Testseek.com have collected 228 expert reviews of the Intel Core i7 3960X Extreme Edition 3.3Ghz Socket 2011 and the average rating is 83%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Intel Core i7 3960X Extreme Edition 3.3Ghz Socket 2011.
November 2011
(83%)
228 Reviews
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Abstract: In 2011, we expected to see three major events: Intel LGA 1155 in the beginning, AMD Bulldozer in the middle and Intel LGA 2011 closer to the end. The first happened as planned (quad-core processors for LGA 1155 arrived in January, with dual-core model...
The Core i7-3960X is a worthy successor to last year's Extreme Edition processors, but the same caveats apply to it as to them. You'll see the greatest benefit in programs that are heavily threaded: computation-heavy spreadsheets, video encoding appli...
Intel i7 3960X Sandy Bridge-E ProcessorWhen most people think of Sandy Bridge they think of the now famous i7 2600K and i5 2500K as they are priced right and have been shown to be excellent overclockers to boot a big plus with gamers and enthusiasts alike...
Staggering level of performance, More overclocking mechanisms as compared to Sandy Bridge, 48 PCIE lanes as compared to the 24 lanes of a Sandy Bridge system, Did I mention the performance? It's staggering, Quadchannel memory architecture,
Very, very expensive, Requires new X79based motherboard, which is also expensive, Few consumer level applications will take full advantage of its power, No CPU cooler included
Benchmark tests should always be taken with a grain of salt. It's difficult to try and isolate the performance difference a single component in a computer system makes, especially when it's necessary to compare across different manufacturers and platf...
sWhat you saw on the prior pages was an all out slaughtering of every existing desktop chip by the Core i7 3960X. With its four-thread, double cache, double memory bandwidth advantage over standard Sandy Bridge, it offers almost enough performance to j...
Abstract: Today marks the launch date for Intel’s Sandy Bridge-E line of processors, a new family of high-end Core i7 products based on the LGA 2011 platform. This new socket is poised to replace the existing LGA 1366 specification used by the more powerful Neha...
Three years later, we are finally able to put the X58/LGA1366 platform to rest, in what's virtually been Intel's flagship platform for the entire duration. Sandy Bridge gave the platform a run for its money earlier this year, but in the remainder the ...
Uber-Expensive, High Power Consumption when Overclocked, No Included Cooler, Another New Socket
Intel Core i7 and Core i7 Extreme Processor Packaging Intel will initially be releasing two Sandy Bridge-E based desktop processors, the Core i7-3960X Extreme Edition we featured here and the slightly lower-clocked Core i7-3930K. Both of the processors ar...
Up to 12 threads on six cores, Massive 15MB Intel Smart Cache, Unlocked Multiplier, Turbo Boost 2.0, Improved CPU socket loading mechanism, AES instructions and Disable Security Bit functions, AVX Vector Extensions, 40 lanes of PCI Express 3.0, Robust Software Ecosystem, Intel Enhanced Speedstep Technology, Intel Extreme Memory Profile 1.3 (XMP), Quadchannel DDR3 support,
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Extreme edition processors are aptly named since they are known to deliver unparalleled performance in their segment with an equally unparalleled price. Though the Intel Core i7-3960X may not win the hearts of budget-minded users, the pure bone-crushin...
