Reviewers Liked
- Consumes less or equal power compared to Intel's competing quadcores
- Excellent overclocking potential
- Six Core Performance with HyperThreading
- Turbo Boost Technology
- Optimized for Windows 7
- 12MB (Shared) L3 Cache
- Much Improved Thermal Solution (DBXB)
- 32nm Processor
- Ridiculously Fast when Used Properly
Reviewers Didn't Like
- Software is unable to use all it offers
- Expensive
- Not for the Budget Minded
- Additional CPU cores limit overclocking headroom
- Does not add performance to high level gaming platforms