Core i7-5960X price | KitGuru https://www.kitguru.net KitGuru.net - Tech News | Hardware News | Hardware Reviews | IOS | Mobile | Gaming | Graphics Cards Wed, 03 Sep 2014 15:07:18 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 https://www.kitguru.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cropped-KITGURU-Light-Background-SQUARE2-32x32.png Core i7-5960X price | KitGuru https://www.kitguru.net 32 32 Asus clarifies situation with OC sockets: CPUs have warranty https://www.kitguru.net/components/cpu/anton-shilov/asus-clarifies-situation-with-oc-sockets-cpus-are-covered-with-warranty/ https://www.kitguru.net/components/cpu/anton-shilov/asus-clarifies-situation-with-oc-sockets-cpus-are-covered-with-warranty/#respond Wed, 03 Sep 2014 14:54:37 +0000 http://www.kitguru.net/?p=210191 Asustek Computer on Wednesday clarified the situation with its custom LGA2011-3 O.C. sockets as well as warranty that covers Intel Corp.’s processors. The mainboard maker denied that Intel’s warranty does not cover chips used with O.C. sockets and stated that the sockets are absolutely safe to use. A new statement by Intel confirms Asus’ claims. …

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Asustek Computer on Wednesday clarified the situation with its custom LGA2011-3 O.C. sockets as well as warranty that covers Intel Corp.’s processors. The mainboard maker denied that Intel’s warranty does not cover chips used with O.C. sockets and stated that the sockets are absolutely safe to use. A new statement by Intel confirms Asus’ claims.

As reported, Asustek’s LGA2011-3 O.C. sockets feature pins which Intel uses only for testing of chips, but does not utilise on commercial products. The additional pins allow to increase core voltage (Vcore) of Intel Core i7-5800-/5900-series “Haswell-E” microprocessors to 2.1V – 2.2V, up from 1.2V. The increase of CPU Vcore enables overclockers to reach higher clock-rates  than on motherboards made by other makers.

According to Gareth Ogden, a marketing manager at Asus U.K., Intel does not validate any third-party mainboards, but only its reference sockets and designs. The chipmaker does not authenticate third party’s custom VRM solutions, BIOS tuning, or PCB layout and memory topology designs. This does not affect its warranties.

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“Intel tested and validated its new Core i7 Extreme desktop processors with the Intel socket 2011-v3 only to bring the best performance and experience possible to the end user,” a statement by Intel reads. “Support for other socket designs is beyond the scope of Intel's validation effort on the HSW-E platform.”

Asustek Computer validates its own enhancements, such as the OC socket, in a bid to assure full compatibility. The company can guarantee that its mainboards based on the Intel X99 core-logic set are safe for microprocessors and other components.

“So the short-short version is that Intel never stated OC Socket voids the warranty,” said Mr. Ogden. “Intel’s warranty remains the same as it always has been – same for us, same for everyone else. Same as it has been for many previous generations of boards too – all of which were custom designs too of course.”

To sum up, Intel’s warranty continues to cover microprocessors used on all mainboards under normal conditions. At the same time, the warranty does not cover central processing units damaged as a result of overclocking.

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KitGuru Says: All-in-all, Asustek’s OC sockets are perfectly safe to use, microprocessors from Intel are covered with warranties no matter in which sockets are installed. Looks like there was a huge misunderstanding with an earlier report on the matter.

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Asus: CPUs used with LGA2011-3 O.C. sockets should be covered with warranty https://www.kitguru.net/components/cpu/anton-shilov/asus-cpus-used-with-lga2011-3-o-c-sockets-should-be-covered-with-warranty/ https://www.kitguru.net/components/cpu/anton-shilov/asus-cpus-used-with-lga2011-3-o-c-sockets-should-be-covered-with-warranty/#comments Tue, 02 Sep 2014 22:46:44 +0000 http://www.kitguru.net/?p=210042 UPDATE: Asus clarifies situation with OC sockets: CPUs are covered with warranty As reported, Asustek Computer’s mainboards based on Intel Corp.’s X99 platform are equipped with special sockets that feature additional contacts not used on commercial mainboards by other makers. The contacts allow to better overclock Intel’s Core i7-5800-/5900-series “Haswell-E” microprocessors, but Intel claims that usage …

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UPDATE: Asus clarifies situation with OC sockets: CPUs are covered with warranty

As reported, Asustek Computer’s mainboards based on Intel Corp.’s X99 platform are equipped with special sockets that feature additional contacts not used on commercial mainboards by other makers. The contacts allow to better overclock Intel’s Core i7-5800-/5900-series “Haswell-E” microprocessors, but Intel claims that usage of such sockets voids warranty. Asus argues that the warranty should not be voided.

