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Published: 2014-10-07, Author: Tim , review by: vortez.net
Major performance improvements over the previous Extreme Edition, Significant overclocking potential, Overclocking rewards for both novices and experts, Improved feature set through the X99 Chipset, Same cooler mounting system as X79, Absolutely the fast
Platform Price, Tips, = Overclockers will see a benefit from premium cooling due to relatively high temperatures.
There's no doubting the awesome power of the high end Haswell-E, and you have no idea what a relief it is to say that. Marginal improvements across generations are fine, but nothing gets us as enthused as the sorts of huge leaps forward we see on display ...
With Haswell-E, Intel brings a long awaited refresh to the high-end platform. The fact that you can now purchase an 8-core CPU for desktop might appear to be the biggest news item, but it is the cheaper Core i7 5820K that we find to be the most interest...
Abstract: Today Intel launched their new X99 chipset and Haswell-E CPUs. We took a look at those over here and to accompany that article we now look in a little more detail at the memory they support in our DDR4 Review. Our DDR4 samples for this round-up come from ...
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Published: 2014-08-30, Author: Luke , review by: kitguru.net
Fastest consumer processor on the market, Eight hyperthreading cores deliver excellent multithreaded performance, Strong overclocking potential on all eight cores, Uses the latestandgreatest Haswell microarchitecture, Support for DDR4 memory, Huge multiGP
£760 for a CPU, Stiff competition from lowerpriced HaswellE chips, Needs to be overclocked to maintain competitiveness in singlethreaded workloads.
There's no other way to say it; Intel's Haswell-E Core i7 5960X is a technological masterpiece. It shows multi-core performance that is unparalleled on the consumer scene – not even the six-core flagship that preceded it can show any hint of keeping pace....
we can say, that if you want the best of the best regarding CPU, platform as well as memory then Intel's new HaswellE should definitely be considered and it's especially multithreaded applications that will benefit the most from this new platform...
Extreme performance, Eight cores and 16 threads in one chip, Relatively energy efficient, Overclocks well
The $999 cost, Requires completely new platform
Almost three years on the release of the X79 platform supporting hexa-core Ivy Bridge-based processors, headlined by the Core i7-4960X, Intel is now updating the high-end platform with the Haswell architecture. Three Haswell Extreme (HSW-E) processors ar...
Abstract: It would be fair to say that in terms of raw CPU performance in the high end of the market Intel hasn't had much to worry about in recent times. Their X79/i7 based builds have offered fantastic results for those who work in multi-threaded applications and...
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Published: 2014-08-29, Author: Ryan , review by: eteknix.com
Staggering performance, Solid thermals, Swanky new X99 platform – DDR4, more storage options, No price increase over Ivy Bridge-E
Limited overclocking headroom, Hefty TDP,
PricingAs we have mentioned Intel's Core i7 5960X has an MSRP of $999 just like its predecessors. Intel provide a three year warranty for retail versions and a one year warranty for OEM tray versions. The Core i7 5930K has a MSRP of $583 and the Core i7 5...
The Ivy Bridge-E launch (almost exactly one year ago) was disappointing for a number of reasons. Not only did the Core i7-4960X offer little beyond what we were already getting from -3970X, but it had the gall to surface three months after Intel started s...
Abstract: One look at the Core i7-5960X’s specification, however, and you’re left with alternating feelings of excitement and indifference. On the one hand, the Core i7-5960X excites with its eight cores, 20MB of Level 3 cache and quad-channel DDR4 memory controlle...
