Testseek.co.uk have collected 144 expert reviews of the Intel Core i9 7980XE 2.6GHz Socket 2066 and the average rating is 81%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Intel Core i9 7980XE 2.6GHz Socket 2066.
October 2017
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144 Reviews
Average score from experts who have reviewed this product.
Users
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313 Reviews
Average score from owners of the product.
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The editors liked
The fastest CPU we’ve ever tested
By a significant margin
Extremely easy to overclock
Huge core and thread count
A must-have for content creators
Great for work and gaming
Class-leading performance
Out of the park when OC'd
Decent wattage efficiency at stock
Solid upgrade path on X299
Exceptional performance
Single-core results are incredible
Mature chipset and platform
Best single-socket CPU power on the market with most applications
Best modelling performance with most applications
Best GPGPU performance (when configured optimally)
The editors didn't like
Requires seriously powerful CPU coolers
Extremely high power requirements
Neutral
Hot and power hungry it may be
But it does turn out some big performance figures
Expensive
But you do get a lot for your money
“While the cost
The power requirements
$1
999
Wattage spirals when OC'd
Price
Monstrous overclocking power draw
Still no soldering between dies and heatsink
Expensive overall system price – £1
200 more than AMD-AMD option
NVIDIA GeForce graphics not validated for professional applications
Behind AMD option for video editing with Adobe applications
Published: 2017-09-30, Author: Ian , review by: anandtech.com
In the 2000s, we had the frequency wars. Trying to pump all the MHz into a single core ended up mega-hurting one company in particular, until the push was made to multi-core and efficient systems. Now in the 2010s, we have the Core Wars. You need to have...
Abstract: We just got our hands on the high- end enthusiast-grade flagship processors from Intel and AMD, so rather than doing two standalone reviews, we're throwing them into the ring and letting ‘em slug it out to the bitter end. Because let's face it, if you can...
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Published: 2017-09-28, Author: Jeff , review by: Techreport.com
It's time once again to condense all of our test results into our famous value scatter plots. We use a geometric mean of all of our real-world results to ensure that no one test has an undue impact on the overall index. First up, let's look at gaming per...
Abstract: Intel. Strikes. Back. The massive 18-core Core i9-7980X and 16-core Core i8-7960X are the chipmaker's response to AMD's Ryzen Threadripper, which has been eating Intel's lunch for many months.But can Goliath Intel rise from its stunning defeat to challeng...
Abstract: Intel. Strikes. Back. The massive 18-core Core i9-7980X and 16-core Core i8-7960X are the chipmaker's response to AMD's Ryzen Threadripper, which has been eating Intel's lunch for many months.But can Goliath Intel rise from its stunning defeat to challeng...
18 cores, 36-threads, Fastest desktop processor we've ever tested, Insane multi-threaded performance, Good temperatures at default speeds
You'll need a good motherboard for overclocking, Price puts it out of range for many people
Intel's Core-X Series is definitely a departure from what we've seen Intel do in the past with their high-end desktop (HEDT) parts. You can get into the platform for as low as $242 and as much as $1999. Obviously Intel's decisions on the Core-X Series hav...
The Intel Core i9-7980XE processor for the Intel X299 LGA2066 platform is clearly aimed at someone that needs a multi-threading machine. This is the first 18-core consumer desktop processor! We saw some of the highest results in our multi-threaded tests w...
We had a blast testing these monster CPU's out. Every single benchmark we ran was just crushed, and every single chart we have had to be expanded by nearly double to accommodate the multi-threaded scores. We had a few testing programs not know quite what...
Well one thing is for sure, you can't call the new addition to the Core-X lineup slow. While I was only able to test two of the four new CPUs. Both were very impressive in just about every test I ran. It was especially impressive in the tests that are...
Published: 2017-09-25, Author: Ryan , review by: pcper.com
But as I stated at the outset of this review, while performance per dollar is the king of metrics for consumers in the mainstream space, for HEDT and workstation users, sometimes expense is no object, within reason. For those types of buyers, the 18-core...
