WEBVTT 00:00:00.400 --> 00:00:05.759 2008 was an interesting year. The Large 00:00:03.520 --> 00:00:10.320 Hadron Collider was fired up for the first time. There was an historic 00:00:07.680 --> 00:00:15.519 election in the US. We were all treated to that incredible Olympic ceremony in 00:00:12.719 --> 00:00:20.880 Beijing. And might Shyamala Lama Lalan made another horrible movie. Wait, this 00:00:18.480 --> 00:00:26.800 is a tech channel. Oh, right. Yeah. It also marked Intel's adoption of a brand 00:00:23.600 --> 00:00:29.439 new naming scheme for its CPUs with the 00:00:26.800 --> 00:00:34.680 high end of its processor range becoming Core i7 for the first time. Although 00:00:32.640 --> 00:00:42.800 curiously, these chips contained four cores and eight threads, which h anyway, 00:00:39.920 --> 00:00:49.360 9 years later, Intel is expanding this scheme again with the i9. And I'm not 00:00:47.360 --> 00:00:56.320 talking about an expensive Bavarian concept car. Intel is now calling its 00:00:52.000 --> 00:00:59.039 highestend consumer processors Core i9. 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 00:01:01.600 --> 00:01:06.720 i9's are part of the Skylake X family, 00:01:04.720 --> 00:01:12.400 continuing with Intel's theme of releasing enthusiast level CPUs with a 00:01:09.840 --> 00:01:18.080 one generation older micro architecture than the mainstream processor family. 00:01:15.040 --> 00:01:21.920 However, unlike mainstream parts, Core 00:01:18.080 --> 00:01:25.759 i9 SKUs feature 10 cores on the lowest 00:01:21.920 --> 00:01:30.080 end with models with 12, 14, 16, and 00:01:25.759 --> 00:01:32.159 even 18 cores forthcoming as well. And 00:01:30.080 --> 00:01:38.799 they all feature hyperthreading, meaning you'll get anywhere between 20 and 36 00:01:36.040 --> 00:01:44.280 threads. So, it's not surprising then that Intel is pushing these new chips as 00:01:41.360 --> 00:01:50.320 solutions for what it calls mega tasking, a term defined by the Intel 00:01:47.119 --> 00:01:52.560 marketing department as simultaneously 00:01:50.320 --> 00:01:57.439 running multi-threaded hard-hitting workloads like gaming, streaming, and 00:01:54.560 --> 00:02:02.320 recording on multiple monitors at once. Content creation like video, audio, and 00:02:00.000 --> 00:02:06.960 image editing for the same project at once. Or, you know, what to hell with 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 00:02:11.920 --> 00:02:20.160 performance improvements in lightly threaded workloads. In addition to the 00:02:16.640 --> 00:02:22.160 usual claims of slightly boosted raw IPC 00:02:20.160 --> 00:02:30.080 over the previous generation, they've also updated Turbo Boost 3.0. Now, all 00:02:26.319 --> 00:02:34.000 Core i9 and the Core i7 7820X will 00:02:30.080 --> 00:02:37.599 feature two preferred strongest cores 00:02:34.000 --> 00:02:40.239 for turbo frequencies and overclocking 00:02:37.599 --> 00:02:46.080 that is better than the others instead of just one strongest core, which could 00:02:42.879 --> 00:02:48.800 benefit applications like CPUbound gains 00:02:46.080 --> 00:02:53.120 that might use more than one core, but won't take significant advantage of more 00:02:51.200 --> 00:02:58.720 than two. But whether you're getting a Core i9, an 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, 00:03:02.720 --> 00:03:10.319 these new chips will all use the new LGA 00:03:06.599 --> 00:03:13.599 2066 socket. So, they won't be backwards 00:03:10.319 --> 00:03:15.840 compatible with any older boards. The 00:03:13.599 --> 00:03:22.800 good news, though, is that thanks to the shiny new X299 chipset, you'll get 00:03:18.720 --> 00:03:27.680 support for up to three PCI Express 3.0 00:03:22.800 --> 00:03:30.640 X4 SSDs with a total of up to 44 PCIe 00:03:27.680 --> 00:03:36.400 lanes directly off the CPU. So then depending on which CPU you choose, that 00:03:33.519 --> 00:03:41.360 can mean tons of bandwidth for more graphics cards, more NVMe storage, and 00:03:39.440 --> 00:03:46.879 other expansion cards that need lots of throughput, too, like Thunderbolt 3, for 00:03:43.680 --> 00:03:49.760 example. Of course, all of this is going 00:03:46.879 --> 00:03:56.239 to come at a price with Core i9 CPUs starting at a cool 00:03:52.760 --> 00:04:00.480 $1,000 all the way up to 2 grand for the 00:03:56.239 --> 00:04:03.040 top end 18 core model. Yikes. And even 00:04:00.480 --> 00:04:08.319 though KBL X processors will start at the mid200s, they lack quad channel 00:04:06.159 --> 00:04:12.959 memory support and have fewer PCIe lanes. So, folks will effectively be 00:04:10.480 --> 00:04:17.519 paying extra for features on pricey high-end motherboards that they won't 00:04:14.959 --> 00:04:24.639 even be able to use unless they upgrade their CPU down the line. But whatever 00:04:21.199 --> 00:04:27.840 you choose to buy or not buy, all of 00:04:24.639 --> 00:04:30.320 this is definitely good news in that 00:04:27.840 --> 00:04:35.280 competition is finally ramping up in the CPU industry for the first time in over 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 00:04:40.479 --> 00:04:46.639 just want faster computers in general. I don't care who 00:04:43.560 --> 00:04:49.280 wins. Speaking of who wins, you can win 00:04:46.639 --> 00:04:54.160 by installing Tunnel BearVPN. 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