rickca Posted October 3, 2017 Share Posted October 3, 2017 Intel is launching its 8th generation core desktop processors on 10/5. This is the successor to Kaby Lake. Bad news ... you need a new motherboard (Z370) for these CPUs. So anyone considering a new build may want to review this announcement. Really interesting is the i3-8100 because it's incredibly cheap. This is a quad core i3 (no hyperthreading, no turbo boost) running at 3.6 GHz and TDP of 65w for only $117! Next up the line is the i3-8350K. It's an unlocked quad core (no hyperthreading, no turbo boost) running at 4 GHz and TDP of 91w for $168. The rest of the lineup are 6 cores. Compare to the i7-6700K which had a processor base frequency of 4 GHz (max turbo 4.2 GHz), TDP of 91w, hyperthreading and larger cache of 8MB vs only 6MB on i3-8350K. It certainly makes the i3-8350K look like a fantastic deal. Pareto Audio AMD 7700 Server --> Berkeley Alpha USB --> Jeff Rowland Aeris --> Jeff Rowland 625 S2 --> Focal Utopia 3 Diablos with 2 x Focal Electra SW 1000 BE subs i7-6700K/Windows 10 --> EVGA Nu Audio Card --> Focal CMS50's Link to comment
rickca Posted October 4, 2017 Author Share Posted October 4, 2017 The ARM-based Windows machines will be tablets and ultrabooks. It does not address the high end 64-bit desktop environment we need for HQPlayer. I also think that Microsoft will have a lot of kinks to iron out in the initial systems. No doubt though that this is an interesting development. Pareto Audio AMD 7700 Server --> Berkeley Alpha USB --> Jeff Rowland Aeris --> Jeff Rowland 625 S2 --> Focal Utopia 3 Diablos with 2 x Focal Electra SW 1000 BE subs i7-6700K/Windows 10 --> EVGA Nu Audio Card --> Focal CMS50's Link to comment
rickca Posted October 6, 2017 Author Share Posted October 6, 2017 Looks like the 6-core parts are very supply constrained at the moment. Initial benchmarks are out. Looks like really good price/performance from the quad-core parts. https://www.anandtech.com/show/11859/the-anandtech-coffee-lake-review-8700k-and-8400-initial-numbers @hdo I think you're being very optimistic. Sure the Snapdragon 835 is great. Its Microsoft I worry about. Pareto Audio AMD 7700 Server --> Berkeley Alpha USB --> Jeff Rowland Aeris --> Jeff Rowland 625 S2 --> Focal Utopia 3 Diablos with 2 x Focal Electra SW 1000 BE subs i7-6700K/Windows 10 --> EVGA Nu Audio Card --> Focal CMS50's Link to comment
rickca Posted October 9, 2017 Author Share Posted October 9, 2017 3 minutes ago, Indydan said: I wonder if Apple was waiting for these processors to update the Mac Mini? It has been 3 years now since the Mac Mini has been updated. That is long enough! Although the current Mac Minis are 3 years old, Apple has not lowered the price. Apple is working on becoming vertically integrated and doing everything themselves. Apple was part of a group that just bought Toshiba's memory chip business for $18 billion. In April, Apple announced it plans to stop using Imagination Technologies graphics chip IP within two years. Pareto Audio AMD 7700 Server --> Berkeley Alpha USB --> Jeff Rowland Aeris --> Jeff Rowland 625 S2 --> Focal Utopia 3 Diablos with 2 x Focal Electra SW 1000 BE subs i7-6700K/Windows 10 --> EVGA Nu Audio Card --> Focal CMS50's Link to comment
rickca Posted October 9, 2017 Author Share Posted October 9, 2017 There are now Z370 motherboards available with Aquantia 10 Gb/sec LAN ... along with dual Intel 1Gb/sec NICs. Check it out. Who needs it ... but it's cool. https://www.asrock.com/MB/Intel/Fatal1ty Z370 Professional Gaming i7/index.asp Aquantia is about to launch its IPO. Pareto Audio AMD 7700 Server --> Berkeley Alpha USB --> Jeff Rowland Aeris --> Jeff Rowland 625 S2 --> Focal Utopia 3 Diablos with 2 x Focal Electra SW 1000 BE subs i7-6700K/Windows 10 --> EVGA Nu Audio Card --> Focal CMS50's Link to comment
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