Intel's New Core I7-990X Extreme Edition Tested 149
MojoKid writes "Intel recently launched a speed bump of their flagship Extreme Edition
Core i7 processor,
known as the Core i7-990X. Its multiplier is unlocked and it's clocked at 3.45GHz stock speed with a Turbo Boost top-end speed of 3.73GHz. Intel claims its the fastest desktop chip on the planet; like geek
tiger blood for your PC. The new Core i7-990X is also based on the 32nm Gulftown core and the
performance metrics show it's easily the fastest 6-core chip for the desktop currently but of course it'll cost you as well."
Worthless review (Score:4, Informative)
No mention of the i7 2600K that is 1/3d price for pretty much the same performance minus a few very thread oriented tests.
Re:Help (Score:3, Informative)
Hard to say though, when you didn't tell us what those requirements are.
Maybe because he didn't ask for what CPU to buy, he asked for a good site to go to for comparisons of various models. Newegg would NOT be that site, tomshardware and anandtech would be decent places to start.
Tom's Hardware review (Score:3, Informative)
Re:magic marker? (Score:4, Informative)
if your cpu is running at 207'F, you have other things to worry about before magic marker becomes a concern. Last I checked, thermal shutdown for intel cpus was between 65'c (149'F) and 75'c (167'F) depending on model.
Re:Help (Score:5, Informative)
I'm a home user. I use virtualization (or I did. windows 7 is too good to bother with other OSes except for fun anymore).
so, I just went and checked desktop cpus. Every i7 (and extreme) cpu supports VT-x, every i5 does, every i3 does. That's all current non-budget cpus. I checked out the available celeron models, and only the very cheapest (As I said earler, sub $50) lacks VT-x. I went back further, and every core 2 extreme does, almost all the core 2 quads (Except the q8200 and q8300) do. I wasn't able to find a core 2 duo on newegg that didn't have VT-x, and at that point I quit looking. Basically, long story short, you'd have to go out of your way to buy an intel cpu that doesn't have hardware virtualization now.
Re:Help (Score:2, Informative)
I usually check PassMark's CPU/Value website.
http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu_value_available.html [cpubenchmark.net]
But make sure you also compare it to the absolute benchmark too:
http://www.cpubenchmark.net/common_cpus.html [cpubenchmark.net]
Re:Help (Score:4, Informative)