Intel Core i9-10980XE CPU / MSI X299 Creator Motherboard
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Processor / MotherboardPrice
$979 US / $539 USTest Setup
For this review, I was provided the Core i9-10980XE from Intel themselves. The X299 Creator was provided by MSI while the rest of the equipment was sent by their respective manufacturers. The test setup configuration can be found in the chart below.
MSI X299 Creator & Intel Core i9-10980XE Test Platform:
| Processors Used | AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990X AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X Intel Core i9-10980XE Intel Core i9-7980XE Intel Core i9-9900KS AMD Ryzen 9 3950X AMD Ryzen 9 3900X AMD Ryzen 7 3700X |
|---|---|
| Motherboards Used | MSI X299 Creator (Intel 10980XE) Z390 AOURS Master (Intel 9900KS) ASUS ROG Zenith Extreme Alpha (AMD 2990WX) ASRock X399 Taichi (AMD 1950X) MSI MEG X570 Unify (AMD 3950X) ASRock X570 Taichi (AMD 3900X, 3700X) |
| Memory | G.SKILL Trident Z RGB Series 32 GB (4 x 8GB) CL16 3600 MHz |
| Video Cards | MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Lightning Z |
| Power Supply | ASUS ROG THOR 1200W |
| Cooling Solutions | Corsair H115i Pro AIO Liquid |
| Solid State Drive | Samsung SSD 960 EVO M.2 (512 GB) |
| BIOS Used | 7B96v10 (MSI X299 Creator) |
| OS | Windows 10 64-bit |
The Intel Core i9-10980XE is a very power-hungry chip and as such, overclocking was very limited for my sample. The Intel Core i9-10980XE hit a maximum of 4.7 GHz across all cores at a voltage of 1.20V. With the settings, we booted and stress-tested the processor for 1 hour in Prime 95 which ran stable.
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