Testseek.co.uk 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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Extreme performance
Eight cores and 16 threads in one chip
Relatively energy efficient
Overclocks well
Major performance improvements over the previous Extreme Edition
Abstract: In this article we're going to investigate gaming performance differences regarding Intel's recent HEDT processors. Therefore we're going to test the Intel Core i7-5820K, the i7-5930K as well as the 5960X with our set of recent games. In the end we'll be ...
Abstract: When Intel released their new Haswell-E CPUs, we decided to rework our CPU gaming performance articles. Meanwhile we're testing different resolutions and there are FullHD, 1440p as well as UHD on our list. This way you get a more detailed understanding of...
Abstract: When Intel released their new Haswell-E CPUs, we decided to rework our CPU gaming performance articles. Meanwhile we're testing different resolutions and there are FullHD, 1440p as well as UHD on our list. This way you get a more detailed understanding of...
Abstract: With the launch of Haswell-E, Intel has introduced three new desktop processors and an updated chipset to support them, called X99. Although the new chips are based on a similar 2011-pin layout to the previous Ivy Bridge-E enthusiast processors, these pro...
Abstract: The newest Intel Haswell-E processors are already pretty fast out of the box, but if you want to you can squeeze a lot more performance out of them. This workshop shows you how to achieve the optimum overclock. The Intel Haswell-E processor family was ...
Abstract: There is a variety of customer groups, which demand as much power as possible from their computers in order to accelerate processes in order to become more efficient and in the end increase revenue or add additional value to their projects. Especially in ...
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Published: 2014-12-14, Author: Dave , review by: techradar.com
The Intel Core i7-5960X is an astoundingly quick, relatively low-powered processor. It's beyond the financial reach of most of us, but we sure are glad this technology exists. It's surely only a matter of time before it trickles down....
Abstract: When Intel released their new Haswell-E CPUs, we decided to rework our CPU gaming performance articles. Meanwhile we're testing different resolutions and there are FullHD, 1440p as well as UHD on our list. This way you get a more detailed understanding of...
Today we've had a look at SLI scaling of two custom GTX 980 graphics cards from ASUS in combination with an Intel Core i75960X CPU, while driving the Intel CPU at default clock speeds Our scaling index page shows an average performance bump of 7223 percen...
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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 ...
