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Review: Intel Core i7 5960X - 8 Cores of Pleasure
G'day Sir and milady! In this article we review, test and benchmark the all new Core i7 5960X (Haswell-E) 8 core processor and smack it on one of the long awaited X99 motherboards. Intel's most high-end processor SKUs just got updated with three new models, the top dog being the enthusiast class eight-core processor series aimed at enthusiasts and pro-consumers.
We look at 5930K and 5820K processor performance as well. Read the review here.
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#4902176 Posted on: 08/29/2014 07:32 PM
.. so lame.
Thanks for the review Hilbert! Been waiting for this one, let me tell you.
Im surprised to see the pricing vs performance of the 5930k as I really thought that it would be the one to get, but seems like its not so.
Also, nice to see the performance increase with the OC..
I can now say though that I will skip this and wait until Skylake.. although this new chipset and cpu lineup would crush my 2600k, the gains are not enough to justify dropping 1k plus on a new chip and mobo.
And so, I will wait
First.
.. so lame.
Thanks for the review Hilbert! Been waiting for this one, let me tell you.
Im surprised to see the pricing vs performance of the 5930k as I really thought that it would be the one to get, but seems like its not so.
Also, nice to see the performance increase with the OC..
I can now say though that I will skip this and wait until Skylake.. although this new chipset and cpu lineup would crush my 2600k, the gains are not enough to justify dropping 1k plus on a new chip and mobo.
And so, I will wait
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#4902177 Posted on: 08/29/2014 07:33 PM
Yikes! That's a lot of reading.
Yikes! That's a lot of reading.
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#4902180 Posted on: 08/29/2014 07:42 PM
Now to decide which to get, that 389$ for the 6 core is cheap
Now to decide which to get, that 389$ for the 6 core is cheap
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#4902188 Posted on: 08/29/2014 07:56 PM
I was not expect much gains for the 5930K over Ivybridge-E ( 6cores vs 6cores ), same for the 5820K ... but well its so negligible that i can pass over. ( in average, maybe 5% performance EDIT: after some check we are more in the 2% gain, it is even slower on some software ( winrar, H265 k4 encoding ) due to clockspeed.
The only gain could come from the 5960x and simply by the additional core. ( normal )
Finally, the only good thing, is the price of the 5820K, who will let peoples enter 6 cores system for way cheaper of the previous series. with some limitations anyway.
Well, for anyone with Sandybridge-E 6cores and Ivybridges-E 6cores, the only improvement in performance will be the 8cores.
All in all, for peoples who need high multithreading, as previously, this can let you build a workstation for home for way cheaper than with Xeon based cores..
For anyone with 4/8threads processor, it will be cheaper to move to 6cores/12threads.
I was not expect much gains for the 5930K over Ivybridge-E ( 6cores vs 6cores ), same for the 5820K ... but well its so negligible that i can pass over. ( in average, maybe 5% performance EDIT: after some check we are more in the 2% gain, it is even slower on some software ( winrar, H265 k4 encoding ) due to clockspeed.
The only gain could come from the 5960x and simply by the additional core. ( normal )
Finally, the only good thing, is the price of the 5820K, who will let peoples enter 6 cores system for way cheaper of the previous series. with some limitations anyway.
Well, for anyone with Sandybridge-E 6cores and Ivybridges-E 6cores, the only improvement in performance will be the 8cores.
All in all, for peoples who need high multithreading, as previously, this can let you build a workstation for home for way cheaper than with Xeon based cores..
For anyone with 4/8threads processor, it will be cheaper to move to 6cores/12threads.
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Jeez boss, are you trying to kill us all with all those reviews!?