Today we look at the newest $1000 wonder from Intel:

Intel Core i7-980X Review

You'll see more overclocking in the next week or so, but I can tell you now, this thing doesn't run that hot

Overclocked on the stock cooler I hit like 70C, which really isn't bad

quote hiigaran

nice review anyway. keep up those quality reviews

Thank you sir, and you keep up the good work in the forums

actually, im rather curious about this - who would bother spending so much money on a processor, that has such a small performance increase (when you compare it to the price difference between it and the next best model)? hell i would just get a cheaper product, spend a little money on a decent cooler, and overclock instead - if corporations buy these kinds of parts, then this is where the tech dude comes in to overclock instead of allowing the company to waste money.

im talking in general really. whether it is a gaming or a data center optimised processor, it just seems like a lot to get the top of the line product and have such a small return.

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You don't void the warranty of a $5000 workstation or $100 million data center!

how will they know its been overclocked?

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$100, $500, $1000 or even 1 million dollars makes no difference!

...executive bonuses?

quote Zertz

quote hiigaran

how will they know its been overclocked?

You're right, they can't. The point is though, if you can afford this sort of hardware, $100, $500, $1000 or even 1 million dollars makes no difference!

Actually Big Blue (IBM) has their scary AI in their servers :/ things dial home constantly about drive hours, power consumption, fan speeds and etc. They're able to notify the technicians before the parts are close to even failing. Of course for the price those things run they better be able to.

For OEM bulk purchases there's no reason to OC anyway generally the systems are current but not to the latest year of technology. Give a 2-3 year replacement cycle for the top tier workers and a 4-5 year cycle for the more flexible divisions.

On a workstation the last thing most people want to do is modify anything, if they're 10hrs in on a render and something fails the only thing that will be heard for miles is a bone chilling scream of rage. At stock spec the system is guaranteed to work on them and if it doesn't they can rage out at the company instead of themselves for the lost time.