Wow core i4900k and 14900ks editions rumored to have 6.0 ghz and 6.20 ghz clock speeds ! I thought we were had hit a 5 ghz ceiling with current tech. What a time to be alive !
It feels like the Pentium 4 all over again, except no one is really objecting to skyrocketing power usage, and not just for CPUs... GPUs, RAM, even SSDs!
I remember the strain of Intel designing up to the "thermal wall" of an architecture before a refresh. Computer shops would use the same often passive heatsinks with fan shrouds that worked with previous models, and between the north bridge and CPU would dump enough heat into the case to either cause throttling or fry the graphics accelerator after a few weeks or months.
Or your computer would sound like a jet taking off every time it pulled a little load. Ridiculous wattages seem to be a historical sign that they're actively competing with AMD.
I know I've got a picture of a friend cooking cup noodles with egg by setting it on their heatsink while compiling. "Why waste it.JPG"
brucethemoose2|2 years ago
It feels like the Pentium 4 all over again, except no one is really objecting to skyrocketing power usage, and not just for CPUs... GPUs, RAM, even SSDs!
washadjeffmad|2 years ago
I remember the strain of Intel designing up to the "thermal wall" of an architecture before a refresh. Computer shops would use the same often passive heatsinks with fan shrouds that worked with previous models, and between the north bridge and CPU would dump enough heat into the case to either cause throttling or fry the graphics accelerator after a few weeks or months.
Or your computer would sound like a jet taking off every time it pulled a little load. Ridiculous wattages seem to be a historical sign that they're actively competing with AMD.
I know I've got a picture of a friend cooking cup noodles with egg by setting it on their heatsink while compiling. "Why waste it.JPG"
gymbeaux|2 years ago
metadat|2 years ago
6ghz is crazy. We really are living in the future!
Edit: why does TFA say 12W for all three processors?