Intel Core i9-10980XE Extreme Edition Processor Review
This review should be easy. On the surface the new Core X-Series launch seems like more of a price cut than anything, with some higher boost clocks and faster memory support (up…
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Tag: Skylake-x
Leaked Specs Suggest Intel Will Cut HEDT Cascade Lake-X Pricing By Half
We know that Intel’s next HEDT platform – Cascade Lake-X – will launch in the next few months and, as the still-14nm-based successor to 2017’s Skylake-X (and 2018’s...
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Meet the i9-9980XE
The new ~$2000 i9-9980XE is a refreshed Skylake chip, using Intel's 14-nm++ process, with 18 multithreaded cores running at 3GHz with a Boost clock of 4.4GHz. If you were to lift up…
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The Intel Core i9-9980XE Review: Slight Iteration
Shopping for a CPU in 2018 has been a bit of a moving target. Between the launch of AMD's Ryzen 2000 series processors in the beginning of the year, new AMD Threadripper…
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The AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2920X and 2970WX Review
In general, the rollout of AMD's second-generation Ryzen Threadripper processors has been a bit unconventional. While the full lineup was announced back in August, there has…
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GIGABYTE X299 Designare EX Motherboard Review
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Intel rumours abound
There are numerous rumours about Intel roaming the news today, from CPUs being discontinued to brand new GPUs. [H]ard|OCP have heard that Kaby Lake X does not have long to...
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Making HEDT great again
Over at [H]ard|OCP is a look at the current market and the resurgence of competition which we are currently enjoying. As opposed to several pages of detailed benchmarks, the article...
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Intel Quad RAID-0 Optane Memory 32GB Bootable Without VROC Key!
We've been playing around a bit with Intel VROC lately. This new tech lets you create a RAID of NVMe SSDs connected directly to newer Intel Skylake-X CPUs, without the assistance...
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Podcast #469 – Marseille mCable, Core i9, Coffee Lake, Vega mGPU, and more!
PC Perspective Podcast #469 - 09/28/17 Join us for discussion on AMD Raven Ridge rumors, Intel and Global Foundries new fabrication technology! You can subscribe to us through iTunes and you can still...
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Intel Core i9-7980XE Pushed to 6.1 GHz On All Cores Using Liquid Nitrogen
Renowned overclocker der8auer got his hands on the new 18-core Intel Core i9-7980XE and managed to break a few records with more than a bit of LN2 and thermal paste....
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Double the price; not so much performance though … Skylake-X versus ThreadRipper
You cannot really talk about the new Skylake-X parts from Intel without bringing up AMD's Threadripper as that is the i9-7980XE and i9-7960X's direct competition. From a financial standpoint, AMD is the…
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The Intel Core i9-7980XE and 7960X Review: Skylake-X at $1999 and 18-cores
It has been an interesting 2017 for Intel. Though still the dominant market share leader in consumer processors of all shapes and sizes, from DIY PCs to notebooks to servers,…
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Podcast #466 – ECS Z270, Clutch Chairz, AMD market share, Lenovo Yoga, and more!
PC Perspective Podcast #466 - 09/07/17 Join us for discussion on ECS Z270 motherboards, Clutch Chairz, AMD market share, Lenovo Yoga, and more! You can subscribe to us through iTunes and you can...
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Intel Skylake-X 18-core Die Pictured. It’s Massive.
We are just starting to ramp back up here after the long holiday weekend, so let's start with something that is both interesting and easy to absorb. High-profile overclocker Der8auer has...
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MSI X299 Gaming M7 ACK Motherboard Preview
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Counting Cores … Intel on the Bench
There is a $50 difference in price between these two chips, $390 versus $340, which will be within the price range of many of enthusiasts. The i7-7700K's cores run at a higher…
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GIGABYTE X299 AORUS Gaming 3 Motherboard Preview
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