Case in point: the forthcoming Intel Core i9-10980XE's recommended customer pricing is $979 for 18 cores, 36 threads, a base frequency of 3.0GHz and a turbo clock frequency of 4.8GHz. That’s a ...

Although Intel does have HEDT CPUs, like the 18-core Core i9-10980XE, they’re all severely outdated and easily beaten by the latest high-end mainstream CPUs. Instead, if you need extra cores and ...