Broadwell-E Specifications Leak - 10-Cores and 20-Threads

[BigDaddyKong]

Glad you don't need a new socket for it. I'm sure it will be overkill for most situations but man it sounds like it's going to be a performer.

*opens wallet. Cries.

The down side to that is no major mobo innovation next year.

 

[NeverBackDown]

The down side to that is no major mobo innovation next year.

You will probably see minor refreshes on popular boards. Not a big deal really but hopefully they add some USB 3.1/Type C into next boards.

 

[4wd]

really looking forward to this one

 

[goshisanniichi]

Well... with Vulkan supposedly being released around the same time, most games should be able to take better advantage of the increased parallelism this CPU provides, and just allow them to take advantage of the parallelism that modern CPU's provide, so it might not be a bad idea for gamers to begin investing in more highly parallel CPU's. I currently only have a 5820k in my system and for the work loads I'm regularly churning on, being able to have 20 threads should be a major advantage.

 

[Breit]

I thought the i7 3970X was the "flagship" CPU for Sandy Bridge, not the 3960X?!

http://ark.intel.com/products/70845...ssor-Extreme-Edition-15M-Cache-up-to-4_00-GHz

 

[WYP]

I thought the i7 3970X was the "flagship" CPU for Sandy Bridge, not the 3960X?!

http://ark.intel.com/products/70845...ssor-Extreme-Edition-15M-Cache-up-to-4_00-GHz

while the i7 3970X is the highest end model, it is usually better to consider the best version of the product at launch and not an upclocked revision.

 

[Jonathan7]

Is there any news yet on PCI-E Express Lane numbers for the chips? i.e. Is it going to be more than the 28 on the 5820K? From the Haswell-E for the lowest of the Broadwell-E chips?

 

[SpencerUk]

I'll stick with my new recently installed 5820K

 

[firefly]

I've just got a 5820k and can't see myself needing to change that for a while.

 

[Kushiro]

Dont need to, more like want to :lol: