Ketxxx
Heedless Psychic
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System Name | Ravens Talon |
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Processor | AMD R7 3700X @ 4.4GHz 1.3v |
Motherboard | MSI X570 Tomahawk |
Cooling | Modded 240mm Coolermaster Liquidmaster |
Memory | 2x16GB Klevv BoltX 3600MHz & custom timings |
Video Card(s) | Powercolor 6800XT Red Devil |
Storage | 250GB Asgard SSD, 1TB Integral SSD, 2TB Seagate Barracuda |
Display(s) | 27" BenQ Mobiuz |
Case | NZXT Phantom 530 |
Audio Device(s) | Asus Xonar DX 7.1 PCI-E |
Power Supply | 1000w Supernova |
Software | Windows 10 x64 |
Benchmark Scores | Fast. I don't need epeen. |
1. Well it is offiically the enthusiast platform. Socket 115X is the mainstream platform. And yes, performance wise 2011 still is the best.
2. Of course £44 isn't $45 but it is close enough, its 4AM here and I'm too lazy to do the conversion or type the alt code. And technically, the laser cutting would remove part of the silicon, so technically what I'm actually receiving in terms of physical product would be less with a non-K product...if you really want to be technical. However, the process of locking/unlocking the processor that Intel does isn't simply laser locking. After the CPU is binned, the information detailing clock speed, locked or unlocked status, cache availability, HT function, and model number are all laser hardcoded into the CPU. All the processors go through this step, it isn't skipped on unlocked processor because at the very least their clock speeds and model information still need to be set. And going way back to the Athlon XP days, Intel's unlocked processors were all extreme edition processors, and the price premium was usually $700-800 because they usually cost $1000 or more. And there were no official unlocked Athlon XPs, to get an Athlon XP with an unlocked multiplier you had to do a physical mod to the processor.
1. Just because something carries the word "official" it doesn't make it true. I wasn't (and still aren't) talking about which platform gives you the most performance, I covered that. I am talking about which platforms is the most technologically advanced, again thats Z77 and Z87, not skt 2011.
2. Intel still sell EE CPUs with a massive 600-1000 premium so your point there is moot. The K series just allowed intel to bat the ball closer to what AMD do, but my point here, and always has been (probably my fault for not clarifying better I get wrapped up in details too much for my own good sometimes) that the K series at a £44 premium is still too much when intel don't even offer a enthusiast friendly warranty with the K series CPUs, by which I mean your warranty isn't void if you OC a K series CPU. Last I read even with K CPUs if you OC them intel say your warranty is void.