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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The new Core i7-3960X does live up to its expectation of being the fastest desktop processor released to date. Costing the same as the previous top-of-the-line desktop CPU, the Core i7-990X, it provides a performance improvement of up to 30%, but you s...
There are two aspects of today's launch that bother me: the lack of Quick Sync and the chipset. The former is easy to understand. Sandy Bridge E is supposed to be a no-compromise, ultra high-end desktop solution. The lack of an on-die GPU with Quick Sync...
The new Core i7-3960X is undoubtedly the world's fastest desktop processor today. Its quad channel memory controller didn't provide much of an advantage but it still outpaced the king of Intel's first Sandy Bridge launch, the Core i7-2600K, by about 1...
We first got our hands on the Sandy Bridge-E processor just a few weeks ago and in that time we were able to examine the chip from all angles. Our findings actually didn't come out too far off from what we were initially expecting. This is to say that ...
The Intel Core i7-3960X 6-core processor is menacing and it's a shame that AMD's Bulldozer 8-core processor couldn't compete at the same in many of the benchmarks!...
Only a month later than AMD's new flagship FX CPU, Intel is back with their latest creation and launches it's brand new high end hexacore CPU for the masses. Not that it had a real competitor with the AMD FX lineup for the performance crown. But it wa...
We have longed for a new series of processors from Intel that would replace the aging X58 chipset and Nehalem combination and the Sandy Bridge-E delivers well on that wish. Even though the architecture is something we are very familiar with- having been...
The Core i7-3960X and the DX79SI are most certainly a deadly combination for any kind of task that you may throw them at. With 16GB of fast memory and a good GPU, these parts can easily be combined to make the ultimate anything rig. The truth is that t...
Hopefully you've read all of our LGA2011 reviews today. This particular one focussed upon the stock performance of the Core i7-3960X, but the conclusion will encompass our knowledge of its overclocking capabilities too, which you can see in the ASUS Rampa...
As of late 2011, fastest consumer desktop CPU available, Same price as its predecessor, Tons of bandwidth for memory and expansion cards
Expensive, New LGA 2011 socket design requires a new motherboard
For demanding, CPU-intensive tasks such as video editing, the Core i7-3960X offers unprecedented performance, and its significant overclocking headroom will appeal to tweakers who don’t mind its extreme price. ...
