Intel core i9-7980xe at 2000 euros and intel core i7

If we talked to you yesterday that AMD had a contingency plan against AMD Ryzen with the new i9-7980XE. Today we bring you the prices of the entire Kaby Lake X and Skylake X series including two of the most interesting processors that will launch the i9-7980XE 16-core and 36 logical threads and which will be one of the TOP sales in enthusiastic platform: Intel Core i9-7820X .

Intel Core i9-7980XE brown beast at 2000 euros

Surprising prices of madness of the new Intel Core i9-7980XE with a base price of 1999 euros. That when you arrive in Spain, you will have to add tariffs, conversion of the dollar and you will be left with a figure higher than those 2000 euros. But it seems that the most interesting processors and that will be more widely available to the public are:

• Intel Core i9-7800X (6 cores and 12 threads): 389 euros. Intel Core i9-7820X (8 cores and 16 threads): 599 euros. Intel Cire i9-7900X (10 cores and 20 threads): 999 euros.

More technical details of the Intel Core i9 Skylake-X and Kabylake-X

Intel opts for its Skylake-X and Kabylake-X architectures with the launch of a total of seven processors with more than 6 cores. The specifications known at the moment are those of the Intel Core i9-7920X, Intel Core i9-7820X and the Intel Core i9-7800X.

Only the first two are compatible with Intel Turbo Boost Max 3.0, what is this technology? This is an improved overclock for each of the processor cores, to increase performance in single and two-wire applications.

As we can see in the slide we have several improvements: Support for the LGA 2066 socket, 44 PCI Express lanes (depends on the processor), 4 DDR4 channels with 2666 MHz base frequency, compatibility with Intel Optane and support of the AVX-512 instruction.

Remaining all known technical specifications in the following table:

Intel Core-X Series platform
Processor	Cores / Threads	L3 Cache	PCIe Lanes	Base Clock	Turbo Clock 2.0	Turbo Clock 3.0	Prices
Core i9-7980XE	18C / 36T	No data	No data	No data	No data	No data	1999
Core i9-7960X	16C / 32T	No data	No data	No data	No data	No data	1699
Core i9-7940X	14C / 28T	No data	No data	No data	No data	No data	1399
Core i9-7920X	12C / 24T	16.5 MB	44	No data	No data	No data	1199
Core i9-7900X	10C / 20T	13.75 MB	44	3.3 GHz	4.3 GHz	4.5 GHz	999
Core i7-7820X	8C / 16T	11 MB	28	3.6 GHz	4.3 GHz	4.5 GHz	599
Core i7-7800X	6C / 12T	8.25 MB	28	3.5 GHz	4.0 GHz	-	389
Core i7-7740K	4C / 8T	8 MB	16	4.3 GHz	4.5 GHz	-	369
Core i5-7640K	4C / 4T	6 MB	16	4.0 GHz	4.2 GHz	-	242

We recommend reading the best processors on the market.

Now we ask you, do you need an 18-core, 36-thread processor for a home user? And do you think they will sell enough for 1999 euros ? We would also like to know your opinion about the i9-7820X with its 8 cores with HT at 599 euros ? Do you see it as interesting as us? This if we see a tough competition against AMD Ryzen and the previous processors for the X99 platform.

Source: videocardz