryzen 7 5800X |
Motherboard | Asus ROG Crosshair VII Hero |
Cooling | Arctic Freezer 50 |
Memory | 32GB Kingston HyperX Fury DDR4-3466 |
Video Card(s) | Asus GeForce RTX 3080 TUF OC 10GB |
Storage | 256+240+128+480+2x1TB SSDs + 3TB HDDs |
Display(s) | Acer 27" 4K120 IPS + Lenovo 32" 4K60 IPS |
Case | Corsair 4000D Airflow White |
Audio Device(s) | Asus TUF H3 Wireless |
Power Supply | EVGA Supernova G2 750W |
Mouse | Logitech MX518 + Asus TUF P1 mousepad |
Keyboard | Roccat Vulcan 121 AIMO |
VR HMD | Oculus Rift CV1 |
Software | Windows 11 Pro |
Benchmark Scores | It runs Crysis |
Heh, exactly!This is what happens when life flashes right before your eyes in RTRT, as one Toms editor put it![]()
Processor | Intel Core i9 10980XE @ 4.7Ghz 1.2v |
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Motherboard | ASUS Rampage VI Extreme Omega |
Cooling | EK-Velocity D-RGB, EK-CoolStream PE 360, XSPC TX240 Ultrathin, EK X-RES 140 Revo D5 RGB PWM |
Memory | G.Skill Trident Z RGB F4-3000C14D 64GB |
Video Card(s) | Asus ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4090 OC WC |
Storage | M.2 990 Pro 1TB / 10TB WD RED Helium / 3x 860 2TB Evos |
Display(s) | Samsung Odyssey G7 28" |
Case | Corsair Obsidian 500D SE Modded |
Power Supply | Cooler Master V Series 1300W |
Software | Windows 11 |
Buy i9-9940X, overclock it. EZ Clap
Why anyone with brains would pay over 2000eur/usd for a cherry-picked, factory overclocked 9940X? Like I said, the price goes "Apple", like 100eur/usd for 100MHz when comparing those... Why this instead of the real flagship, 18-core 9980XE? MOAR CLOCKS? Yeah.. Clock speed was the thing when we had Pentium 4.
I'd go for 2990WX anyday instead of this.
System Name | Black Prometheus |
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Processor | |AMD Ryzen 7 1700 |
Motherboard | ASRock B550M Pro4|MSI X370 Gaming PLUS |
Cooling | Thermalright PA120 SE | AMD Stock Cooler |
Memory | G.Skill 64GB(2x32GB) 3200MHz | 32GB(4x8GB) DDR4 |
Video Card(s) | ASUS DirectCU II R9 290 4GB |
Storage | Sandisk X300 512GB + WD Black 6TB+WD Black 6TB |
Display(s) | LG Nanocell85 49" 4K 120Hz + ACER AOPEN 34" 3440x1440 144Hz |
Case | DeepCool Matrexx 55 V3 w/ 6x120mm Intake + 3x120mm Exhaust |
Audio Device(s) | LG Dolby Atmos 5.1 |
Power Supply | Corsair RMX850 Fully Modular| EVGA 750W G2 |
Mouse | Logitech Trackman |
Keyboard | Logitech K350 |
Software | Windows 10 EDU x64 |
And unless you have an extreme cooler and big PSU you won’t be seeing 5GHz at all. Boost clocks aren’t gurranteedNo a 9940X won't do 5Ghz easy 4.8Ghz is pushing it and seeing intel is plucking there dies now on these chips people will be left with more lemons.
Clock speed was the thing? <<<< No they push cores now because they can't push higher clocks ill rather a 14 core running at 5+ Ghz out of the box than a 18 core running at 4Ghz, don't forget these chips mite be able to push higher than 5.1Ghz you mite get lucky and push this chip to 5.5Ghz which would be epic but for that price it is a joke.
