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System Name | Budget Box |
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Processor | Xeon E5-2667v2 |
Motherboard | ASUS P9X79 Pro |
Cooling | Some cheap tower cooler, I dunno |
Memory | 32GB 1866-DDR3 ECC |
Video Card(s) | XFX RX 5600XT |
Storage | WD NVME 1GB |
Display(s) | ASUS Pro Art 27" |
Case | Antec P7 Neo |
AMD has an Eco mode on these, and I wouldn’t mind seeing extensive testing of these chips under modest coolers and 65W and 100W modes. I bet you’d still get really good everyday performance out of it. This is a 16C CPU mind you, we do have to contend with physics eventually. If you want crazy levels of sustained multithreaded performance, something has to give.
Put the 7950 against the 5950 at the same TDP and see what you get—I bet you’ll still get the rated boost clocks across some cores, they just won’t sustain near as long.
Even with Adler lake, those E cores can only buy you so much efficiency. When the workload hits, total energy consumed is going to be measured by the sustained load X time to complete. Pure max power draw is only half the story.
Put the 7950 against the 5950 at the same TDP and see what you get—I bet you’ll still get the rated boost clocks across some cores, they just won’t sustain near as long.
Even with Adler lake, those E cores can only buy you so much efficiency. When the workload hits, total energy consumed is going to be measured by the sustained load X time to complete. Pure max power draw is only half the story.