The question is.
Has anyone tried it,does anyone use it in his production rig?

Broadwell-E.10 cores,20 threads,140W TDP,supports max 128GB DDR4 Ram.Operating Frequency
Operating frequency;3,0GHz,Turbo;3,5GHz.
The price is a bit much buth then again Pentium delivers.
Im also migrating away from AMD to Pentium,will still use AMD for farming pc`s.
Right now the i7-6700K at 300$ still seems like the best version to go price/performance wise for home producers on a budget.

More info on 6950X ;
http://ark.intel.com/products/94456...ssor-Extreme-Edition-25M-Cache-up-to-3_50-GHz
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117643

 

If you want a lot of bang for the buck you can try to find out what serial versions correspond to what test phase of a chip. You can find SE/QS cpus that are equal to the final version for a fraction of the price.. I've been thinking about this for some time now, getting myself a 32 core system or so. Will still cost you 3000 or so, but hey ;)

Never have the money "extra" though ;)

Another side note, I'm quite interested in the AMD Zen. I'm wondering what the price point will be..

 

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In 5 days I might be able to answer - if I won that beast.

 

I hope you do bro
Dont forget to make a small report though

 

A 16-core FX (£250), 32-core server-type (£400)
FX-Zen Quad Core: £80 incl VAT
FX-Zen Eight Core: £180 incl VAT

FX-Zen is rumoured to consume 95 Watts.

 

I have mixed feelings for ZEN,on one side i think they can deliver though what worries me is that Pentium is so much ahead of the game at the moment.We shall see.
The competition is much needed.

 

10 Cores / 20 Threads... 1600$ / 10 = 160$... Wait, wait and buy the 6700(K is for games and overclock only...)

My new production pc is i7 6700 based (Z170 Gigabyte mobo + 32GB RAM) and is fast... faster... fastest than my previous pc.

 

Where did you get that info bro?
Prices look very friendly.
EDIT;Found it ;)

 

Rumors... read here

 

Those prices are rather low.
Either they aim to sell a shit loads of them or its just speculations like you`ve said.
8 core 16 threads,more likely a price between 250-300 euros.

 

Also a 40% increase.idk but that would still mean a lot less power than the top of the line pentium cpu`s.

 

Well the i7-6950x is a true beast, almost double power compared to the more famous i7-4790k and i7-6700k.

If you have money go for it. Only Xeon CPU are supposed to have more power

 

32 core server type for 400 pounds is super cheap if that corresponds to a 32 core xeon.. We shall see, but I will certainly buy it for that price if performance is as good as they say.

Edit: I almost think you mean 16 core 32 thread.. but still..

 

I would like to see how those xeons handle a daw.

 

https://www.gearslutz.com/board/mus...st-i7-benchmarks-including-6950x-10-core.html

 

I agree.
AMD,for gamers will still be a smart choice,hell even for music production is quite alright but when you need more power you need more power and you can only squeeze so much out of an AMD and this comes from a die hard AMD fan.
Pentium just delivers a lot more power.

 

I have an intel i7 2600K , i think it wont get down to its knees even if i had hundred tracks with vsti's
so the current equal cpu must be really ok !

 

I have a I7 980x (windows server) + a new 5820K.... 6700 is one generation after but a worst overclock.
with overclock old 980x is almost the same with 5820k. Old 980x is very robust... cannot say the same with new cpus and motherboards...

 

So did any one buy this beast?