Processor | Intel Core i9 10980XE @ 4.7Ghz 1.2v |
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Motherboard | ASUS Rampage VI Extreme Omega |
Cooling | EK-Velocity D-RGB, EK-CoolStream PE 360, XSPC TX240 Ultrathin, EK X-RES 140 Revo D5 RGB PWM |
Memory | G.Skill Trident Z RGB F4-3000C14D 64GB |
Video Card(s) | Asus ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4090 OC WC |
Storage | M.2 990 Pro 1TB / 10TB WD RED Helium / 3x 860 2TB Evos |
Display(s) | Samsung Odyssey G7 28" |
Case | Corsair Obsidian 500D SE Modded |
Power Supply | Cooler Master V Series 1300W |
Software | Windows 11 |
And unless you have an extreme cooler and big PSU you won’t be seeing 5GHz at all. Boost clocks aren’t gurranteed
System Name | SIGSEGV |
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Processor | INTEL i7-7700K | AMD Ryzen 2700X |
Motherboard | QUANTA | ASUS Crosshair VII Hero |
Cooling | Air cooling 4 heatpipes | Corsair H115i | Noctua NF-A14 IndustrialPPC Fan 3000RPM |
Memory | Micron 16 Gb DDR4 2400 | GSkill Ripjaws 32Gb DDR4 3200 3400(OC) 14-14-14-34 @1.38v |
Video Card(s) | Nvidia 1060 6GB | Gigabyte 1080Ti Aorus |
Storage | 1TB 7200/256 SSD PCIE | ~ TB | 970 Evo |
Display(s) | 15,5" / 27" |
Case | Black & Grey | Phanteks P400S |
Audio Device(s) | Realtek |
Power Supply | Li Battery | Seasonic Focus Gold 750W |
Mouse | g402 |
Keyboard | Leopold|Ducky |
Software | LinuxMint KDE |UBUNTU | Windows 10 PRO |
Benchmark Scores | i dont care about scores |
Processor | AMD Ryzen 9 5900X ||| Intel Core i7-3930K |
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Motherboard | ASUS ProArt B550-CREATOR ||| Asus P9X79 WS |
Cooling | Noctua NH-U14S ||| Be Quiet Pure Rock |
Memory | Crucial 2 x 16 GB 3200 MHz ||| Corsair 8 x 8 GB 1333 MHz |
Video Card(s) | MSI GTX 1060 3GB ||| MSI GTX 680 4GB |
Storage | Samsung 970 PRO 512 GB + 1 TB ||| Intel 545s 512 GB + 256 GB |
Display(s) | Asus ROG Swift PG278QR 27" ||| Eizo EV2416W 24" |
Case | Fractal Design Define 7 XL x 2 |
Audio Device(s) | Cambridge Audio DacMagic Plus |
Power Supply | Seasonic Focus PX-850 x 2 |
Mouse | Razer Abyssus |
Keyboard | CM Storm QuickFire XT |
Software | Ubuntu |
The intent behind this CPU is having many cores without sacrificing core speed, which both Skylake-X, Xeon-W and especially Threadripper and Epyc fail to deliver, there you see core speeds dropping off with increased core count.The issue with that is, at that absurd price you can buy proper Xeon or Epyc with ECC support.
Yeah, as I said, there is little point to a product you can't really buy.But all of it is irrelevant for any business if the new CPU has no warranty and non-existent availability. You don't wanna run your professional suite on a purple unicorn, that's why Puget decided to stick with 9980XE, and that's why most reviews still tend to recommend 7980XE over both "refreshes".
System Name | Black Prometheus |
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Processor | |AMD Ryzen 7 1700 |
Motherboard | ASRock B550M Pro4|MSI X370 Gaming PLUS |
Cooling | Thermalright PA120 SE | AMD Stock Cooler |
Memory | G.Skill 64GB(2x32GB) 3200MHz | 32GB(4x8GB) DDR4 |
Video Card(s) | ASUS DirectCU II R9 290 4GB |
Storage | Sandisk X300 512GB + WD Black 6TB+WD Black 6TB |
Display(s) | LG Nanocell85 49" 4K 120Hz + ACER AOPEN 34" 3440x1440 144Hz |
Case | DeepCool Matrexx 55 V3 w/ 6x120mm Intake + 3x120mm Exhaust |
Audio Device(s) | LG Dolby Atmos 5.1 |
Power Supply | Corsair RMX850 Fully Modular| EVGA 750W G2 |
Mouse | Logitech Trackman |
Keyboard | Logitech K350 |
Software | Windows 10 EDU x64 |
So being less than 10% behind in single threaded apps and ahead in multhreaded appsanyway most of people still wanna buy an intel cpu because amd's cpu is bad, hot and slow.
Fixed that for you, go read Puget's statement again.For a small company like Puget it's a bigger risk, and, as you can see, they decided not to take it.
And that is exactly the correct move for them.Puget Systems said:Given all of those concerns, the small gains made by the Core i9 9990XE do not seem to justify the risks. We will continue to test this processor and monitor the auctions, but for now we do not believe that offering it would be in the best interests of our customers.
