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#1 ·
Instead of chatting in other threads like Broadwell-E, I thought I'd start a thread where everything can be put.

Myself I'm looking at getting the 7820x, still undecided on motherboard though.
I was looking at the Strix, but the current reviews aren't promising, same with the Prime Deluxe.

And yet MSI are leading the pack with the Carbon Pro's benchmark performances.

A few reviews:
7900x
http://www.guru3d.com/articles-pages/intel-core-i9-7900x-processor-review,1.html
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/intel-core-i9-7900x-skylake-x,5092.html

https://www.overclock3d.net/reviews/cpu_mainboard/intel_i9_7900x_skylake-x_review/1

Motherboards:
http://www.guru3d.com/articles-pages/asus-x299-prime-deluxe-review,1.html
http://www.guru3d.com/articles-pages/msi-x299-gaming-pro-carbon-ac-review,1.html
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/asus-prime-x299-deluxe-motherboard,5095.html

The one thing I love seeing is how the 7800x, 7820x and 7900x are killing the current top tier Ryzen 7 CPU's.

But it seems everyone agrees that Intel did rush this launch a little..
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Preordered 7740x and going with rampage apex when that's avaialable. Every intention on upgrading at least to the 12. a lot of people saying it was rushed due to ryzen. But I'm not so sure this pic is from a year and a half ago. Seems to be right on time. Other thread got cleaned ?
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I wanted to preorder a CPU but none of the motherboards I'm considering is going to be released yet. I'm looking at EVGA dark and RVIE or Apex.
 
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Pre-ordered a 7820x and Gigabyte Aorus Gaming 7. Hopefully they will be here by next Wednesday. The rest of the build is in the sig rig.
 
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7900x review OC3D aka tiny tommy L

I also wanted a 7980xe but I was going to temp get a 7900x
 
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Maybe a 12 cores for me
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Maybe a 12 cores for me
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I'm looking for longevity and reliability.
Been through 3 systems in at months where my wife is still on her 4790k bought from release.

The 5820k/MSI Gaming 7 I bought was flaky and a poor overclocker.
The 6900k/Strix kept killing itself and the 7700k I have now just doesn't have the grunt I'm used to since running HEDT machine..
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I had planned on keeping the 6900k but when 3 CPU's and 3 Strix's died one after another I gave up on x99.
 
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I wanted to preorder a CPU but none of the motherboards I'm considering is going to be released yet. I'm looking at EVGA dark and RVIE or Apex.
These are my two choices also with a i9-7980ex. I am very happy with what I have now so I don't mind wIting.
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Most likely will be going with the 7820x or 7900x and an R6 APEX.

Kind of pissed the APEX won't have a 10G LAN built in but whatever. The R6 EXTREME is a bit flashy/gimmicky for me.
 
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Most likely will be going with the 7820x or 7900x and an R6 APEX.

Kind of pissed the APEX won't have a 10G LAN built in but whatever. The R6 EXTREME is a bit flashy/gimmicky for me.
that's my beef with apex the 10Gb LAN. On one hand I can overclock higher with Apex and in another long term I can have 10Gb LAN.
 
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I am liking the Prime X299-Deluxe which has Dual Gigabit LAN ports, 802.11AD WIFI, and the Thunderbolt EX-III card, (though I had dismal results with that card in my X99-Deluxe II), but that baby is almost $500. I have not seen pricing on the ROG version yet.

As for CPU, I would go with the 7900X as I refuse to buy another 28-lane CPU. So an upgrade to the X299 platform means $500+ for a MOBO, $1K for the CPU, and then $400 for G.Skill F4-3200C14Q-32GTZ or similar. Plus a new AIO or custom loop to cool the beast. So probably a $2.5K to $3k build by the time accessories are added.

There are 4 things holding me back (actually 5 if you consider money).

1 - Having to buy a 10-core CPU to get 44 PCIe lanes.
2 - Intel VROC non-sense. I am NOT going to buy Intel SSDs to set up a RAID array.
3 - TIM instead of Solder on the IHS.
4 - Thread-Ripper, though the jury is WAY out on that one.

WHY does Intel not do everything the way I think it should be?
 
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Originally Posted by SpeedyIV View Post

I am liking the Prime X299-Deluxe which has Dual Gigabit LAN ports, 802.11AD WIFI, and the Thunderbolt EX-III card, (though I had dismal results with that card in my X99-Deluxe II), but that baby is almost $500. I have not seen pricing on the ROG version yet.

As for CPU, I would go with the 7900X as I refuse to buy another 28-lane CPU. So an upgrade to the X299 platform means $500+ for a MOBO, $1K for the CPU, and then $400 for G.Skill F4-3200C14Q-32GTZ or similar. Plus a new AIO or custom loop to cool the beast. So probably a $2.5K to $3k build by the time accessories are added.

There are 4 things holding me back (actually 5 if you consider money).

1 - Having to buy a 10-core CPU to get 44 PCIe lanes.
2 - Intel VROC non-sense. I am NOT going to buy Intel SSDs to set up a RAID array.
3 - TIM instead of Solder on the IHS.
4 - Thread-Ripper, though the jury is WAY out on that one.

WHY does Intel not do everything the way I think it should be?
I hear you.

but then again, even the 8 core CPU is a nice middle ground. It has more PCI lanes than an 1800x, quad channel memory, and I with a delid and even just an AIO it looks like they reach upto 5ghz.
 
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Anyone have a ETA on Asus x299 Apex?? I really hate the idea buying a chip and not having a mobo available to use it in. Also, this new release has killed any resale value on a lot of the x chips.
 
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Need help picking a cpu
Will 7740X bottleneck m2 samsung 960 pro? I only use 1 graphic card and m2 for OS. Will I still get max speed for m2 960 Pro? Or I have to get cpu with higher pci express lane?
 
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Anyone have a ETA on Asus x299 Apex?? I really hate the idea buying a chip and not having a mobo available to use it in. Also, this new release has killed any resale value on a lot of the x chips.
ASUS rep told me @ a vendor show they would be released mid July for both APEX & EXTREME.

That was in May so things may have changed since then.
 
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Originally Posted by GXTCHA View Post

ASUS rep told me @ a vendor show they would be released mid July for both APEX & EXTREME.

That was in May so things may have changed since then.
This actually stopped me from buying a chip and will hold off for now. I don't want to buy a temp motherboard knowing that I will just sell it off.
 
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Need help picking a cpu
Will 7740X bottleneck m2 samsung 960 pro? I only use 1 graphic card and m2 for OS. Will I still get max speed for m2 960 Pro? Or I have to get cpu with higher pci express lane?
Whoa there.
Stop worrying about lanes.
Needing more than 28 lanes is only for people that want to use mulitple video cards. This issue doesn't affect people using single video cards.
 
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