Intel 5960X Processor

[nicklmg]

NCIX: http://bit.ly/1r6oJNm

Amazon: http://geni.us/3pRn

 

For a long time, Intel has been muddying the waters between enthusiast and general consumer platforms. But with the release of their 4th gen processors, they have drawn a solid line between the two. Welcome to our showcase of the beast that is known as the Intel 5960X.

 

[ZacDaMan72]

YES

[FlamingDefibs]

Double posted, reported.

 

jokes

[nicklmg]

Double posted, reported.

 

jokes

RIP my account.

[Tech_Dreamer]

Nice post, keep it up... & hats off to @nicklmg for the post,seems like you're the one posting all the new vids lately..

 

EDIT : linus is talking so fast , if i put a sample beat on to the video track from the begining to the end , it'll sound like a killer rap video about enthusiast grade CPU... Genius.. simply genius...

 

[Valentyn]

Really looking forward to RapageDev and TonyMacs getting their hands on these, and the motherboard. I want another workstation.

[Marvzl1357]

What was wrong with the video? seems to be tearing/glitching everywhere My bad, my problems.

Good video! still not getting one in the near future

And I didn't know my i7-920 was an enthusiast platform when I got it...Looks like I'll be truly reviving that system very soon

[Akolyte]

What was wrong with the video? seems to be tearing/glitching everywhere

must be you, I've never experienced that.  

[Marvzl1357]

must be you, I've never experienced that.  

Yeah I think it was, must be my craptastic internet or my laptop

[deadbc77]

Do a review of the 5920K 28 lanes vs 40 lanes in multi-gpu configs.Would be nice to know.

[theodoro]

My i7 960 is pretty ok for me, but i hate the X58 motherboards... I would upgrade to X99 chipset just for the awesome motherboards. Oh.. and for the ridiculously fast CPU

[ChrisxIxCross]

Do a review of the 5920K 28 lanes vs 40 lanes in multi-gpu configs.Would be nice to know.

What he said!  

[Wusiji_Dr]

I want to see this looked into from a content creator's perspective. Just to answer that question at the end. An in-depth comparison between the 5820K and 5930K (namely in terms of who should buy which and why) would be the loveliest lovely time.

[pjm0925]

Do a review of the 5920K 28 lanes vs 40 lanes in multi-gpu configs.Would be nice to know.

 

I too would be interested in seeing this.

[Borkpaladin]

[hamiltus]

Yes please Linus. Do some content on the 5820K from a content creator's perspective. Including some Adobe CC benchmarks please ? And perhaps explain the pitfalls of it's fewer PCI-e lanes ? Thanks

[nishank93]

@LinusTech Have you ever timed yourself saying all the stuff at the end of the video?

 

Anyway @nicklmg, I would really really like to see (in decreasing order of priority):

• the 5960X compared to a much higher priced Xeon (maybe even the one Edzel uses) as a workstation chip.
• the 5820K compared to the 4790K as a gamer/workstation chip.
• the 5820K compared to the 5930K for PCIe lane variance (28 lanes vs 40 lanes).

 

I'm not super interested in memory comparison yet since DDR4 will show its true potential later on, even though it is already pretty beast.

[Legion]

ZOMG Gimme gimme gimme.

 

Looks like I'm saying good bye to my current setup come december

[TheDark]

I posted this in the comments section on YouTube but I'd like to put it here as well.

 

Seeing as Mantle is supposed to leverage extra cores I would love to see some benchmarks of a Mantle game (Battlefield 4 being the obvious choice) running on a high end AMD CPU (FX-8350 perhaps) and on the i7 5960X.

 

EDIT: Or just DX11 vs Mantle on the i7 5960X.

[SMURG]

How come the 4790k was faster for Handbrake?

Anantech shows the 5960X being better (http://www.anandtech.com/show/8426/the-intel-haswell-e-cpu-review-core-i7-5960x-i7-5930k-i7-5820k-tested/7), which is what I'd have expected (although apparently the 5820k is a bit slower). I appreciate these settings could have been different, but why would they cause the program to prefer faster cores over more cores?

[The Gaige]

I'll take the i7-5930K, I thank it's the best bang for you buck with the 40 lanes as a posed to the 28 lanes the 5920K has!

[PrinceOfLove]

Can you do an overclocking guide to the 5960x (or x99 in general)? I have mine at 4.3ghz but it is just with the Asus "overclocking for idiots" button. 

[Valentyn]

How come the 4790k was faster for Handbrake?

Anantech shows the 5960X being better (http://www.anandtech.com/show/8426/the-intel-haswell-e-cpu-review-core-i7-5960x-i7-5930k-i7-5820k-tested/7), which is what I'd have expected (although apparently the 5820k is a bit slower). I appreciate these settings could have been different, but why would they cause the program to prefer faster cores over more cores?

Anandtech ran Handbrake with 2 4K video samples, Linus used 1080p

[Ashley]

When is SATA Express SSDs going to be available?

Early 2015 supposedly, but I'd bet that PCI/M.2 are going to win out in the long term.

[exyia]

I really want a video that explains "real" video edition/production that JUSTIFIES these 6 (and now 8) core platforms

 

there are so many people out there that think "video editing" is with windows movie maker or sony vegas pro - when in reality those are so basic they can be accomplished by "mainstream" platforms

 

would really help stop the misinformation spread / bad advice on what actual kind of "workstation" work should consider 6+ cores and those that should be more realistic

 

we got a hint of this with Edzel on the last WAN show and it was interesting to listen too