for years now the high-end LGA 2011 socket had bells and whistles like quad
Channel memory support higher overall memory capacity more PCI Express Lanes
so therefore inherently better support for multi-graphics card setups and
finally support for processors with more than four cores so why is it that core
i5s and core i7s on the mainstream socket have been so popular with Gamers
overclockers and
enthusiasts
with the purchase of a qualifying Intel processor SSD or knck you could
instantly win an Intel gaming Jersey and be entered in the draw for the ultimate
system click now to learn more in the LGA 1366 days all the hardware nerds
went enthusiasts because that's where the hot offerings like the core i7 920
could be found but starting with sandybridge back in early 2011 Intel
started releasing their newer processor microarchitectures on the mainstream
platform first before bringing them to the Enthusiast platform so particularly
for gamers it was better to buy the lower end product for better
single-threaded performance often better overclocking much lower prices and even
more up-to-date feature sets Thunderbolt for example has never been available to
DIY consumers on LGA 2011 in fact the
only real reason to go Enthusiast was to get a six core processor but unless you
wanted a pretty slow Zeon those started at $1,000 until a year ago when the
4930k became available at the value price of nearly $600 still pretty
expensive but now they've finally done it with the release of the LGA 20113
socket and x99 chipset and the 5820k
5930k and 5960x CPUs to go with them
Intel has finally addressed my complaints and made the final step
towards reestablishing the really the sense ability of their two socket system
we've got LGA 1150 for mainstream consumers and LGA 20113 for enthusiasts
with all CPUs on both sockets featuring the latest Haswell micro architecture
except now in addition to more PCI E gen
3 Lanes except the 5820k which actually gets fewer and quad Channel memory we
get support for ddr4 which means higher speed memory at lower voltages with
lower power consumption and higher capacities in the future Thunderbolt
expansion capability better base clock overclocking and every LGA 20113 CPU has
at least six processing cores and 12 threads with hyper threading with the
th000 extreme Edition featuring eight cores and 16 threads but before you get
too excited it's not all pure sunshine and rainbows on LGA 20113 there are no
core i5s so in terms of pricing Haswell
e Enthusiast grade chips start where regular Haswell well and Devil's Canyon
ones leave off at around $400 on top of
that x99 boards and the ddr4 to go with
them are more expensive as well due to the higher cost of the chipset more
complicated board design and the engineering costs associated with
bringing a new platform to Market and then for the RAM it's just in such low
volumes in terms of manufacturing that it tends to be very very expensive every
time we transition memory Technologies but you guys didn't watch this video to
hear all that boring oh it's expensive stuff so let's show off the hardware for
today's performance overview of the brand new high-end
5960x first up is the board ASUS sent over their creatively named x99 Deluxe
the followup to our favorite last gen board around here the x79 deluxe and it
comes with some serious upgrades first up is those ddr4 memory slots that
support up to 64 gigs of ddr4 and with
the right kit we've confirmed this with the 3 GHz high-speed g-skill memory kit
that we ran our performance numbers with up to to 3,000 MHz ddr4 with some
creative XMP implementation that actually uses the
125 base clock strap and lowers the CPU
multiplier but kept our system stable throughout benching somehow in spite of
the slightly overclash CPU speed so there you go next we've got dramatically
improved storage capabilities the last gen board was stuck with only two native
SATA 3 ports and four with a Marvel controller well now we we get up to 12
with four of them capable of being used for up to two SATA Express 10 GB ports
and then on top of all that we get this fancy little bracket that allows an m.2
SSD to be installed that'll run at 10 gbit per second as well USB 3 has gotten
a significant upgrade as well with a total of 14 ports supported although I
personally wouldn't have minded seeing a couple of these replaced by a PS2 Port
some of us still like them um but since we're checking out the rear iio now
seems like a good time to mention the upgraded networking we've got better
better Intel networking now with slightly better performance lower CPU
utilization and more software prioritizations options we've also got
three spatial stream onboard AC Wireless that boasts 1.3 GB per second maximum
theoretical bandwidth and then finally not related to networking but also on
the back panel we've got upgraded onboard audio that features some of the
same technology that we've become accustomed to seeing on Rog boards like
Amplified headphone output and audio grade capacitors and whatnot onto the
UEFI BIOS there's been an aesthetic and functional overhaul we get all the fancy
little features that z97 users have been enjoying like the configurable favorite
submenu simplified overclocking and raid setup and finally inbios temperature
sensor controlled fan curve configuration that can handle either DC
or pwm control on any fan header on the
board or the little Molex power daughter board that you can reposition and that
acts as a controllable Fan Hub elsewhere in your system giving you up to eight
controllable fans oh yeah and it looks pretty sweet too I guess with white
shielding on the io and a sexy matte black PCB this is a big improvement over
the last generation gold thing they had going on on to the CPU today we'll be
focused on the Big Kahuna the 5960x this is an 8 core mother of a chip
that comes clocked at really 3 GHz Bas
that's it I mean sure it's got 20 Megs of level three cach compared to 15 Megs
on the lower end chips and two full extra course but 3 GHz stock 3.5 GHz max
turbo am I supposed to be impressed not until we start overclocking it something
anyone buying themselves in extreme Edition owes it to themselves to do
overclocked we got our chip running at 4.35 gz effortlessly at which speed we
were even able to run our ddr4 RAM at 3,000 MHz and we've seen reports around
the web of 3.6 GHz even without pushing
these things too hard on liquid cooling so so at that point is it fast well we
put it up against the consumer grade chip that has passed for highend up
until now the core i7 4790k to determine
exactly what's up with this CPU when it comes to gaming performance well until
directx12 lands with its supposed dramatic improvements to multi-threading
supporting games I think aor might be a
bit overkill for normal Gamers and higher per core clock speeds will
continue to be important but throw ing some of Ida 64's synthetic benchmarks at
it reveals a different story and back to the real world when we start feeding it
some truly multithreading optimized workload such as file compression and 3D
rendering the 5960x reveals itself as
the true multi-threading Beast that it is in fact once overclocked it's really
not that far off the $25,000 last gen 12 core xon that we
just put in edel's machine for editing and 3D
rendering so that's it for the extreme Edition but don't worry we're going to
be doing lots more content around Intel's latest truly Enthusiast grade
platform but we want your feedback on what you want to see from us should we
take a deep dive into the 5820k performance which aside from 12 F PCI
Express Lane seems to be the ultimate gamer and multitasker Sweet Spot should
we look into this new platform from a content creator perspective should we
quantify the real world difference between DDR3 and ddr4 in as close to an
Apple stles comparison as we can you let us know what kind of content we should
make thanks for watching guys and a huge thanks to gkill who sponsored today's
episode and provided the brand spanking new rip Jaws 4 ddr4 RAM featured in the
video we've been using gskill RAM in our test benches for a long time now we
trust their products and we're extremely happy to finally be working with them
from a sponsorship sort of level the specific kit that we showed off today is
a 4x4 gig 60 16 gig kit running at 3,000
MHz 1.35 Vol cl15 but they'll be
offering a very comprehensive lineup including a 16 kit gig kit that runs at
3200 MHz a 32 gig kit at 3,000 MHz and a
64 gig kit at 2800 MHz bananas G skill's
16 gig 3200 MHz kit actually holds the current ddr4 speed record at 404 MHz
pretty darn fast for such a new platform anyway guys if you need some ddr4
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