re: PC Discussion - Gaming, Performance and Enthusiasts

kids definitely won't be boring.

ZNope. I got ya by a bit.

I'll turn 56 on Jost Van Dyke, BVI. I turned 55 on St. Kitts and 54 on St. John. Birthdays at island beach bars are the bomb.

I would love to have my 25th birthday at any of those islands.

BVIs was one of my favorite trips ever. Foxys was one of my favorite bar experiences

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Make sure you hit up Elvis' Beach Bar on Sandy Ground

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will do, mind if I hit you up for info?

I have asked a few on the travel board, we can keep it there so we don't clutter this thread with travel stuff.

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Really excited about the upcoming Skylake-E (Now X). Not for the extra 2 cores for base models but higher clocks. Broadwell-E is not a great overclocker. So we are stuck around 4.2-4.3 stable for daily use.



Anadtech - Leak? Skylake-X (Core i9) Lineup and Specifications

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Core i9-7920X
12C/24T
16.5MB L3
44 PCIe lanes
Clocks TBD (August Launch)

Core i9-7900X
10C/20T
13.75MB L3
44 PCIe Lanes
3.3Ghz Base
4.3Ghz Turbo 2.0
4.5Ghz Turbo 3.0!

Core i9-7820X
8C/16T
11MB L3
28 PCIe Lanes
3.6Ghz Base
4.3Ghz Turbo 2.0
4.5Ghz Turbo 3.0

Core i9-7800X
6C/12T
8.25MB L3
28 PCIe Lanes
3.5Ghz Base
4.0Ghz Turbo 2.0

Core i7-7740K
4C/8T
8MB L3
16 PCIe Lanes
4.3Ghz Base
4.5Ghz Turbo 2.0

Core i7-7640K
4C/4T
6MB L3
16 PCIe Lanes
4.0Ghz Base
4.2Ghz Turbo 2.0

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Hopefully they use better TIM than whatever they used for the 7700k. 

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This won't change. It has been that way for awhile.

Edt: While more than likely not to change. It isn't their enthusiast line. Plus works fine even with semi-OCs.

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What's weird is the 4C/4T still being labeled i7, unless that's a typo.

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Its probably a typo. Im guessing the 4C/4T and the 4C/8T will be labeled Kaby Lake-X.

AMD confirms Computex Press Event. Appears it will be Vega and the Ryzen enthusiast CPUs.

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Computex takes place from May 31 to June 3, with AMD scheduling its press conference for the first day of the convention at 10:00 AM. It makes sense that AMD would use Computex as a launchpad for Vega, as there are no other major events scheduled between then and the end of June.

We're less sure (but still optimistic) about Whitehaven. Engineering samples for AMD's forthcoming enthusiast grade Ryzen CPUs were recently spotted in the wild, each one wielding 16 physical cores and 32 threads. It's rumored that Whitehaven will require a new socket, just as Intel's enthusiasts chips do, to accommodate a bump to quad-channel memory support and more PCI-Express lanes.

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You don't have enough compute power for that 16GB. I'm fine with GDDR6 honestly. HBM is not showing real benefits yet.

I surely hope VEGA can hold up. But then we have Volta within 6months. It has been 2yrs since AMD released flagships. That frenqunecy will never get nVidia to drop their stupid fckking prices.