Intel Broadwell-E 10-Core Awesome Launch Day
It has been a couple years since the launch of Haswell-E and the awesome X99 and in keeping with tradition Intel has launched their new LGA 2011v3 processor based on the Broadwell-E architecture.
In the consumer space Broadwell was skipped over in favor of the Skylake core. While you could still buy a Broadwell LGA1150 processor it was designed for low powered systems and really didn't have any headroom for overclocking. Yes you could overclock the processor however, it wasn't really all that impressive.
I didn't think about it much back then but with the lower power consumption combined with a multi-core design and you can finally get more than 6-cores in a package and still be able to cool the beast. Match that with quad core DDR4 and.. ya just awesome!
Web Reviews - News
- Intel Broadwell-E Core i7-6900K & 6950X Review @ Vortez
- Intel Introduces New Enthusiast Broadwell-E Processors, Including 10-core i7-6950X @ Techgage
- Intel Broadwell-E i7-6950X & i7-6900K Review @ Hardware Canucks
- Intel Core i7-6950X Extreme Edition 10-Core CPU Review: Broadwell-E Arrives @ HotHardware
The only downside to the flagship processor is the price.
- Core i7 6950X (10-Core 3.0Ghz) @ $1700 USD
- Core i7 6850K (6-Core 3.6Ghz) @ $650 USD
- Core i7 6800K (6-Core 3.4Ghz) @ $650 USD
K and X skus come unlocked and both feature 140W TDP making them a drop-in replacement for Haswell-E. Also like with Haswell-E the 6950X processor is running considerably slower than the lower-end editions. It will be interesting to see which processor the enthusiasts buy into this round.
Given the considerable price increase and lack of an 8-core edition I suspect this round might be a dud.
