Testseek.com have collected 76 expert reviews of the Intel Core i7 965 Extreme 3.2GHz Socket 1366 and the average rating is 88%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Intel Core i7 965 Extreme 3.2GHz Socket 1366.
November 2008
(88%)
76 Reviews
Average score from experts who have reviewed this product.
Users
(92%)
395 Reviews
Average score from owners of the product.
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The editors liked
Hyperthreading Technology
DDR3 Triple Channel Memory Support
Fast 3.2GHz stock/3.3GHz turbo mode enabled clock speeds
Unlocked Multiplier
Excellent overclocking potential
Fast
Stable
Extremely Stable
Runs Exceptionally cool for an Extreme Edition Processor
Blisteringly fast
OnDie Memory Controller
Excellent Overclocking Potential (Stay Tuned)
Incredible bandwidth
Terrific performance.
Fastest high-end desktop CPU
Supporting motherboard supports both graphics card vendors multicard technologies.
The fastest processor currently on the planet
All multipliers are completely unlocked both up and down
On die memory controller
Tri-channel DDR3 offers an average of 33% more memory bandwidth
Utilization of SMT (Hyperthreading) greatly enhances per...
Extremely fast
Self-overclocking feature
Hyper-Threading gives some of the advantages of eight-core processors
True Quad Core
Fastest Desktop Performer
Insane Memory Bandwidth
Fair CPU Pricing
Some Overclocking Headroom
Great Performance
Overclocks Really Well
Kicked the Q6600 To The Curb
Reasonable Temps
Reasonable Price
Very Stable
Easy Overclocking
Much Higher Video Encoding Performance Than Previous CPUs
Fastest Quad On The Planet
The editors didn't like
None
Price
Yet another motherboard upgrade (sigh....)
Price is still expensive
Rather focused group of users that can take full advantage of it.
Pricey. Requires new motherboard.
Requires an expensive new motherboard
Chipset needs three memory sticks for maximum efficiency.
Expensive $999.00 MSRP
A new X58 based motherboard will be required New power efficient DDR3 memory will likely be required
Requires new motherboard socket and chipset
Won’t allow some older high-speed memory to run at full speed
Requires three or six memory DIMMs for best performance
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We tried to make our tests at least a tad more interesting by using different memory modes -- and we found out that this parameter does not affect results. The only result that stands out against the common background is demonstrated by Core i7 920, b...
The abilities of this chip are exceptional when compared with the other top chips on the market, whether Intel or AMD. The performance out of the box beats any other chip out there, with the exception of the newest extreme the 975. This makes this chip...
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Starting with the basics, our general performance tests showed strong bandwidth gains when increasing the memory clock frequency. However, the WinRAR performance test and CINEBENCH seemed to find DDR3-1333 memory to be the sweet spot rather than the m...
Abstract: The Intel Core i7 is a new line of desktop processors based on the new Nehalem microarchitecture, which evolved from the Core microarchitecture which powered the highly successful Intel Core 2 line of microprocessors. Like its predecessors, the new Cor...
The fastest processor currently on the planet, All multipliers are completely unlocked both up and down, On die memory controller, Tri-channel DDR3 offers an average of 33% more memory bandwidth, Utilization of SMT (Hyperthreading) greatly enhances per...
Expensive $999.00 MSRP, A new X58 based motherboard will be required New power efficient DDR3 memory will likely be required
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Abstract: What About Increasing Memory Speed? In these tests, we used the Intel Core i7-965 Extreme Edition running at 3.2 GHz. All three memory channels were enabled. The L3 cache and memory speeds were set as follows : 1066 MHz RAM (7-7-7-20), L3 cache at 2.6 ...
