Release the Kraken - i7 990x

**loften** · 11-30-2010, 12:48 AM

wow... that is some serious speed there.. too much money for me though... i am stuck on my i5 750 rig and out of work atm..

hey movie i met a old Cisco guy a while back... i radiant heated his Ferrari barn.. he had like 15 of them suckers in every flavor on one side of the barn and a bunch of hot rods on the other side.. even had one of the Schumacher championship race cars in there.. what a amazing place to be..

**oZZy_tv** · 12-02-2010, 11:41 PM

P.S. i don't have this cpu. picture was just stolen from other source.

**Garrett** · 12-03-2010, 02:11 AM

Originally Posted by oZZy_tv

P.S. i don't have this cpu. picture was just stolen from other source.

Well nevertheless it's quite impressive... I'm guessing this is watercooled...
You don't want to push near 1.7v through a Gulftown on air lol

**CobraXP** · 12-05-2010, 01:40 PM

Just got mine... love it

**modboxx** · 12-07-2010, 10:29 AM

Were you guys getting these from? where can i buy?

**CobraXP** · 12-07-2010, 11:54 AM

they are chosen to test them

**Filter** · 12-07-2010, 01:12 PM

im confused whats better a higher buss speed or a higher core speed?

everyone seems all over the charts.

i just got my new 980x and dont know which is better.

**enkie** · 12-07-2010, 03:04 PM

Originally Posted by CobraXP

Just got mine... love it

Nice

**sdsdv10** · 12-07-2010, 03:57 PM

Originally Posted by Filter

im confused whats better a higher buss speed or a higher core speed?

everyone seems all over the charts.

i just got my new 980x and dont know which is better.

It depends on your situation.

My understanding is raising the BCLK (bus speed) raises the speed of the entire system (cores, imc, memory, etc). If what you want to do is bandwidth limited you want to do a BCLK overclock. This does put more "strain" on all of the computers subsystems. If however, if you use you computer for applications that are not bandwidth limited then raising the multiplier is fine. With triple channel memory, the x58 platform has pretty good bandwidth without overclocking the rest of the CPU. I believe a good example of a non-bandwidth limited program is Folding@home or WCG (world computing grid). The don't move really large blocks of data but do a lot of fp (floating point) type of calculations. I'm sure someone here will correct me if I'm wrong.

To aid the discussion, could you explain more what you plan to do with your computer (the types of applications you plan to run).

**Filter** · 12-07-2010, 07:08 PM

i play wow couple hours a night. F@h the rest and while i play.

and ill proabbly play the new starwars mmo when it comes out.

i bought this cpu to F@h with.

**beaker7** · 01-10-2011, 10:31 AM

When are these released?

**zalbard** · 01-10-2011, 10:32 AM

February, I think...

**Postmodum** · 01-12-2011, 02:34 PM

Amazing Criminal

( Portuguese comment: Incrivel ! Parabens aí pelo trabalho! Abraço de Portugal )

**FabricioGS** · 01-12-2011, 04:20 PM

LOL loved the topic name

(Mais um parabéns em português, do Brasil!)

@topic what a destroyer chip. I'm aiming for the 970, the only that fits on my pocket atm

**Donnie27** · 01-14-2011, 09:16 AM

Originally Posted by Movieman

My first build cost me $1250.00 back in 2000.
A 700MHz AMD slot A.
As to these high end systems it's all about what your interests are.
I don't drink, do a vacation once a year for a few days.
This is what I enjoy spending my money on.
A laugh for you:
A friend of the family is a big shot with Cisco.
Was talking with him one day and PC's came up.
I said for a chuckle " I probably have better machines here than you guys do.
He said I doubt it, then he came over and for 20 mins was standing there doing a

Love it..
and I hope your right on the pricing

Yes and my 1994 build cost me about $1700, LOL!

**Nightprowler_77** · 01-14-2011, 01:45 PM

I received mine the other day.. So far looking good.

**diezel** · 01-14-2011, 08:37 PM

you received a 990x or a 995x i am waiting for the 995x

**zalbard** · 02-01-2011, 05:04 AM

Core i7-990X ships in Europe

**k0rnh0li0** · 02-01-2011, 08:38 AM

soon 980x will be buyable soon. maybe? 970's are what 550? make a couple hundred in a month and a 980x will soon be with you. or Xeon's FTW

**xarot** · 02-02-2011, 03:37 AM

Do you mean the 980X price will drop? I don't think so. Maybe you can get some OEM or second hand from eBay a little cheaper though (like 450-600 €).

**marcolecorse** · 02-02-2011, 06:39 PM

Originally Posted by CobraXP

Just got mine... love it

**Callsign_Vega** · 02-02-2011, 08:04 PM

You guys buying these chips retail in Europe? If so thats good, means they will be available world-wide soon. Is there really going to be a 990x and a 995x? Only difference being a 100Mhz or so difference?