System Name | 4K-gaming |
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Processor | AMD Ryzen 7 5800X |
Motherboard | Asus ROG Crosshair VII Hero |
Cooling | Arctic Freezer 50 |
Memory | 32GB Kingston HyperX Fury DDR4-3466 |
Video Card(s) | Asus GeForce RTX 3080 TUF OC 10GB |
Storage | 256+240+128+480+2x1TB SSDs + 3TB HDDs |
Display(s) | Acer 27" 4K120 IPS + Lenovo 32" 4K60 IPS |
Case | Corsair 4000D Airflow White |
Audio Device(s) | Asus TUF H3 Wireless |
Power Supply | EVGA Supernova G2 750W |
Mouse | Logitech MX518 + Asus TUF P1 mousepad |
Keyboard | Roccat Vulcan 121 AIMO |
VR HMD | Oculus Rift CV1 |
Software | Windows 11 Pro |
Benchmark Scores | It runs Crysis |
I guess some users still think that the higher the clocks are, the better the CPU is. So let's brand this higher than our 9980XE which have more cores!Why bother with the 9990XE when the 9940X is the exact same unlocked CPU that can be OC'd?..
Rubbish, those chips will do 5ghz with proper cooling, just like the previous chips have done.No a 9940X won't do 5Ghz easy 4.8Ghz is pushing it and seeing intel is plucking there dies now on these chips people will be left with more lemons.
No one running that CPU will be doing it on a crap cooler or PSU. They will be using 1000w+ PSU's with either a solid AIO or custom water cooling.And unless you have an extreme cooler and big PSU you won’t be seeing 5GHz at all. Boost clocks aren’t guaranteed
Exactly. This is the real reason Intel is doing private auctions for that chip. The enthusiast community isn't going to buying it in large numbers.I guess some users still think that the higher the clocks are, the better the CPU is. So let's brand this higher than our 9980XE which have more cores!
How can buying few 9940XE be cheaper than one 9990XE, when it's $1400 vs $2000?in that case wouldn't it be better and potentially cheaper to just buy a bunch of 9940xe and see which one is most overclockable?
Because for some people it will be much faster.Why this instead of the real flagship, 18-core 9980XE?
Because this will be MOAR CLOCKS? Yeah.. Clock speed was the thing when we had Pentium 4.
Which just shows you're a core warrior and not that interested in actual performance. ;-)I'd go for 2990WX anyday instead of this.
System Name | WS#1337 |
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Processor | Ryzen 7 3800X |
Motherboard | ASUS X570-PLUS TUF Gaming |
Cooling | Xigmatek Scylla 240mm AIO |
Memory | 4x8GB Samsung DDR4 ECC UDIMM |
Video Card(s) | Inno3D RTX 3070 Ti iChill |
Storage | ADATA Legend 2TB + ADATA SX8200 Pro 1TB |
Display(s) | Samsung U24E590D (4K/UHD) |
Case | ghetto CM Cosmos RC-1000 |
Audio Device(s) | ALC1220 |
Power Supply | SeaSonic SSR-550FX (80+ GOLD) |
Mouse | Logitech G603 |
Keyboard | Modecom Volcano Blade (Kailh choc LP) |
VR HMD | Google dreamview headset(aka fancy cardboard) |
Software | Windows 11, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS |
I think the main pitch was binning and efficiency. Though, I wouldn't trust their 250W TDP on 9990XE either, since 9980XE hits past that mark stock.Why bother with the 9990XE when the 9940X is the exact same unlocked CPU that can be OC'd?..
System Name | 4K-gaming |
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Processor | AMD Ryzen 7 5800X |
Motherboard | Asus ROG Crosshair VII Hero |
Cooling | Arctic Freezer 50 |
Memory | 32GB Kingston HyperX Fury DDR4-3466 |
Video Card(s) | Asus GeForce RTX 3080 TUF OC 10GB |
Storage | 256+240+128+480+2x1TB SSDs + 3TB HDDs |
Display(s) | Acer 27" 4K120 IPS + Lenovo 32" 4K60 IPS |
Case | Corsair 4000D Airflow White |
Audio Device(s) | Asus TUF H3 Wireless |
Power Supply | EVGA Supernova G2 750W |
Mouse | Logitech MX518 + Asus TUF P1 mousepad |
Keyboard | Roccat Vulcan 121 AIMO |
VR HMD | Oculus Rift CV1 |
Software | Windows 11 Pro |
Benchmark Scores | It runs Crysis |
I guess. I had a 7700K @ 5.1GHz last spring and I like my Ryzen 5 2600 @ 4.1 more. I truly rather more cores than clock speed. This beast can still run games pretty damn fine.Which just shows you're a core warrior and not that interested in actual performance. ;-)
First of all: 2990WX has single-thread performance of server CPUs. 9990XE matches 9900K.
