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
(90%)
249 Reviews
Average score from experts who have reviewed this product.
Extreme performance, Eight cores and 16 threads in one chip, Relatively energy efficient, Overclocks well
The $999 cost, Requires completely new platform
Almost three years on the release of the X79 platform supporting hexa-core Ivy Bridge-based processors, headlined by the Core i7-4960X, Intel is now updating the high-end platform with the Haswell architecture. Three Haswell Extreme (HSW-E) processors ar...
Abstract: It would be fair to say that in terms of raw CPU performance in the high end of the market Intel hasn't had much to worry about in recent times. Their X79/i7 based builds have offered fantastic results for those who work in multi-threaded applications and...
Very expensive, Not compatible with previous LGA2011 sockets, Doesn't work with DDR3 RAM
The Intel Core i7-5960X pushes the bleeding edge of desktop performance forward. In our tests, we found it to be up to 43 percent quicker than the six-core 4960X, Intel's previous Extreme Edition chip, and up to 77 percent faster than the 4770K quad-cor...
The Ivy Bridge-E launch (almost exactly one year ago) was disappointing for a number of reasons. Not only did the Core i7-4960X offer little beyond what we were already getting from -3970X, but it had the gall to surface three months after Intel started s...
we can say, that if you want the best of the best regarding CPU, platform as well as memory then Intel's new HaswellE should definitely be considered and it's especially multithreaded applications that will benefit the most from this new platform...
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Published: 2014-11-04, Author: Wayne , review by: cgmagonline.com
Abstract: A Monster ProcessorLet's be clear on this, not many people are going to own this CPU. It's Intel's latest top-of-the-line consumer retail model, it is basically the Ferrari of CPUs; many will covet, but few will own it. Having said that, let's get this re...
Intel’s Haswell-E i7 5960X is a massively powerful processor and a fitting successor to the i7 4960X. It is fast, capable of tearing through multi-threaded workloads and doesn’t consume copious amounts of power. This is the Haswell architecture at its fin...
Multi threaded performance, Overclocking with eight cores, Eight cores, Thermal performance
Low base clock speed
It's good to finally have Intel refresh the Extreme line up and take that step up to an eight core processor to do it. There are distributed computing crunchers just salivating at the performance potential that comes along with the added four threads that...
IntroductionToday, we're reviewing a new beast in Intel's extreme line of CPUs, the i7 5960X. Excluding all server related CPUs, this should be the first real 8 core CPU for desktops. Due to the active hyperthreading technology, this chip offers 16 thread...
The processor retails at around RM 3600, which is a price beyond the reach of most people but what you do get is outstanding performance, especially when paired with boards with Intel's X99 chipset and couple it with DDR4 RAM.If you are a gamer then this...
