Allen
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Regarding the competition's upcoming 14nm CPU for enthusiasts:
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Intel’s Flagship HEDT Processor, The 28 Core Xeon W-3175X Listed Online – Could End Up Costing Around $4000 US
The Intel Xeon W-3175X is without a doubt the flagship chip that Intel will have for a while. It will be marketed as an ultra-enthusiast
boasting a base clock of 3.1 GHz and a boost clock of 4.3 GHz out of the box...unlocked design and allows up to 512 GB of memory support.
Even for enthusiasts, it won’t make a whole lot of sense unless you are into heavy content creation.
with AMD going for 32 cores and 64 threads ,.. Intel had to come up with a plan. This is Intel’s solution, but whether it works or not at the given price is something to be seen as AMD still offers more cores and threads,
For comparison the AMD 12nm 32core/65thread Threadripper (AMD 2nd Gen RYZEN Threadripper 2990WX 32-Core, 64-Thread, 4.2 GHz Max Boost ) is $1730 today at Newegg.