In programs that don't benefit from more than 28 threads (and most don't) it could be up to 50% slower. Yey!
And it gets better.
Because of 2990WX very specific architecture (let's leave it like that) in some scenarios it's actually slower than other Threadrippers (with less cores). For example: it's awful for running databases. For reasons unknown to me it also struggles with particular programs (e.g. Handbrake).
In real life 2990WX only works for scenarios with high number of independent threads: rendering, MonteCarlo simulation and so on. But even here it's often matched by 7980XE just based on raw single-core potential.
You don't have to worry about it. It's an OEM-only CPU. OEMs will test it and design an appropriate cooling solution.I think the main pitch was binning and efficiency. Though, I wouldn't trust their 250W TDP on 9990XE either, since 9980XE hits past that mark stock.
One can actually do more things on PCs than just play games...I guess. I had a 7700K @ 5.1GHz last spring and I like my Ryzen 5 2600 @ 4.1 more. I truly rather more cores than clock speed. This beast can still run games pretty damn fine.
System Name | 4K-gaming |
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Processor | AMD Ryzen 7 5800X |
Motherboard | Asus ROG Crosshair VII Hero |
Cooling | Arctic Freezer 50 |
Memory | 32GB Kingston HyperX Fury DDR4-3466 |
Video Card(s) | Asus GeForce RTX 3080 TUF OC 10GB |
Storage | 256+240+128+480+2x1TB SSDs + 3TB HDDs |
Display(s) | Acer 27" 4K120 IPS + Lenovo 32" 4K60 IPS |
Case | Corsair 4000D Airflow White |
Audio Device(s) | Asus TUF H3 Wireless |
Power Supply | EVGA Supernova G2 750W |
Mouse | Logitech MX518 + Asus TUF P1 mousepad |
Keyboard | Roccat Vulcan 121 AIMO |
VR HMD | Oculus Rift CV1 |
Software | Windows 11 Pro |
Benchmark Scores | It runs Crysis |
Someone other maybe, but not me. But who the fuck would get an overpriced, hot-running chip for a workstation?One can actually do more things on PCs than just play games...
I've seen similar sentiments expressed by some of my clients. Ryzen has been hitting all the right notes for people who have upgraded from Intel systems. For that reason, I just don't see anyone but enthusiasts rallying around this CPU.I guess. I had a 7700K @ 5.1GHz last spring and I like my Ryzen 5 2600 @ 4.1 more. I truly rather more cores than clock speed. This beast can still run games pretty damn fine.
Exactly.He would get the 9980XE, similar Xeon or 2970WX/2990WX..
System Name | 4K-gaming |
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Processor | AMD Ryzen 7 5800X |
Motherboard | Asus ROG Crosshair VII Hero |
Cooling | Arctic Freezer 50 |
Memory | 32GB Kingston HyperX Fury DDR4-3466 |
Video Card(s) | Asus GeForce RTX 3080 TUF OC 10GB |
Storage | 256+240+128+480+2x1TB SSDs + 3TB HDDs |
Display(s) | Acer 27" 4K120 IPS + Lenovo 32" 4K60 IPS |
Case | Corsair 4000D Airflow White |
Audio Device(s) | Asus TUF H3 Wireless |
Power Supply | EVGA Supernova G2 750W |
Mouse | Logitech MX518 + Asus TUF P1 mousepad |
Keyboard | Roccat Vulcan 121 AIMO |
VR HMD | Oculus Rift CV1 |
Software | Windows 11 Pro |
Benchmark Scores | It runs Crysis |
Price/performance is damn important to me and Ryzen has it, with almost every model.I've seen similar sentiments expressed by some of my clients. Ryzen has been hitting all the right notes for people who have upgraded from Intel systems. For that reason, I just don't see anyone but enthusiasts rallying around this CPU.
