Testseek.com have collected 249 expert reviews of the Intel Core i7 5960X Extreme Edition 3GHz Socket 2011-3 and the average rating is 90%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Intel Core i7 5960X Extreme Edition 3GHz Socket 2011-3.
September 2014
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249 Reviews
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Without question, Intel really stepped performance up to a new level with the i7 5960X. However, it'll cost you dearly to experience this 8-core/16-thread goodness. The retail price of $999 at launch may seem high, but it's below what the i7 4960X is cu...
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Published: 2014-08-29, Author: Tom , review by: overclock3d.net
That 'close enough' performance gap has been torn asunder by the i7-5960X...
The Core i7 5960X is a more than capable CPU and it shows with raw muscle in many tests but its ability to win gamers hearts will depend on how it evolves. 0...
Abstract: G'day Sir and milady! In this article we review, test and benchmark the all new Core i7 5960X (Haswell-E) 8 core processor and smack it on one of the long awaited X99 motherboards. Intel's most high-end processor SKUs just got updated with three new model...
The new Haswell-E processor is a great piece of engineering and technology from Intel. I am extremely happy to see that it did not let the marketing department run off at the mouth this time around as well. Most of Intel's technology does better at the in...
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Published: 2014-08-29, Author: Bruno , review by: reviewstudio.net
8 cores, best performance, very low temp, excellent overclocking
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Intel's Extreme Edition CPUs offer the best desktop performance that now received another 2 cores for a total of 8 along with 16 threads. It is a huge amount of processing power under that hood and it makes a good team with the newly launched X99 chipset ...
Most powerful consumer CPU available, as of late summer 2014, Massive performance with highly threaded workloads, Our review chip overclocked well
Pricey, as ever with Extreme Edition chips, Lower stock clock speed than previous-generation Extreme Edition chip, Not compatible with previous-gen Socket 2011 motherboards or DDR3 RAM, Lesser chips with higher clock speeds perform better on tasks that ar
With a bump up to eight cores (and 16 threads), Intel's top Extreme Edition processor for 2014 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 k...
Abstract: With the Intel Core i7 5960X Haswell-E is an eight-core processor with Hyper Threading to yield sixteen logical threads, we're seeing how well this extreme Haswell processor really scales with modern open-source workloads as we benchmark the i7-5960X unde...
Abstract: With the X99 burned-up motherboard problem of last week appearing to be behind us with no further issues when using a completely different X99 motherboard, here's the first extensive look at the Core i7 5960X Haswell-E processor running on Ubuntu Linux.At...
Abstract: These days there are basically two different groups of customers who demand lots of processing power: content creators and gamers, while this 2D performance comparison is targeting content creators. After having had a look at the following pages you'll ha...
