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FEATURED Intel i7 4960X - Ivy Bridge-E - CPU Review
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Nice review. I love my 3930K and would love this even more. But no upgrade yet.
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Nice chip, nice review. 
What were the ambient temps when you ran these marks? Just curious.....
What were the ambient temps when you ran these marks? Just curious.....
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That room stays around 23-25°C. The water loop is a Swiftech MCP35X, MCR-320 and an EK Supreme HF Cu with three Panaflo Ultra High Speed fans near silent at ~40% speed.
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Well, to give you an idea of the difference, the 3770K @ 4.8 GHz and 1.26V loaded gave max core temperatures of 70, 76, 82 & 84 °C. The 4960X @ 4.6 GHz and 1.39V had all core temperatures under 70°C (most ~66°C, with some as low as the mid 50°C range). I think that pretty well speaks for itself.
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The NDA expired this morning at 12:01am but we weren't told a specific hard release date. Some sites had them for sale last week already (MetalRacer has had his since Thursday or Friday) but they're not on Newegg, Tiger Direct or Microcenter's site. IDF is the 10th through the 12th, so they may be waiting until then.
I started up a live chat with Newegg and asked so I could have an answer directly from the horse's mouth. If nothing else, it's good for a laugh.
I started up a live chat with Newegg and asked so I could have an answer directly from the horse's mouth. If nothing else, it's good for a laugh.
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As we're an equal opportunity publication, here are some more reviews for your reading pleasure.
I'm surprised there wasn't a thread yet; NDA lifted at (the odd time of) 12:01am PST. Here are some more:
Hardware Canucks
Overclockersclub
TechReport
PCPer
Guru3D
VR Zone
There we go. Tired of copying/pasting now.
(I refuse to link to the two that published before NDA, one of which RE-published today under the auspices of benchmark verification with a later sample, because they suck like that.)
I'm surprised there wasn't a thread yet; NDA lifted at (the odd time of) 12:01am PST. Here are some more:
Hardware Canucks
Overclockersclub
TechReport
PCPer
Guru3D
VR Zone
There we go. Tired of copying/pasting now.
(I refuse to link to the two that published before NDA, one of which RE-published today under the auspices of benchmark verification with a later sample, because they suck like that.)
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Very nice review hokie! (as usual).
"you’ve got a 4.6 GHz overclock, which is decent, and core temperatures below 70 DEGREES C – and with six cores putting out heat instead of four."
Wow! Intel has done somethings right! (Just Kidding)
Benchmarks are all over the place. Wins on some, loses on others. Definitely not the best solution for gamers.
No USB 3.0 - that isn't that big of deal. WE assume that wouldn't hold anyone back (upgrade point of view).
On a scale of 1 to ten what would you give it?
Thanks Again!
"you’ve got a 4.6 GHz overclock, which is decent, and core temperatures below 70 DEGREES C – and with six cores putting out heat instead of four."
Wow! Intel has done somethings right! (Just Kidding)
Benchmarks are all over the place. Wins on some, loses on others. Definitely not the best solution for gamers.
No USB 3.0 - that isn't that big of deal. WE assume that wouldn't hold anyone back (upgrade point of view).
On a scale of 1 to ten what would you give it?
Thanks Again!
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We don't do scores because they're so subjective. If pressed, probably a 6-7/10. It's Sandy Bridge-E with a little bit higher IPC and doesn't bring much (anything) new to the table. Anyone that already has a decent SNB-E chip should keep what they've got. Anyone that is just a gamer with 1-2 GPUs should go Haswell. Anyone that needs the available threads and/or memory bandwidth or needs the PCIe lanes for 3-4 GPUs could do worse than IVB-E.
Whenever time allows me to get some LN2, and there isn't much of that right now unfortunately.
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Thanks for the reply. You scored it almost what I "believed" you would have scored it if we did use a "subjective" index.
This certainly was unexpected: "and/or memory bandwidth or needs the PCIe lanes for 3-4 GPUs could do worse than IVB-E."
Thank you again for your time and review!
This certainly was unexpected: "and/or memory bandwidth or needs the PCIe lanes for 3-4 GPUs could do worse than IVB-E."
Thank you again for your time and review!
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Nice work bro 
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I feel it's worth mentioning that for the most part the X58 classified boards required soldering mods to work well cold, otherwise they tended towards a -60°C coldbug. Once that mod was done, they were the best out there till Gulftown and the R3E showed up.
Personally I think EVGA should aim just a touch higher, and go for something you don't have to take a soldering iron to
Personally I think EVGA should aim just a touch higher, and go for something you don't have to take a soldering iron to
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