Thanks to AMD, Intel dropped $1000 off the new Cascade Lake 18 core

Intel's Cascade Lake-X CPU for High-End Desktops: 18 cores for Under $1000

no way that happens without the new releases from AMD

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Yep need some real numbers instead of dream a little dream numbers.
Intel may just not be as picky as they have been with binning

Hard to believe but never know seeing amd can usually only do 4.5 all core maybe Intel will be the same lucky to do 4.5 and could be less than that.
Oops I suppose we are lucky to do 4.5 all core and not thermal throttle

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Needless to say I'm stalling plans to buy a 6950x now it seems silly now sitting here with a spare x299 board/ memory/...

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A 10980xe will pull a lot of power out the wall socket make no mistake and psu will need to be pretty beefy not even sure a 1200w is enough for it and a single 2080ti

And AMD is getting ready to release the Gen 4 CPU for laptops early next year and he Desktop CPU around June 2020.

And fanboys say AMD is useless, tsk tsk.

https://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/9267/intel-core-i9-10980xe-cascade-lake-processor-review/index8.html


Intel Core i9 10980XE processor review - Final Words & Conclusion