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Intel Core I9-9990XE: Up to 5.0 GHz, Auction Only

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Re: Intel Core I9-9990XE: Up to 5.0 GHz, Auction Only

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Post by jandrese »

gruez wrote: post #17
jandrese wrote: post #13

What this says to me is don't bother trying to super overclock a i9-9940X, Intel has already skimmed off the cream from that chip run. It seems kind of scummy, but I guess otherwise your rare stable overclock chip might end up in some boring business server where it will always run at stock clocks. I do note that Intel still wants nothing to do with overclocked chips in their warranty department, even when they did t…

>It seems kind of scummy how is it scummy? is because intel's efficiently allocating those CPUs (via auction market), rather than randomly giving them out?

It feels like when you learn that Ticketmaster also owns most of the scalping services and your chance of getting a good ticket is zero unless you're willing to go to the scalpers.

Basically the good stuff is reserved for the rich because they are rich.

Re: Intel Core I9-9990XE: Up to 5.0 GHz, Auction Only

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Post by gruez »

jandrese wrote: post #91
gruez wrote: post #17

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>It seems kind of scummy how is it scummy? is because intel's efficiently allocating those CPUs (via auction market), rather than randomly giving them out?

It feels like when you learn that Ticketmaster also owns most of the scalping services and your chance of getting a good ticket is zero unless you're willing to go to the scalpers. Basically the good stuff is reserved for the rich because they are rich.

>It feels like when you learn that Ticketmaster also owns most of the scalping services and your chance of getting a good ticket is zero unless you're willing to go to the scalpers.

If anything, this situation is better than Ticketmaster's, because at least the producers are getting the money. With Ticketmaster, they're pocketing all the money and the performers are getting nothing. If Intel isn't binning these, a third party (probably someone affiliated with an OEM) would be doing this and pocketing the difference.

>Basically the good stuff is reserved for the rich because they are rich.

Are you also upset that you can't get luxury goods for cheap because they're "reserved" for the rich?

Re: Intel Core I9-9990XE: Up to 5.0 GHz, Auction Only

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Post by Arn_Thor »

kalleboo wrote: post #83
Arn_Thor wrote: post #52

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It never occurred to me that the voltage difference between America and Europe/Asia would cause a corresponding differences in watt output given the same amps... But yes indeed, US kettles boil much slower. Other appliances that require a lot of juice include vacuum cleaners, electric hobs, space heaters, portable ACs/dehumidifiers. So having something trip a living room circuit pulling just 2000 watts would drive me…

I live in Japan where we have a paltry 100V. In our apartment it's made by for by having lots of (20A) circuits - 3 for the (small) kitchen alone [which uses gas for the stove anyway]. Total of 14 breakers for a small 3 bedroom + living + kitchen apartment. In 3 years we've only tripped a breaker once - running a microwave, toaster oven and dishwasher all off the same outlet at once.

sounds like more amps would fix it, yeah
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