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  • quorm - Tuesday, January 22, 2019 - link

    What's going on with the video card in the asus build? Is some kind of riser being used?
  • nathanddrews - Wednesday, January 23, 2019 - link

    I saw a review of that device. It's just a PCIe extension cord with a bracket to show off your GPU. Works perfectly from what I've seen, you just have to have a case with enough space.

    https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07C4VNQY1/
  • nathanddrews - Wednesday, January 23, 2019 - link

    Otherwise, it will block all your other slots.
  • koaschten - Wednesday, January 23, 2019 - link

    LianLi has this on offer for cases like the O11 -> http://www.lian-li.com/pc-o11-dynamic/ -> http://www.lian-li.com/o11d-1/
  • ytoledano - Tuesday, January 22, 2019 - link

    w3175x is a no show and so are games which can take advantage of 28 cores...
  • twtech - Tuesday, January 22, 2019 - link

    That's what doesn't make a lot of sense about this to me. All these systems with colored watercooling pipes and RGB lighting makes me think they intend for gamers to buy this. And some people might - not because they need it, but just so they can brag about having 28 cores.

    It might have made sense in some workstation systems - but it seems that's not how they intend to sell it. Oh well - Epyc 2 should be coming soon, hopefully with better clocks and better handling of memory access on the hardware and/or software side than the first version.
  • Ian Cutress - Tuesday, January 22, 2019 - link

    As a components builder, if you're going for a niche part like a motherboard, you're going to want to show it off, regardless of what market it's aimed for. Sitting in a black case with nothing going on isn't going to satisfy the person that wrote the cheque for the project in the first place.
  • techguymaxc - Tuesday, January 22, 2019 - link

    I watercool all my desktops, including my media server. Because why not?
  • techguymaxc - Tuesday, January 22, 2019 - link

    Yeah. Cuz you buy this platform for gaming. /s
  • Alexvrb - Tuesday, January 22, 2019 - link

    Hmm, I wonder what the 100 people that get one plan on doing that they couldn't do with a locked Xeon W or 2P platform?
  • twtech - Wednesday, January 23, 2019 - link

    The other Xeon-W processors are clocked higher than regular Xeons and cost less, but come with the restriction that they do not have multiprocessor support.

    *If* that was what the 3175 was, it would have been potentially appealing, as 28 cores is enough for a lot of workstation uses that can make use of higher core counts.

    But if it ends up costing $8k as rumored, that's a non-starter. In that case, even if you had that kind of money to spend on CPUs, two $4k regular Xeons that do support multiprocessing would likely serve whatever workload you have better than this chip.
  • zodiacfml - Tuesday, January 22, 2019 - link

    Chip shortage. If you can build it, sell it, regardless if customers take advantage of it.
  • Jcden - Tuesday, January 22, 2019 - link

    It's a hybrid cpu, just like the 7980xe, threadripper, 9980xe etc. It's designed for both games and workstation uses. It's ideal for game developers who develop and test their games all on the same PC.
  • Alexvrb - Tuesday, January 22, 2019 - link

    I've been thinking about Intel TDPs, both official and real TDPs (when tested at default settings). I can't help but feel that ever since Ryzen hit, Intel has been cranking out some thirsty enthusiast chips. They still have a solid architecture, but AMD has lit a fire under them to get 10nm full tilt ASAP. Even then, I think the 7nm chiplet approach has a lot of potential to be competitive in both performance and price.

    Truly, the competition is awesome to behold.
  • Ian Cutress - Wednesday, January 23, 2019 - link

    https://www.anandtech.com/show/13544/why-intel-pro...
  • ZeDestructor - Wednesday, January 23, 2019 - link

    Has there been any news on lower-core count CPUs? I'm interested in the platform (memory channels, PCIe), but not all that intrested in having 28 cores on desktop. 10-12 cores would be more my jam.
  • Ian Cutress - Wednesday, January 23, 2019 - link

    Intel has some Xeons they would like to sell you
  • ZeDestructor - Wednesday, January 23, 2019 - link

    As much as I like the Xeons, they don't come unlocked :(

    I'm in the market for (very) HEDT, not servers dammit!
  • SH3200 - Wednesday, January 23, 2019 - link

    This is a rather niche scenario.
    If it actually hits 28 Cores AVX 512 stable at 5Ghz this will actually beat a 2P 8180 as the 8180 will downclock to 2.3 Ghz @ all core turbo.

    In addition you don't have to worry about cache latency drops when hopping to across processors and can get away with a better RAM/core ratio for waay cheaper. You basically get a 2P 8180 with none of the 2P downsides at a mere fraction of the price and would make an amazing developer workstation for someone who knows what their doing with it.

    Sadly most of these are gonna end up decked out in RGB.
  • monglerbongler - Thursday, January 24, 2019 - link

    >ranging from $6k for the entry model up to $50k with maximum everything plus custom color options and decals for the case etc.

    seriously who pays $50,000 for a desktop computer.

    Its not regular silicon valley rich kids. They are either smart enough (being tech people) not to pay $50,000 for a pre-built computer.....

    Or else they are the type of person and from the relevant generation (borderline millennial/gen Z) that never use desktops (laptops only) with the possible exception of the occasional home or SOHO NAS.... or else their serious people and they have their own rackmount system for whatever.

    Real workstations for professionals doing video/audio creation/editing/rendering or 3d graphics, or developers of computationally intensive software or engineers/scientists are going to run multi CPU systems with Quadros/teslas/compute boards and ECC ram. They will probably be running PLA Spy Rigs (aka Supermicro).

    The only people I can feasibly imagine who would ever spend $50,000 are truly staggeringly rich kids who simultaneously lack any perspective of value or the technology itself (Eg the wisdom of investing that much money in planned obsolescence)... the children of Russian or American oligarchs, Saudis, etc. You know... Typical Republican donors.

    People who will literally use these things, with no exaggeration or joke, to play solitaire or minesweeper on ultra settings with 4k at 120fps.

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