Intel Core i7 3970X Extreme Edition 3.5GHz Socket 2011
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NameCPU: Intel Core i7-3970XAt a glance:Six-core, Socket LGA2011 CPU,3.5GHz base speed, 4.0GHz Turbo,Quad-channel memory architecture,Maximum enthusiast cred for owning oneSummary:An extremely expensive CPU that doesn't justify its price tag, but...
By PCWorld New Zealand onThe best just got better. That'll be Intel's pitch for the new Core i7 3970X. And strictly speaking, it's absolutely true. When the existing Intel Core i7 3960X launched almost exactly a year ago, it was the fastest PC processor on Earth. Since then,...
By TechRadar onThe best just got better. That'll be Intel's pitch for the new Core i7 3970X. And strictly speaking, it's absolutely true.When the existing Intel Core i7 3960X launched almost exactly a year ago, it was the fastest PC processor on Earth. Since then,...
By TechRadar AU on1,000 Intel processors through the years Not many things are sure in this life, but fortunately there are a number of things you can count on like clockwork. The sun comes up in the morning, we all have to pay taxes and last but not least, the most...
By uk.hardware.info onLate May we published a huge round-up of 45 desktop processors , followed by a review of Intel's fourth generation Core processors . Our readers immediately, and understandably, came with the request for a similar group test of laptop processors. It's...
By uk.hardware.info onOn June 4 Intel is launching its next generation Core processors, also called Haswell. That means it's the perfect opportunity for us to retest all current processors and a number of older ones with a completely new test configuration. It will not only...
By uk.hardware.info onSummarizing the Core i7-3970X Extreme Edition’s performance couldn’t be any easier. With the exception of a couple of single- or lightly-threaded tests which favor Intel’s updated Ivy Bridge microarchitecture, the Core i7-3970X took the top spot in...
By HotHardware onEven before firing up the Core i7-3970X and its accompanying Intel DX79SR motherboard we knew we were in for some very fast performance. Intel's Extreme Edition CPUs have always sat at the bleeding edge of compute power, and we expect nothing less with...
By PC Authority onThe Intel Core i7-3970X is no doubt the fastest desktop processor out on the market, but is it a big leap from the i7-3960X? Our testing has shown only a small increase in performance, which is expected with the 200 MHz performance boost that we get...
By bjorn3d.com onThe oldest processor in today's testbed is Phenom II X4 940, released almost four years ago at $300. Today's flagship CPU costs four times as much, providing only 2.5x (sometimes 3x) more performance. That's progress for you. Let's take a closer look...
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