The 10 core Westmere's are out

[Soundmanred]

makes aero sexy and silky smooth
set physx to cpu now!
low level format b4 install WOWOW prosesser

 

[tweakboy]

1k??? You mean 4.7k. Note, these are server CPUs, not desktop.

Ouch, will need to give away liver to get this.

 

[alcoholbob]

Can you drop one of these in an X58 motherboard?

 

[theAnimal]

Can you drop one of these in an X58 motherboard?

Sure, just use this socket conversion kit.

 

[mv2devnull]

1k??? You mean 4.7k. Note, these are server CPUs, not desktop.

4.7k is the top model. A 2.6k E7-2850 bottom end 10-core would surely suffice for tweakboy.

 

[LiuKangBakinPie]

But can it play Crysis?

 

[mv2devnull]

But can it play Crysis?

When I had a Pentium Pro, the games eventually did start to require instructions, like MMX, that were not supported. Patch Crysis to demand AVX and then the E7's won't cut it.


Or the pedantic version: processors do not play games. Users do. If they [CPU] were advanced enough to play, they probably would find something more "fun" (e.g. Skynet) to do.

 

[Edrick]

*Wonders when the first AVX supported game will be released*

I would buy it no matter what game it was just to see how fast it can run on SB.

 

[ViviTheMage]

sick VM node, but i'd hate to rely on one hardware for xxx amount of vm's, LOL.