Intel Core I9-9990XE: Up to 5.0 GHz, Auction Only

Re:Intel Core I9-9990XE: Up to 5.0 GHz, Auction Only by walrus01 on Tuesday January 15, 2019 @03:28AM (#18909597)

255W TDP for a single socket, holy shit, that pretty much demands a 280mm radiator size water cooling loop setup (2 x 140mm fans).

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Re:Intel Core I9-9990XE: Up to 5.0 GHz, Auction Only by JustAPerson on Tuesday January 15, 2019 @04:20AM (#18909855)

I kind of like this trend of power-hungry beastly CPUs. The AMD 2990WX is also rated 250W (but for 32c/64t@3GHz). I have one with a 280mm AIO, and it sees high 60C under load at stock frequencies. I can only overclock to 3.4GHz while sustaining heavy compute 24/7 and that's probably drawing close to 400W and heats up to mid 80C (in a room with 20C ambient). It's a pleasant space heater for the winter.

Hoping to see AMD continue to push the HEDT threshold. Let the server market have their underclocked power-efficient processors. Though to be honest if things go much further I'm going to need a custom waterloop next generation.

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Re:Intel Core I9-9990XE: Up to 5.0 GHz, Auction Only by chx on Tuesday January 15, 2019 @07:48AM (#18910754)

Tom's Hardware has been doing excellent power consumption analysis for years and they measured the 2990WX with PBO (factory overclocking) enabled to consume 500W in torture loop. https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/amd-ryzen-threadripper-...

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Re:Intel Core I9-9990XE: Up to 5.0 GHz, Auction Only by cmiller1 on Tuesday January 15, 2019 @09:20AM (#18911236)

Pfffft, only 280mm? Time to upgrade: https://www.lytron.com/Cooling-Systems/Standard/Recirculatin...

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Re:Intel Core I9-9990XE: Up to 5.0 GHz, Auction Only by walrus01 on Tuesday January 15, 2019 @10:18AM (#18911689)

Reminds me of the people who overclocked a slot based AMD athlon to 1GHz, setting a new record for the time, with a refrigeration loop.

https://www.anandtech.com/show/432/2

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