Intel Xeon W Workstation CPU Review

Xeon W is Intel's high end desktop "workstation" line, but does ANYTHING set them apart from their Core i9 siblings?

Buy a Core i7 7820X:

Buy a Core i9 7900X:

Buy a Core i9 7980XE:

Buy an ASUS WS X299 SAGE:

Buy(?) a Xeon W-2155:

Buy(?) a Xeon W-2195:

Buy an ASUS C422 PRO/SE:

Intro Screen Music Credit:
Title: Laszlo - Supernova

[polskiekabarety]

Now Linus will make every video with broken iMac in background

[neurobioboy]

Excellent video.
If you need ECC and if you are low on budget: AMD is your friend! Else, you will pay a lot for marketing reasons...

[TetraSky]

Video is titled "total ripoff..."
Starts by showing the broken iMac that Apple refused to fix. Yup, perfect title.

[Exponaut_R-]

Was I the only one expecting “Smells like bullshit” when he sniffed the CPUs?

[Suprnva]

I just finished getting my 8700k stable at 5ghz, and the 1:14 came, i got a heart attack.

[polycarbonate]

The iMac Pro in the background just to remind us of the devastation that Apple has caused.

[TechMDYoutube]

My VPN is up for renewal soon. I've always used purevpn because they are based in Hong Kong and they are not required to hold records etc. Linus can you make a video labeling the difference pros and cons between many vpns? Why should we buy what you recommend? Only because you get a kickback or something else? I think it would be a great video.

[satchboogie]

When you say ECC is better for mission critical aplications. Like, do I need ECC memory to watch youtube while scratching my testicles?

[OneBiOzZ]

one of the biggest benefits of this xeon lineup im told is binning and guaranteed reliability

[ChristianStout]

Is there any value in comparing the LGA 2066 chips to the LGA 3647 Xeons? Does Xeon W act as a cheap alternative to Xeon Platinum/Gold?

[Spottermarc]

I think that to test the diffrence between the 2 you need to put both chips under a 50% workload for a month or longer and see who keeps up better. To my knowledge a Xeon chip is made to sustain a very high and intensive workload for a very long time, where as a Extreme edition is made to perform under peak load and performance bursts.

[Lancaster]

Oh dang. Linus is on a warpath against Apple, Nvidia and Intel lol. Go AMD? Go?

[Aranimda]

Workstations are so much more than just Xeon CPUs. When you buy one you are looking for a system that has been extensively tested for stability with certain applications, excellent OEM support and something that is designed for 24/7 operation. And these systems still happen to come with Xeons.

[CharcharoExplorer]

Just get an X399 and Threadripper with ECC memory. An actual workstation set up, real workstation memory, much cheaper and with an upgrade path.

[bytesizedreviewz]

I don't mind sitting through advertisements for a channel that does nothing but tell the truth I love this dude

[forsetha]

Linus forgot his Origin sponsor in the description.

[alexandrualexander]

An actual video from were you can learn something, good job!

[TrinhStudios]

4:22 - last bar "97th percentile" when 66 doesn't equal 66

[nagi]

@7:38 AFAIK Threadripper does not support Registered ECC, only unbuffered. Only EPYC does that.

[CH-RC]

The main difference between the Xeon CPU's and the standard i9 is the amount of PCIE lanes, memory channels, and maximum memory support along with ECC and a couple other chip features for virtualization.