Intel Releases Core i7 “Sandy Bridge-E” Processors

Author: Cássio Lima Date: November 14, 2011 - 10:53 AM PST Category: CPU More Info: http://www.intel.com Real-time pricing for Intel BX80619I73930K Intelnode Intel Core i7-3930K 3.2 1 LGA 2011 Processor BX80619I73930K DH Electronics Used and New Usually ships in 24 hours Amazon: $569.99 TigerDirect: $599.99 Newegg: $589.99 CompUSA: $599.99 Today, Intel released their Core i7-3000 series of processors, codenamed “Sandy Bridge-E.” Two models were launched, the Core i7-3960X Extreme Edition and the Core i7-3930K, with a third model (Core i7-3820) scheduled for 2012. These new processors, along with the new Intel X79 chipset, constitute an entirely new platform, dubbed the LGA2011 platform. Sandy Bridge-E chips have the same instruction set as the Sandy Bridge chips. The difference between them lies in the memory controller. Sandy Bridge-E CPUs feature the new quad-channel memory architecture supporting DDR3 memories up to 1,600 MHz officially, while Sandy Bridge CPUs feature triple-channel memory architecture and support DDR3 memory up to 1,066 MHz. The new LGA2011 CPUs have a total of 40 PCI Express lanes for video cards. This allows the following video card configurations: Two video cards at x16 and one video card at x8 One video card at x16 and three video cards at x8 One video card at x16, two video cards at x8, and two video cards at x4 In the table below you can see the models launched and their main specs, including prices. Model CPU Cores Clock Turbo Clock HT L3 Cache Socket Technology MSRP (U.S.) Core i7-3960X 6 3.3 GHz Up to 3.9 GHz Yes 15 MB 2011 32 nm USD 990 Core i7-3930K 6 3.2 GHz Up to 3.8 GHz Yes 12 MB 2011 32 nm USD 555 Core i7-3820 4 3.6 GHz Up to 3.9 GHz Yes 10 MB 2011 32 nm - Print Version | Send to Friend | Bookmark Article | Comments (0)

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