Asustek’s LGA2011-3 O.C. sockets feature pins which Intel uses only for testing of chips, but does not allow their usage on commercial products. The additional pins allow to increase core voltage (Vcore) to 2.1V – 2.2V, up from 1.2V. The significant increase of Vcore enables overclockers to boost clock-rates of Intel Core i7-5800-/5900-series “Haswell-E” microprocessors more significantly than on other motherboards. However, the chip giant has warned that usage of the O.C. sockets and additional pins voids warranty, reports ComputerBase.de.

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Intel claims that usage of the O.C. sockets have not been validated for commercial systems. Asustek argues that the design of the socket is akin to design of non-reference voltage regulating module (VRM) or covering LGA pins with gold. Therefore, the warranty should not be voided.

The result of the dispute between the chipmaker and the manufacturer of motherboards remains to be seen. Typically, Intel allows its close partners, such as Asus, to re-engineer its platforms quite significantly. Nonetheless, all the situations are individual.

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KitGuru Says: Damaging microprocessors as a result of overclocking always voids warranty. Therefore, the reasons why Intel is so unhappy because of the OC socket are not completely clear.

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Prices of Intel Core i7 ‘Haswell-E’ chips revealed https://www.kitguru.net/components/cpu/anton-shilov/prices-of-intel-core-i7-haswell-e-chips-revealed/ https://www.kitguru.net/components/cpu/anton-shilov/prices-of-intel-core-i7-haswell-e-chips-revealed/#respond Tue, 26 Aug 2014 22:58:51 +0000 http://www.kitguru.net/?p=209055 A web-site has published an Intel Corp.’s presentation that confirms specifications of the company’s upcoming high-end desktop (HEDT) microprocessors code-named “Haswell-E” and reveals their prices. Without a lot of surprises, the next-generation processors for extreme performance enthusiasts will cost similar amount of money as existing Core i7 Extreme chips: from around $400 to around $1000 …

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A web-site has published an Intel Corp.’s presentation that confirms specifications of the company’s upcoming high-end desktop (HEDT) microprocessors code-named “Haswell-E” and reveals their prices. Without a lot of surprises, the next-generation processors for extreme performance enthusiasts will cost similar amount of money as existing Core i7 Extreme chips: from around $400 to around $1000 per unit depending on the model.

As expected, the new HEDT family of microprocessors in LGA2011-v3 packaging will consist of three models and will be priced as follows, according to VideoCardz web-site:

  • Intel Core i7-5960X – eight cores, 3.0GHz/3.50GHz clock-rate, 20MB cache, 40 PCI Express 3.0 lanes – $999;
  • Intel Core i7-5930K – six cores, 3.50GHz/3.70GHz clock-rate, 15MB cache, 40 PCI Express 3.0 lanes – $583;
  • Intel Core i7-5820K – six cores, 3.30GHz/3.60GHz clock-rate, 15MB cache, 28 PCI Express 3.0 lanes – $389;

The price of Intel’s top-of-the-range client microprocessor remains on the same level, around $1000, despite of lack of competition. However, given the fact that the eight-core Core i7-5960X features relatively low clock-rates, it is likely that in many scenarios the six-core Core i7-5930K with higher frequencies will actually be faster than the most expensive model.

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Still, if one wants to get a system that will work for over three years, it makes sense to get the Core i7-5960X, Intel’s first client eight-core microprocessor, overclock it and hope that it will not degrade over time. In the future programs will actually take advantage of eight cores. In multi-threaded applications the eight-core chip should deliver tangible performance improvement over six-core brethren already now, according to Intel, but not all apps take advantage of eight cores/sixteen-threads at present.

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Intel Core i7-5800/5900-series microprocessors for enthusiasts will rely on Intel X99 platforms and will require DDR4 memory modules. The new chips will be formally introduced on the 29th of August, 2014.

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Intel did not comment on the news-story.

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KitGuru Says: Thanks to unofficial leaks, we now know almost everything about Intel’s Core i7 “Haswell-E” microprocessors. The main intrigue is how fast they are in real-world applications.

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