Testseek.com have collected 175 expert reviews of the Intel Core i7 4960X Extreme Edition 3.6GHz Socket 2011 and the average rating is 78%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Intel Core i7 4960X Extreme Edition 3.6GHz Socket 2011.
April 2015
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175 Reviews
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Uber Fast, More Power Efficient Than Its Predecessor, Fits In Existing Socket
Not Much Faster Than SBE, Pricey, Haswell Offers Better Single Thread Performance, No Support On Intel X79 motherboards
Intel Core i7 Extreme Edition Packaging - Intel Core i7 Processors at AmazonIn the conclusion of our original Ivy Bridge launch article, we said, “Ivy Bridge does not feature a brand-new microarchitecture designed to obliterate the previous generation. Ra...
Published: 2013-09-03, Author: Joel , review by: pcmag.com
The fastest consumer processor money can buy for multi-threaded workloads. Asus makes a great motherboard now that Intel has killed its own manufacturing division.
Lacks support for latest Haswell features. Not the fastest chip for single-threaded tasks. Not compatible with Intel-manufactured motherboards
The Intel Core i7-4960X processor updates the CPU architecture to the 22nm-based Ivy Bridge, but makes precious few additional changes....
Fastest consumer CPU available, as of late summer 2013, Same LGA2011 socket as previous-generation chips, Fair overclocking headroom (at least in our sample)
Expensive, like all Extreme Edition CPUs, Modest performance boost at stock speeds versus Core i7-3970X, Won't work in Intel-made LGA2011 motherboards
Intel’s top Extreme Edition CPU for 2013 is stunningly speedy in multi-threaded workloads, making it a good choice for media-production professionals and well-heeled others for whom raw CPU power is king. ...
Those of you looking out for the overclocking section of the review will have no doubt noticed that there wasn’t one. The reason for this being that we had very limited success overclocking the Core i7-4960X and with a narrow time frame to get the revi...
Does Intel's Core i7-4960X, specifically, get me all revved up about upgrading? Well, no. Not really. But then again, those thousand-dollar CPUs rarely do. What about the Core i7-4930K replacing Intel's -3930K for $550? That'd be a tough sell for all of t...
As we said at the start, the LGA2011 range so far hasn't been the biggest success Intel have ever had. It's too expensive for the amount of performance that the average user will require. However, if you need extraordinary amounts of power for rendering...
The X79 Chipset has been a very capable enthusiasts chipset for awhile now but some features I think should really be available to the high end at this point such as more than two SATA 6G ports. also more Intel chipset USB3.0 ports should also be on the ...
Remember if you decide to upgrade the processor on your X79 towards Ivy Bruidge-E then update your BIOS first. Without proper support, your motherboard otherwise would not even boot. From A to Z it testing this processor was a very pleasant to test and t...
The buzz among enthusiasts about Ivy Bridge-E has been relatively muted and there’s good reason for that. The performance differences, minor as they are, between Ivy Bridge and Sandy Bridge microarchitectures have been well documented since their mains...
Intel tells us that the Core i7-4960X should be available within the next two weeks with system builders and in the typical retail and e-tail channels. Intel's new line of Ivy Bridge-E parts pretty much falls into line with what we expected when we first...
