1 00:00:00,400 --> 00:00:05,759 2008 was an interesting year. The Large 2 00:00:03,520 --> 00:00:10,320 Hadron Collider was fired up for the first time. There was an historic 3 00:00:07,680 --> 00:00:15,519 election in the US. We were all treated to that incredible Olympic ceremony in 4 00:00:12,719 --> 00:00:20,880 Beijing. And might Shyamala Lama Lalan made another horrible movie. Wait, this 5 00:00:18,480 --> 00:00:26,800 is a tech channel. Oh, right. Yeah. It also marked Intel's adoption of a brand 6 00:00:23,600 --> 00:00:29,439 new naming scheme for its CPUs with the 7 00:00:26,800 --> 00:00:34,680 high end of its processor range becoming Core i7 for the first time. Although 8 00:00:32,640 --> 00:00:42,800 curiously, these chips contained four cores and eight threads, which h anyway, 9 00:00:39,920 --> 00:00:49,360 9 years later, Intel is expanding this scheme again with the i9. And I'm not 10 00:00:47,360 --> 00:00:56,320 talking about an expensive Bavarian concept car. Intel is now calling its 11 00:00:52,000 --> 00:00:59,039 highestend consumer processors Core i9. 12 00:00:56,320 --> 00:01:04,720 Though once again, there won't be a 9 core model in the mix. The first Core 13 00:01:01,600 --> 00:01:06,720 i9's are part of the Skylake X family, 14 00:01:04,720 --> 00:01:12,400 continuing with Intel's theme of releasing enthusiast level CPUs with a 15 00:01:09,840 --> 00:01:18,080 one generation older micro architecture than the mainstream processor family. 16 00:01:15,040 --> 00:01:21,920 However, unlike mainstream parts, Core 17 00:01:18,080 --> 00:01:25,759 i9 SKUs feature 10 cores on the lowest 18 00:01:21,920 --> 00:01:30,080 end with models with 12, 14, 16, and 19 00:01:25,759 --> 00:01:32,159 even 18 cores forthcoming as well. And 20 00:01:30,080 --> 00:01:38,799 they all feature hyperthreading, meaning you'll get anywhere between 20 and 36 21 00:01:36,040 --> 00:01:44,280 threads. So, it's not surprising then that Intel is pushing these new chips as 22 00:01:41,360 --> 00:01:50,320 solutions for what it calls mega tasking, a term defined by the Intel 23 00:01:47,119 --> 00:01:52,560 marketing department as simultaneously 24 00:01:50,320 --> 00:01:57,439 running multi-threaded hard-hitting workloads like gaming, streaming, and 25 00:01:54,560 --> 00:02:02,320 recording on multiple monitors at once. Content creation like video, audio, and 26 00:02:00,000 --> 00:02:06,960 image editing for the same project at once. Or, you know, what to hell with 27 00:02:04,320 --> 00:02:13,840 it. We've got 18 processors. Why not do both at once? Intel is also boasting of 28 00:02:11,920 --> 00:02:20,160 performance improvements in lightly threaded workloads. In addition to the 29 00:02:16,640 --> 00:02:22,160 usual claims of slightly boosted raw IPC 30 00:02:20,160 --> 00:02:30,080 over the previous generation, they've also updated Turbo Boost 3.0. Now, all 31 00:02:26,319 --> 00:02:34,000 Core i9 and the Core i7 7820X will 32 00:02:30,080 --> 00:02:37,599 feature two preferred strongest cores 33 00:02:34,000 --> 00:02:40,239 for turbo frequencies and overclocking 34 00:02:37,599 --> 00:02:46,080 that is better than the others instead of just one strongest core, which could 35 00:02:42,879 --> 00:02:48,800 benefit applications like CPUbound gains 36 00:02:46,080 --> 00:02:53,120 that might use more than one core, but won't take significant advantage of more 37 00:02:51,200 --> 00:02:58,720 than two. But whether you're getting a Core i9, an 38 00:02:56,239 --> 00:03:06,599 updated Core i7, or even for some reason, a KBL Lake X Core i5 or Core i7, 39 00:03:02,720 --> 00:03:10,319 these new chips will all use the new LGA 40 00:03:06,599 --> 00:03:13,599 2066 socket. So, they won't be backwards 41 00:03:10,319 --> 00:03:15,840 compatible with any older boards. The 42 00:03:13,599 --> 00:03:22,800 good news, though, is that thanks to the shiny new X299 chipset, you'll get 43 00:03:18,720 --> 00:03:27,680 support for up to three PCI Express 3.0 44 00:03:22,800 --> 00:03:30,640 X4 SSDs with a total of up to 44 PCIe 45 00:03:27,680 --> 00:03:36,400 lanes directly off the CPU. So then depending on which CPU you choose, that 46 00:03:33,519 --> 00:03:41,360 can mean tons of bandwidth for more graphics cards, more NVMe storage, and 47 00:03:39,440 --> 00:03:46,879 other expansion cards that need lots of throughput, too, like Thunderbolt 3, for 48 00:03:43,680 --> 00:03:49,760 example. Of course, all of this is going 49 00:03:46,879 --> 00:03:56,239 to come at a price with Core i9 CPUs starting at a cool 50 00:03:52,760 --> 00:04:00,480 $1,000 all the way up to 2 grand for the 51 00:03:56,239 --> 00:04:03,040 top end 18 core model. Yikes. And even 52 00:04:00,480 --> 00:04:08,319 though KBL X processors will start at the mid200s, they lack quad channel 53 00:04:06,159 --> 00:04:12,959 memory support and have fewer PCIe lanes. So, folks will effectively be 54 00:04:10,480 --> 00:04:17,519 paying extra for features on pricey high-end motherboards that they won't 55 00:04:14,959 --> 00:04:24,639 even be able to use unless they upgrade their CPU down the line. But whatever 56 00:04:21,199 --> 00:04:27,840 you choose to buy or not buy, all of 57 00:04:24,639 --> 00:04:30,320 this is definitely good news in that 58 00:04:27,840 --> 00:04:35,280 competition is finally ramping up in the CPU industry for the first time in over 59 00:04:32,720 --> 00:04:42,479 half a decade. So, you know what I say? Go red team and also go blue team. I I 60 00:04:40,479 --> 00:04:46,639 just want faster computers in general. I don't care who 61 00:04:43,560 --> 00:04:49,280 wins. 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