System Name | SIGSEGV |
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Processor | INTEL i7-7700K | AMD Ryzen 2700X |
Motherboard | QUANTA | ASUS Crosshair VII Hero |
Cooling | Air cooling 4 heatpipes | Corsair H115i | Noctua NF-A14 IndustrialPPC Fan 3000RPM |
Memory | Micron 16 Gb DDR4 2400 | GSkill Ripjaws 32Gb DDR4 3200 3400(OC) 14-14-14-34 @1.38v |
Video Card(s) | Nvidia 1060 6GB | Gigabyte 1080Ti Aorus |
Storage | 1TB 7200/256 SSD PCIE | ~ TB | 970 Evo |
Display(s) | 15,5" / 27" |
Case | Black & Grey | Phanteks P400S |
Audio Device(s) | Realtek |
Power Supply | Li Battery | Seasonic Focus Gold 750W |
Mouse | g402 |
Keyboard | Leopold|Ducky |
Software | LinuxMint KDE |UBUNTU | Windows 10 PRO |
Benchmark Scores | i dont care about scores |
well mate, I was just stating a fact.So being less than 10% behind in single threaded apps and ahead in multhreaded apps
Runs much cooler
Is bad
Well I’m glad I own one of those bad CPUs
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So?Yeah that's true, the sentiment wrt Intel/Nvidia is akin to Apple, sometimes more hype than substance. Also educating the masses about competition i.e. AMD is a herculean effort, I'd go a step further & add I've literally seen people ask - what is AMD![]()
System Name | 4K-gaming |
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Processor | AMD Ryzen 7 5800X |
Motherboard | Asus ROG Crosshair VII Hero |
Cooling | Arctic Freezer 50 |
Memory | 32GB Kingston HyperX Fury DDR4-3466 |
Video Card(s) | Asus GeForce RTX 3080 TUF OC 10GB |
Storage | 256+240+128+480+2x1TB SSDs + 3TB HDDs |
Display(s) | Acer 27" 4K120 IPS + Lenovo 32" 4K60 IPS |
Case | Corsair 4000D Airflow White |
Audio Device(s) | Asus TUF H3 Wireless |
Power Supply | EVGA Supernova G2 750W |
Mouse | Logitech MX518 + Asus TUF P1 mousepad |
Keyboard | Roccat Vulcan 121 AIMO |
VR HMD | Oculus Rift CV1 |
Software | Windows 11 Pro |
Benchmark Scores | It runs Crysis |
Why you are defending this insane product?So?
Of course people don't know what AMD is. They don't need that information. They want PCs for everyday tasks - be it professional or casual.
If there wasn't an "Intel inside" sticker on every PC, they may know much about Intel either. But stickers work. People tend to know that there's something called Intel in the box. That it's either an i3, i5 or i7. That i7 is best. That's literally all they need to know.
You have to understand that computers are not in the centre of everyone's life. People buy PCs like you buy food or shoes or some else that you're not that interested in.
You need something, you buy the brand you know.
System Name | Intel® X99 Wellsburg |
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Processor | Intel® Core™ i7-5820K - 4.5GHz |
Motherboard | ASUS Rampage V E10 (1801) |
Cooling | EK RGB Monoblock + EK XRES D5 Revo Glass PWM |
Memory | CMD16GX4M4A2666C15 |
Video Card(s) | ASUS GTX1080Ti Poseidon |
Storage | Samsung 970 EVO PLUS 1TB /850 EVO 1TB / WD Black 2TB |
Display(s) | Samsung P2450H |
Case | Lian Li PC-O11 WXC |
Audio Device(s) | CREATIVE Sound Blaster ZxR |
Power Supply | EVGA 1200 P2 Platinum |
Mouse | Logitech G900 / SS QCK |
Keyboard | Deck 87 Francium Pro |
Software | Windows 10 Pro x64 |
Processor | Intel Core i9 10980XE @ 4.7Ghz 1.2v |
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Motherboard | ASUS Rampage VI Extreme Omega |
Cooling | EK-Velocity D-RGB, EK-CoolStream PE 360, XSPC TX240 Ultrathin, EK X-RES 140 Revo D5 RGB PWM |
Memory | G.Skill Trident Z RGB F4-3000C14D 64GB |
Video Card(s) | Asus ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4090 OC WC |
Storage | M.2 990 Pro 1TB / 10TB WD RED Helium / 3x 860 2TB Evos |
Display(s) | Samsung Odyssey G7 28" |
Case | Corsair Obsidian 500D SE Modded |
Power Supply | Cooler Master V Series 1300W |
Software | Windows 11 |
Rubbish, those chips will do 5ghz with proper cooling, just like the previous chips have done.
No one running that CPU will be doing it on a crap cooler or PSU. They will be using 1000w+ PSU's with either a solid AIO or custom water cooling.
Exactly. This is the real reason Intel is doing private auctions for that chip. The enthusiast community isn't going to buying it in large numbers.