Intel's six-core, twelve-threaded
Core i7-980X Extreme Edition has turned the hardcore gaming community on its head, and just about everyone is scrounging around in a (mostly futile) attempt to locate $999. For those in dire need of an entire system replacement, it seems that today's the day to start looking. Shortly after we heard that this 32nm Gulftown chip would be landing with
Alienware and
Origin PC rigs, a veritable plethora of other outfits have shown up to make similar announcements. Digital Storm has popped an overclocked (4.4GHz) version into its
Black|OPS machine (which conveniently
starts at $5,642, while
CyberPower is now offering the silicon in its Black Mamba, Black Pearl and Gamer Xtreme 3D machines. Maingear's also sliding said CPU into its world-beating
Shift "supercomputer," and anyone shopping a high-end Velocity Micro system will also see the option. We suspect most every other PC maker in existence will be following suit soon, so if your prefab PC builder hasn't yet jumped on the bandwagon, just hold tight.
Real tight.
posted March 16th 2010 8:12PM
Holy shit! O_O
What case is that? It is interesting that the video cards are vertical.
@Broseph It's a bit like Silverstone's design for the Raven series and the Fortress FT02.
On a different point, I think the 980X is incredibly overpriced and overblown for gaming - no game takes advantage of 6 cores, and they're mostly GPU limited. You're essentially blowing 1 grand on not that much improvement over a 920/930.
@Broseph
that is very cool since heat rises. I also wonder if that puts less stress on the motherboard.
@Broseph It's a custom case Maingear bought from Silverstone.
@r3loaded -- "I think the 980X is incredibly overpriced and overblown for gaming - no game takes advantage of 6 cores..."
Which comes first... 6-core games... or 6-core chips?
While we're at it... chicken or egg?
:)
@Michael Scrip I dont want my games to take advantage of 6 cores. And haven't we heard enough morons come up with this excuse EVERY SINGLE TIME a new CPU comes out with more cores? Clearly they aren't gonna start developing my games to use 6 cores BEFORE a 6 core processor comes out.
I want 6 cores and eventually 8 cores, because I MULTITASK. I have WMP open, usually around 5 browser pages going with things I'm randomly looking at, Utorrent is going, I'm in a game, usually WoW. I need more than 2 cores for that to run smoothly. 4 cores is generally fine, but I'm seeing more and more than my Core 2 Quad needs to get replaced.
Just because there are no games that use 6 cores, doesn't mean that's the ONLY thing this CPU is made for. Pull your head out of wherever and look at the big picture once in a while.
For almost 6 grand that thing better be a great gaming machine for awhile.
@Ryan Hemler
That machine is complete overkill for any game on the market or to be released for some time. That is a supercomputer right there!
I figured out it is a MainGear PC case.
Would it be wrong if I wanted to (or might have) make love to this machine?
OMG!!
The perfect gaming rig?
The chassis does look pretty sweet but seriously why is this 980x gonna be turning the gaming community on its head? Are people finding the current crop of i7s insufficient, I mean seriously I doubt even the 920 will be bottlenecking your system...even if you had a 5970 in it!
@TacticalTimbo
by "hardcore gamers" engadget probably meant "PC enthusiasts".
@jon
It's been out for months in Europe and unofficialy in North America and all over the world.
Who cares about the official launch...
*looks at my Pentium 4*
*facepalm*
*i won't up-rank you if you continue writing like this*
@Aguiluz Looks at my Athlon XP. *facefist*
lol i accidentally clicked in the plus sign! srsly
@JackBauer
don't worry, I neutralized the threat.
@Dood
Really? Please tell me where I can buy an HD2 with North American 3G.
I'm serious, I'll place my order right now.
I believe this would be an appropriate time to play the song,
"Jizz in my pants".
Nothing says EXCESSIVE COMPUTING POWER like a black monolith of a full ATX case, with just the right amount of porche red highlighting and cold, oppressive sprinkling of blue LEDs. Teehee~
Digital Storm is the only quality company in that list.
Well......i give it a month to be obsolete. :P jk
I'd prefer building one of those myself. Wouldn't get the 1337 1i9u1d \/\/473r c001in9 5y573m, but the parts would cost ~1/3 of the $5642 they're asking for.
Off topic, the chassis in the picture is pretty sweet.
If only PC gaming was doing better (compared to consoles at least) to really warrant these amazing rigs. : /
@RKN Totally agree, spent a fortune building a rig with the hope of rekindling the feeling I used to get when playing, before I left the PC scene a few years back...it was a shame when I finished it and realised there isn't really that much being developed for the PC any more.
@jon it'll be out on tmo in about a week
Do computer games even require that much processing power? I mean...isn't it all in the graphics card? How many frames can your eye actually take in? I think the CPU processing needs for games is way less than what many people think and the real power is just in the graphics card. Sounds to me like a marketing scam.
I can't find this processor listed for $1000 anywhere by itself. Everyone is marking up the cost to atleast $1070. What the hell?!
@Broderbund
Yeah, I know. That's what I'm waiting for.
Just as well that these guys didn't cover it. Aside form t-mob's pay-to-play apps, nothing new was announced.
Ok, a six core processor when most programs haven't even started using 4 cores. Yeah, this is a sound investment.
That case is awesome! Damn!
@jon
Try expansys or pdaplaza.
I bought at pdaplaza when I was in Canada and at expansys when I was in Europe. But expansys also have a site for US.
Parse error: expected ")" near "$5,642". ;)
@Dood
Not sure if you're trolling or confused.
What part of North American 3G did you miss?
If I wanted a half-assed HD2 I would have ordered one in November.
@jon
Not sure if you intended to reply in such agressive manner (that's how I read it anyways).
FWIW, I apologize for not catching on your 3G 900 mHz question.
@Dood
Yeah sorry, wasn't shooting for aggressive.
Your replies struck me as kind of trollish, so I bit back a little.
Also I'm a little disappointed by the T-mob event tonight.
Though finding out it's running 6.5 rather than 6.5.3 was nice.
This is literally, 99% the perfect phone for me, and I'm hungry for news.
I'm going to have to be happy with my i7 930 processor because I'm not paying for this one. Screw that.