Testseek.com have collected 78 expert reviews of the Intel Core i7 3820 3.6GHz Socket 2011 and the average rating is 81%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Intel Core i7 3820 3.6GHz Socket 2011.
January 2012
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Quad Core with Hyperthreading
10MB Intel Smart Cache
Turbo Boost 2.0
AES instructions and Disable Security Bit functions
AVX Vector Extensions
40 lanes of PCI Express 3.0
Intel Enhanced Speedstep Technology
Intel Extreme Memory Profile 1.3 (XMP)
Quadchannel DDR3 support
Price
Solid performance
On par with the similarly priced Core i72600K. The X79 platform supports more RAM and PCI Express 3.0 along with more PCIe lanes
Strong performance
4 cores / 8 threads
40 PCI Express lanes
Highly overclockable
PCI Express 3.0 ready
Insane memory bandwidth
Competitive price
Very good performance
Particularly on single-threaded applications.
PCI-Express 3.0 with 40 lanes
Quad-Channel DDR3
10MB Cache
Easy overclocking because of the Gear Ratio feature
Best QuadCore Performance
Locked CPU that can still be Overclocked
Lots of Overclock Headroom
48 PCIE 3.0 Lanes
Quadchannel memory architecture
Better price than Slower CPUs
The editors didn't like
Feature Tradeoff with 2600K Processor
Gold
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The X79 platform has a high entry price with limited benefit to users. Higher memory latency than LGA1155 processors
High power consumption when overclocked
No QuickSync
Not faster than 2700K
Inconsistent compared with other high-end Intel chips. Partially unlocked multiplier limits overclocking potential. Requires X79 Express motherboard
Video card
Cooler
Not a fully unlocked processor
You lose Intel's QuickSync technology if moving from LGA1155
Well, the Ryzen 7 launch has a surprising amount of excitement and drama mixed together with the impressive numbers but with memory issues and game performance causing very polarized opinions on social media and on websites like Reddit. AMD fans even...
Published: 2012-08-23, Author: Scott , review by: Techreport.com
Abstract: As you may know, a while back, we came to some difficult realizations about the validity of our methods for testing PC gaming performance. In my article Inside the second: A new look at game benchmarking, we explained why the widely used frames-per-second...
Published: 2012-08-14, Author: Christopher , review by: techwarelabs.com
Abstract: The 2XXX Second Generation of the Intel Core Processor Family took off this past year with many early adopters pleasantly surprised by the abundance of speed, updated technologies, and better graphics integration. Here at TechwareLabs we had the pleasure ...
On the whole, Windows 7 x64 is well suited to the Intel Core i7 Sandy Bridge-E architecture. If many of your daily work programs are still 32-bit applications, there's no real penalty to emulating that 32-bit software in a 64-bit OS environment. When nati...
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Published: 2012-03-23, Author: Matthew , review by: pcmag.com
Very good performance, particularly on single-threaded applications.
Inconsistent compared with other high-end Intel chips. Partially unlocked multiplier limits overclocking potential. Requires X79 Express motherboard, video card, cooler
The Intel Core i7-3820 processor is a fine performer, but it lacks the impressive features of other CPUs in the Sandy Bridge?Extreme line....
As expected, given its spec, the Core i7-3930K makes the Core i7-3960X entirely dispensable. Why spend an extra €350 or €400 for such a small gain in performance (between 4 and 5%)?The Core i7-3930K is therefore a choice cut for anyone looking for a ve...
Sandy Bridge-has been proven to be a powerhouse of a processor series from the very beginning. The biggest caveat however was pricing, with the 3960 and 3930 costing 500 to 1000 EUR people simply looked the other way and sensibly bought the P67 / Z68 seri...
Price, PCI-Express 3.0 with 40 lanes, Quad-Channel DDR3, 10MB Cache, Easy overclocking because of the Gear Ratio feature
Not a fully unlocked processor, You lose Intel's QuickSync technology if moving from LGA1155
When the LGA2011 processors and Intel X79 motherboards were released it was quite expensive to get into. The Core i7-3930K sells for about $600 and you will be paying over $200 for an Intel X79 motherboard. This does not leave much room for a decent ...
Best QuadCore Performance, Locked CPU that can still be Overclocked, Lots of Overclock Headroom, 48 PCIE 3.0 Lanes, Quadchannel memory architecture, Better price than Slower CPUs,
Can't get this deal without an X79 Motherboard, adding to the overall price
As we have explained in the past, it's very hard to isolate a single component within a system. While we try to keep as many of the components static throughout the testing environment, it's impossible to keep everything the same. Any of these other c...
When replacing the aging socket 1366 with the brand new socket 2011, Intel did not merely focus on the high end CPU versions. With the addition of this i7-3820 Quadcore CPU, Intel has managed to put a brand new architecture into position, to replace t...
