The Intel core i9 9990xe

[zFox]

The core i9 9990xe is a 14 core 28 thread processor with 4.0ghz base clock and 5.0ghz boost.

 

A few reviewers have been saying it gets extremely hot and say you need 2x 360mm rads to cool it properly.

Der8auer said it uses about 500 Watts of power in his testing.

 

In this Ibuypower video the guy had trouble cooling it with 1 rad and had to dip the rad in a ice bucket just to get through a cinebench run.

 

I wanted other people's opinion on this cpu,  and also wanted to ask if its possible to hook up 3 or 4 rads to one cpu?

 

 

[XR6]

31 minutes ago, zFox said:

I wanted other people's opinion on this cpu

It's just unnecessary. It's too powerful, expensive and hot to be used in a regular PC for gaming, and for workstation use there's better alternatives.

It makes no sense to me why it's a thing.

31 minutes ago, zFox said:

and also wanted to ask if its possible to hook up 3 or 4 rads to one cpu?

I doubt it. You'd probably need a huge case to fit all the rads in, the chances of you finding such a case is not that high.

IMO it doesn't seem possible.

[Jurrunio]

5 minutes ago, zFox said:

 

In this Ibuypower video the guy had trouble cooling it with 1 rad and had to dip the rad in a ice bucket just to get through a cincebench run.

high heat is always the problem for people running auto voltage on a high frequency CPU, let alone a high core count one.

 

6 minutes ago, zFox said:

I wanted other people's opinion on this cpu,

Most likely factory binned 9940X, if you're buying X299 then you most likely want a combination of high core count and high frequency, I'd rather take the 9980XE's core count than the slightly more frequency.

 

As for the platform, it's just too expensive for anything to make sense.

[TahoeDust]

Sounds like fun.

[TempestCatto]

I'm pretty sure you can have multiple rads in one loop, you just have to plan it properly. As for my opinion? I can't think of a reason to recommend it. You need high core count? Threadripper. You need high frequency? 9980xe. You wanna spend every dollar you have? Buy this https://www.mercedes-benz.com/en/mercedes-benz/innovation/the-automotive-declaration-of-independence/ (Spoiler alert, you can't. But if you do find it used, it's usually just under 1 million USD)

[flibberdipper]

16 minutes ago, XR6 said:

I doubt it. You'd probably need have some sort of custom CPU block made.. Even then you'd need a huge case to fit all the rads in.

IMO it doesn't seem possible.

...What. Why would you need a custom block for two damn tubes to go into it? Like come on, don't just spew complete and utter bullshit.

[XR6]

7 minutes ago, flibberdipper said:

...What. Why would you need a custom block for two damn tubes to go into it? Like come on, don't just spew complete and utter bullshit.

I'll admit to my mistake.. I thought it'd need more than 2 tubes to go into it.

I'm not exactly an expert on water cooling so I won't get everything right all the time, but nevertheless thanks for correcting me.