Intel's new Skylake-X 8 core 7820x looks compelling to me. Clocked the same as Ryzen 1800x, but Turbo boost 2.0 at 4.3 Ghz, Turbo boost 3.0 at 4.5 GHz, and 28 PCI lanes. This could be the perfect balance for me. I was all set to build a Ryzen Workstation, but I think I can wait a few more weeks for the Skylake X launch. The processor is $100 more, but I think it hits the sweet spot for my use. I need fast single core performance for After Effects and some single threaded processes in C4d, and the new intel 8 core is a beast. Ryzen's single core boost doesn't come close, and I don't think I'm going to overclock this time for longevity.
The only thing I don't get is quad channel ram with Skylake X. Does it offer any real benefits over dual channel? Does it mean I have to install 4 ram chips at minimum?
I was (and still am) excited by Ryzen, but all the growing pains in BIOS updates and ram compatibility make me itch just considering it. I'm exhausted with watching all the Ryzen vids and trying to figure out good hardware. Not to mention the slow as hell POST times I see from Ryzen motherboards. I'm spoiled by my lightning fast MacBook Air boot.
I'm seriously thinking the same thing. A lot of builders are confuzzled over the new Skylake X chips and x299 boards - even angry.
The thing I like about both of these chips and mobos, is the rumored overclockability potential compared to the previous i7 chips. I also like the fact the majority of the boards offer multiple M2 drive sockets - even upwards of 5.
It's unfortunate Intel cut the lanes down from 40 to 28 on the 6 and 8 core chips, but I don't really need 40, as I'm not going to run multiple GPUs. If I can get an 8 core that can safely maintain a 5GHz clock speed to use with Capture One Pro and Photoshop, along with a good single GPU, and utilize three M2 drives - that would fall in perfectly for 28 lanes. And that machine will scream for heavy duty photography processing - especially with the high megapixel counts.
If you check out this Processor test:
http://ksimonian.com/Blog/2010/02/2...for-both-mac-pc-free-radial-blur-filter-test/
...which favors Multiple Cores, it's interesting to note that an overclocked $380 6-core processors came in 9th with 10.4 seconds...
Intel i7-5820k, 3.3 GHz, overclocked to 4.6 GHz, Windows 10, Pro Creative Cloud 2015.5 == 10.4 Seconds
My monster 2009 2.66GHz quad core Nehalem chip scored a whopping 35.6s. damn, I need an upgrade. LOLOL
Also note there's a video where a stock Ryzen 1700 scored an 8.8 on this test, and when it was overclocked to 3.5GHz, it scored a 7.7. ...for a $300 chip. That's pretty sick - but Ryzen does lag behind in single core performance... which means it would lag behind in most of the PS work.
A 2013 8-core Mac Pro scored 15 seconds.
Considering Intel seems to be really pushing the performance limits for this rather 'impromptu' chip release to stave off Ryzen for a moment, I'd have to believe those 6 and 8 core Skylake X chips are going to be fantastic performers - regardless of all the backlash Intel is receiving over this release.
I'm still hesitant on Ryzen for now. They seem incredibly promising and I love what they're doing - especially in that AMD seems to have shaken/woken-up Intel a bit and forced them to push their envelope again. But the next round of (updated) Ryzen 8 core chips might be ready for primetime workstations.
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