Andthat's whythesamethingontheIntel, with a singlecoregoingtofivegigahertzandallcore's goingtofivegigahertz.
It's stillthesametests, butwestillsaw a marginalamountofimprovementonsinglecore, whichiskindofpotthat's goingtalkaboutpricingrealquickbecausethatiswherethisbecomes a veryinterestingpicturehere.
That's thatButtondoes a wholelotbehindthescenesinthewaytheCPUoperatesin, sowe'regoingtokindoffindourbesttestingmethodologyonthat, andthenwe'llcomebackandrevisitthattopic.
Butnowwhatandhehasdoneisactuallytodayonlaunchday, theyhavereducedthepriceofthe 2700 X by 10%.
Bringitdownunder 300 U.
S.
Dollarsversus a processorthat's nearlytwicetheprice.
Whatwe'reseeinghereissomewherearoundtheneighborhoodof 80 to 90% oftheperformance, dependingonthetestof a 99 100 K forroughly 50% oftheprice.
Thatmakes, ofcourse, thevaluehorntoonceagainfor A and E's favor.
Where, whenitcomestopurelyperformanceperdollar, a M d isstillundoubtedlythewinner.
Butontheflipside, ifyou'reoneofthosepeople, that's like, I don't careaboutPrice.
I justwanttheultimateperformance, andyouhonestlywouldn't belookingtoeitherThesetwochipsanyway, you'd belookingatthreadRipperorsomethingon X 2 99 platformfromIntelanyway, soitmakesthislaunchextremelyinteresting, anditdefinitelybodesonceagainan A M.
D.
S favorintermsofvalue.
Nowwithgamingspoileralert.
Like I said, Wedidn't doanygamingtestsonthisbecausebothoftheseCPI's orgoingtogiveyou a greatgamingexperiencewherethey'renotgoingtobottleneckingyourgamesoryourgraphicscards.
Butyouaregoingtosee a higheraverage F P s onIntel.
ThenyouareanMD.
Andthat's becauseoftheintelstilldominantinstructionsperclockor I p.
You'renotgonnanoticeIfyoudid a blindtastetest, you'd probablybeveryhardpressedtonotice a differencebetween 2700 X ortheIntel 9900 k withthesameGPUinvolvedthere.
Sowedohaveour T X cardsonthesetestbenchesbehindme.
And I guessthegeneralconsensusisthattheTimisnotgreat.
Now.
I don't knowexactlywhattheymeanbythat.
I haven't watchedtheirfullindepthreviewsonwhattheymeanbytheciderisn't great.
Butwhat I willtellyouisinourtesting, weused a fractaldesignCelsiusas 24 whichis a 240 millimeter a Iot 30 millimeterthickduel 120 millimeterfanwiththeace, a textilepump, something I wouldusuallyneverevenconsidertryingfivegigahertzonan 8700 k becauseofthefactthatyouwouldprettymuchmeltedthe 8700 k runsatthetemperatureofthesunbecauseoftheterriblethermalinterfacematerialusedundertheeyeJess.
Whichmeansthathecan't getoutoftheCPUinthecooler, andeveryonehas a chancetocoolitanyway.
That's whyeveryonedeliversthem.
Who's seriousaboutoverclockingwell, inourinstanceherewiththe 900 k.
Butwhetherornotitsaysmuchofimprovement, theXOseeguysortheextremeoverCrockerguyswerehopingforis, um, I guessgoingwatchdevoursvideoandyou'llgetmoreindepthcoverageonthethermalinterfacematerial.
Butthefactthattheywereevenabletodeleteitwithoutdestroyingthedyemeansthatit's notlike a fullSauderlikeyousawintheolddays.
$2 ratioisnofactorthanthe 9900 k isdefinitelyforyou.
Greetoverclockingheadroom.
TemperaturesaredefinitelykeptincheckvseighthJen, butat a price 580 bucksfortheCPUmotherboardsaregonnacost a 23 400 buckseasilytogetyoutheoverclockingfeaturesthatyouwant.
Althoughthe 2700 X forthejustthepriceoftheCPUonnineuntil 900 K, youcangettheCPU, themotherboardandprobably a chunkofyourRAMcost.
Ifyoudecidetogowith a MDbecauseyou'relike I wantthebestvalueandyouknowwhat, regardlessofwhoyouare, youcouldbeveryhappywitheitheroftheseplatforms, butam D stillcomingupaheadonceagainonthevalueperdollar, Butyouguysultimatelyvotewithyourpocketbook.
Dome a favor, watchmorethanonereview.
Watchfivereviews.
10 reviewsTryingasmuchinformationasyoupossiblycanonthe C P beforeyoumakeyourpurchase.
WestillhaveotherCPSweneedtotake a lookat, obviouslythe 9600 k.
There's a wholelineup, andit's interestingthattheiceseventheydroppedhyperthreadingon.
Sothere's a lotoftestingweneedtolookatherebecauseaswemovedowntheIntelstack, I feelliketheMDvaluewillincreaseevenmorebecauseyougetSMTorsimultaneousmultithreadingon a ndonalloftheirchips.