DannyMac@lemmy.world to Hardware@lemmy.ml · 1 year agoThreadripper Pro 7995WX 96-Core CPU Smashes Cinebench Record With An Air Coolerwww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up122arrow-down10
arrow-up122arrow-down1external-linkThreadripper Pro 7995WX 96-Core CPU Smashes Cinebench Record With An Air Coolerwww.tomshardware.comDannyMac@lemmy.world to Hardware@lemmy.ml · 1 year agomessage-square14fedilink
minus-squareVik@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-21 year agoI think it was something like 980W. Probably not the best source for accuracy but: https://videocardz.com/newz/amd-threadripper-pro-7995wx-cpu-breaks-cinebench-world-records-with-air-cooler-at-102c-and-980w
minus-squaregregorum@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-21 year agoCooking hot pockets, maybe a pot pie… Welcome to AMD’s Dinner and a Render, featuring the new Threadripper CPU and meals cooked on it!
minus-squarebeenglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoRun some benchmarks to dry my clothes, or maybe render a movie… Mine a bit of bitcoin/Monero
minus-squaregregorum@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-21 year agoHow long until the x86 architecture is relegated to a line of overpriced, crypto-mining space heaters? 
minus-squarebeenglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-21 year agoWe overestimate what can be done in 1 year, but underestimate what can be done in 10.
minus-squaregregorum@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-21 year agoyou think I was kidding and then accuse me of underestimating, lol. I’m thinking of some background joke in a S7 episode of Black Mirror: Year: 2035. Guy in a remote cabin plugs in space heater with a sticker labeled: “Intel Inside” next to a Bitcoin logo
minus-squarebeenglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoNo it’s a quote about time frames. Meaning I think it will be somewhere in the middle, maybe 7-8 years before x86 is like power pc.
minus-squareVik@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-21 year agoHaha yep. Somewhat related, I’ve been looking into heating system powered by computers running Folding@Home lol
minus-squarebeenglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoHow’s the calcs? What about Monero or something like that?
minus-squareVik@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoFair question - I was mainly joking about it, but I do love the idea of heating my home this winter for cheaper than with gas (in the UK) whilst contributing to medical science
At what power?
I think it was something like 980W.
Probably not the best source for accuracy but: https://videocardz.com/newz/amd-threadripper-pro-7995wx-cpu-breaks-cinebench-world-records-with-air-cooler-at-102c-and-980w
Wow a 1KW CPU haha now we’re cookin’
Cooking hot pockets, maybe a pot pie…
Welcome to AMD’s Dinner and a Render, featuring the new Threadripper CPU and meals cooked on it!
Run some benchmarks to dry my clothes, or maybe render a movie… Mine a bit of bitcoin/Monero
How long until the x86 architecture is relegated to a line of overpriced, crypto-mining space heaters? 
We overestimate what can be done in 1 year, but underestimate what can be done in 10.
you think I was kidding and then accuse me of underestimating, lol. I’m thinking of some background joke in a S7 episode of Black Mirror:
Year: 2035. Guy in a remote cabin plugs in space heater with a sticker labeled: “Intel Inside” next to a Bitcoin logo
No it’s a quote about time frames. Meaning I think it will be somewhere in the middle, maybe 7-8 years before x86 is like power pc.
Haha yep.
Somewhat related, I’ve been looking into heating system powered by computers running Folding@Home lol
How’s the calcs? What about Monero or something like that?
Fair question - I was mainly joking about it, but I do love the idea of heating my home this winter for cheaper than with gas (in the UK) whilst contributing to medical science