Pros: Totally unlocked multiplier. Extremely fast even at stock speed. Overclocks great for a quad core processor. Cons: Extremely expensive. No other real cons to it except that it drains the wallet buying it. Dealing with the heat of the proc when pushing it hard takes high end cooling to handle. OH, did I mention that it is absurdly expensive? It has a lot of headroom left, but I need to upgrade to watercooling to really push it like I want to.
I've never paid even half as much as I paid for this for a processor before. I just had a weak moment, but now that I have it I don't regret buying it much. Pros: More performance than the average user needs! Easy to install, no risk of breaking pins off the bottoms of processors anymore, smaller CPU design, uses less power, stays cooler, and is even more powerful and stable than predecessors.
And better yet for serious playing while you work It is efficient enough for most overclocking already. Cons: Stock Heat sink and Fan are too noisy for a recording environment, possibly an annoyance for anyone in the room if overclocking your CPU without the chasis fans or other cooling devices picking up the extra load.
However Liquid Cooling is more than likely needed if your GPU or other hardware is generating enough heat to effect the temp. Or you have a poorly ventilated case. Documentation is poor, Some Motherboards that support the processor don't have a BIOS that supports it, if it doesn't sometimes even if it does and works anyway then you will find that most BIOS do not have proper settings for managment of the processor's features or the ability to overclock it at all.
But I didn't want to overclock a slower CPU. Now I think this CPU is the ideal choice for my needs and those needs are greater than the average user. Pros: Very fast, with asus silent knight it runs much cooler than I thought it would; about 60 right now. Pros: Obviously very fast, but it can over clock even easier.
I have not tried much yet, but it ran perfectly stable at 3. I cannot verify the bus at higher speeds yet because the i boards currently have many issues when over clocking the FSB.
It also runs very cool at low voltage which is a good thing. Overall Review: I have not upgraded since and probably will not for a long time again. I like how the chip is already overkill for pretty much anything and its proven to over clock even higher safely 4ghz! Pros: This is the quickest processor I ever owned. It is crazy fast. This comes with the stock 3. Vertical Segment. Processor Number. Launch Date. Performance Specifications.
Total Cores. Processor Base Frequency. Bus Speed. FSB Parity. VID Voltage Range. Supplemental Information. Embedded Options Available. View now. Package Specifications. Sockets Supported. Package Size. We recently got our hands on a new Core 2 Extreme QX processor and were able to run it through a host of benchmarks and overclock it as well.
A Penny For Your Thoughts We've published a number of articles relating to Intel's Core microarchitecture, Core 2 Duo and Extreme family of processors, Penryn, and Intel's 45nm manufacturing process in the past here at HotHardware. For more detail or a refresher on the technologies employed by the new Core 2 Extreme QX and Intel's platform as a whole, we suggest taking a look at the following related articles. These articles contain detailed explanations of some of the features common to Intel's legacy products, compatible chipsets, and the processes used to build these new processors:.
At the very least, we suggest you read our Intel 45nm fab process preview and the Intel Penryn and Nehalem details articles to get familiar with the new technologies employed in the Yorkfield core which is at the heart of the new QX and Intel's advanced 45nm manufacturing process.
Those two articles in particular will lay the foundation for what we're going to show you on the pages ahead.
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