A closer look at Intel's 28-core 5GHz system

[WYP]

A repurposed Xeon with a water chiller, not exactly a consumer-grade setup.



Read more about Intel's 28-core 5GHz test setup.

 

[Avet]

Can it run Crysis?

 

[cj09bruno]

also keep in mind that most boards would probably go nuclear before you reach 5ghz on this just from the amount of heat it has to dissipate, on final boards i would be shocked if people are able to push it over 4.5ghz on watercooling

 

[AlienALX]

lol, the power phases that's hilarious

 

[Dicehunter]

Steve explains this "new" CPU well -

 

[Emu]

Anyone who is planning on running Intel's 28 core CPU at 5GHz on all cores should stop and consider that the motherboard has 4 EPS12V 8 pin connectors, each of which is capable of providing 300W @ 12V. That is 1,200 Watts available for the CPU on top of whatever power the main 24 pin ATX connector provides.