Testseek.com have collected 175 expert reviews of the Intel Core i7 4960X Extreme Edition 3.6GHz Socket 2011 and the average rating is 78%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Intel Core i7 4960X Extreme Edition 3.6GHz Socket 2011.
April 2015
(78%)
175 Reviews
Average score from experts who have reviewed this product.
Users
(97%)
392 Reviews
Average score from owners of the product.
780100175
The editors liked
6 Cores/12 Threads
Overall improved performance
15MB (Smart Cache)
HyperThreading
Improved Compute performance
Unlocked
Low Power Consumption
22nm
Fastest desktop CPU on the market
Incredible overclocking potential
Relatively cool running temps
The fastest consumer processor money can buy for multi-threaded workloads. Asus makes a great motherboard now that Intel has killed its own manufacturing division.
Fastest consumer CPU available
As of late summer 2013
Same LGA2011 socket as previous-generation chips
Fair overclocking headroom (at least in our sample)
Uber Fast
More Power Efficient Than Its Predecessor
Fits In Existing Socket
Slight performance bump and better efficiency for the same price. DDR31866 and PCI Express 3.0 support.
The editors didn't like
Daily Computing Performance is actually less than 4770K
Price
Lacks support for latest Haswell features. Not the fastest chip for single-threaded tasks. Not compatible with Intel-manufactured motherboards
Expensive
Like all Extreme Edition CPUs
Modest performance boost at stock speeds versus Core i7-3970X
Won't work in Intel-made LGA2011 motherboards
Not Much Faster Than SBE
Pricey
Haswell Offers Better Single Thread Performance
No Support On Intel X79 motherboards
Cons
Ancient
Featureless platform not worthy of extreme/enthusiastlevel CPU. Small jump on features and performance.
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