720 Amps would surely be enough to fry most any component imaginable. I assume like the article reads this was a "extreme" scenario where they tested what it would fail at. Cause I've had vacuum cleaners at 25 Amps that the cord would get so hot, you'd have to unplug it. So 'moar cores' don't mean "moar amps" at least not that many lol
Remember that heat is from wattage, which is amps*voltage! These CPUs are rolling at 1.4V max while your vacuum cleaner was rocking 120VRMS so 25A*120VRMS = 3000WRMS (and the cord was possibly inadequately gauged for such a duty) while these CPUs would be drawing a mere 720A*1.4V = 1008W. These are heavily simplified numbers for complicated electronics but will be roughly in the ball park! But yeah that CPU'd be totes toast at that wattage
Please enquire about where the PCIe lanes for 10 GbE and m2 are coming from. A simple scenario uploading a large file from internal storage to NAS would leave nothing for the USB ports, etc coming off the PCH.
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Memo.Ray - Wednesday, May 31, 2017 - link
This thing is packed with features! The only missing thing is a cup holder to keep the coffee warm off the heat coming out of all those components!close - Wednesday, May 31, 2017 - link
This would have commended a much heftier price for all those features if it wasn't for that recent pesky competition.osteopathic1 - Wednesday, May 31, 2017 - link
720 Amps? Is that correct?Ryan Smith - Wednesday, May 31, 2017 - link
Yes.ckbryant - Thursday, June 1, 2017 - link
720 Amps would surely be enough to fry most any component imaginable. I assume like the article reads this was a "extreme" scenario where they tested what it would fail at. Cause I've had vacuum cleaners at 25 Amps that the cord would get so hot, you'd have to unplug it. So 'moar cores' don't mean "moar amps" at least not that many lolgenekellyjr - Saturday, June 3, 2017 - link
Remember that heat is from wattage, which is amps*voltage! These CPUs are rolling at 1.4V max while your vacuum cleaner was rocking 120VRMS so 25A*120VRMS = 3000WRMS (and the cord was possibly inadequately gauged for such a duty) while these CPUs would be drawing a mere 720A*1.4V = 1008W. These are heavily simplified numbers for complicated electronics but will be roughly in the ball park! But yeah that CPU'd be totes toast at that wattager3loaded - Wednesday, May 31, 2017 - link
$350 is a lot less than I was expecting for a board with everything but the kitchen sink (the kitchen sink in question being Thunderbolt 3).mdriftmeyer - Wednesday, May 31, 2017 - link
Big deal. I've got 4 way and 5 way with X399 x16 PCI-E 3.0 and Threadripper.drajitshnew - Friday, June 2, 2017 - link
Please enquire about where the PCIe lanes for 10 GbE and m2 are coming from. A simple scenario uploading a large file from internal storage to NAS would leave nothing for the USB ports, etc coming off the PCH.