If you love tech, you love the extreme. Enter, the new Intel Core i7-990X CPU, set to replace the company’s current flagship processor, the Core i7-980X. Based on the 32nm manufacturing process, an unlocked multiplier and 12 MB of L3 cache, the Core i7-990X is every gamers’ dream.
Sometimes tech giants love to make headlines. Surprisingly, the launch of the Intel i7-990X was rather silent. While understandable given the $999 price tag, we’d still expect a flagship processor to receive a little bit of face time from the manufacturer, but then again — electricpig.co.uk is your source of tech news.
Like the Core i7-980X it replaced, the i7-990X is built on Gulftown architecture with the 32 nm process, complete with 6 cores and 12 threads. Once available, the i7-980X will be completely phased out and the faster (3.46 GHz from 3.33 GHz) i7-990X will take the throne. With a Turbo Boost frequency of 3.73 GHz, nothing should stand in your way.
In related news, Intel is slashing prices on the LGA 1366 CPUs. As the Core i5-950 is phased out, the Core i7-960 has been reduced from $562 to $294 and the i7-970 dropped from $880 to $583. With all the news about the Sandy Bridge chipsets causing SATA ports to fail over time, it looks like Intel is showing some customer love this month.
Now that Core i7 LGA 1366 CPUs are dropping in price and we have the new i7-990X monster on the horizon, is now the perfect time to upgrade your trusty machine? As an avid gamer, I must say I am rather temped.
via AlienBabelTech
