Intel's Core i7 980X Extreme Edition has been listed by several European retailers, starting at €931.
The six-core behemoth, codenamed Gulftown, based on the 32nm Westmere architecture and it is clocked at 3.33GHz. Thanks to Turbo overclocking 980X can run at 3.6GHz and it supports Hyperthreading.
There are a few downsides. The price isn't all that great, but in this market segment that's not a very big deal. The triple
The six-core behemoth, codenamed Gulftown, based on the 32nm Westmere architecture and it is clocked at 3.33GHz. Thanks to Turbo overclocking 980X can run at 3.6GHz and it supports Hyperthreading.
There are a few downsides. The price isn't all that great, but in this market segment that's not a very big deal. The triple
channel memory
controller officially supports 1066MHz memory, although we're confident
it will be able to cope with somewhat higher clocks. With a 140W TDP is
seems there is not much room for overclocking, but with six cores are
3.33GHz, there really isn't much need for overclocking.


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