Thread: Intel Core i7-980X

New twists by Intel, this time aimed at the high end of its processors and continue to maintain its reign in all fields, both in performance and performance per MHz per processor or enforceability multhilo.

Comes well-980X Core i7 Extreme Edition which had been rumored as a possible Core i9, nomenclature that Intel has already said it was just an unfounded rumor. Is supposed to be the most powerful processor on the market for, maybe, all that remains of the year.

The first thing we have is that this is the first Intel desktop processor with 6 cores natives, using the core Gulf town. Will be called Core i7 Extreme Edition-980X as its name indicates it belongs to the select range of Intel, which only some are able to achieve with your salary.

It's more of a product designed for websites analysis, and the label shows "we have the most powerful processor market. Apart from those who can afford the payment processor of this range which always keeps the same price?

As we have said belongs to the range processor Extreme Edition and therefore comes with the multiplier unlocked. So do not take much to see news about extreme over clocking this processor and records of several known tests such as Super Pi version for X nuclei or 3DMark etc.

The Core i7-980X uses internal nomenclature dubbed Gulf town which also leads the 6-core Xeon. Belongs to the series or Nehalem micro architecture and particularly in the second review of the architecture, what we call family, known as West mere that already belong to other processors such as Core i3 and i5 baptized and Arrangeable Clark dale. Thus all West mere is the second revision of Intel Nehalem as called Tick-Tock process.