Question 1

How do you cool this thing?

Accepted Answer

There is a startup company called Nuclear Lightning that partnered with another company called QuantaCool that produce exotic cooling solutions for hot-running chips and servers. They also overclock many of the Intel i9 chips to the top overclocks ever seen.

Question 2

Can this run minecraft?

Accepted Answer

This is not a gaming cpu and is not optimized for gaming, it's designed for advanced home workstations and companies working on rendering/development/ai uses and research and in servers.  But yes, you can use it to play games like any other CPU.

You want high clock speed and lower core count for gaming as it's easier to cool less dense cores and they can run faster per core.  Games typically won't use more than 8 cores at a time so the other 56 core are completely useless for most games.  The best CPU for games is probably the intel i 9900 k which will run you "only" around $500.

Question 3

what actually is this thing and what is its intended use?

Accepted Answer

This is meant as a server chip and should be used in professional work. This is not supposed to used for gaming. Some of its uses are graphical designing, web development, etc.

Brand	AMD
Series	AMD EPYC 7002
Name	EPYC 7742
Model	100-100000053WOF

CPU Socket Type	Socket SP3
# of Cores	64-Core
# of Threads	128
Operating Frequency	2.25 GHz
Max Turbo Frequency	3.4 GHz
L3 Cache	256MB
64-Bit Support	Yes
Integrated Memory Controller Speed	3200 MHz
Memory Channel	8 Channel
PCI Express Revision	4.0
Max # of PCI Express Lanes	128
Thermal Design Power	225W
Cooling Device	Cooling device not included - Processor Only

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