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Core i7-3930K 6-Core 3.20GHz Review

The Intel® Core™ i7 processor family for the LGA-2011 socket is the next generation of 64-bit, multi-core desktop processor built on 32-nanometer process technology. Based on the low-power/high performance Intel® Core™ i7 processor microarchitecture, the processor is designed for a two-chip platform as opposed to the traditional three-chip platforms (processor, MCH, and ICH). The two-chip platform consists of a processor and the Platform Controller Hub (PCH) and enables higher performance, easier validation, and improved x-y footprint. [Please be aware that GD data is constantly refined as more information and reports are made available.]
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Core i7-3930K 6-Core 3.20GHz Performance Specification

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3.2 GHz

6 cores

Sandy Bridge-E

130W

32nm

LGA 2011/Socket R

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No the Core i7-3930K 6-Core 3.20GHz processor is NOT a laptop and notebook CPU

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1536Kb

12Mb

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Slobadobdob

08:08 Jan-23-2013

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is this worth an upgrade?

bubzyz

08:21 Jan-23-2013

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if you go with a 3770k it will be like a 15% less performance but you wont have to change motherboards.

Zeronrg

23:00 Oct-28-2012

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I love this chip, not only does it have great stability while gaming the price is awesome. It takes the little edging out of gaming that you get with the quad core processors, such as max payne 3 and other processor hogging games... It also comes with a overclocking warranty (that you pay extra for) from intel, in case you fry it while overclocking, Same with all the major chips like 3960X which in price has a thumbs down when compared to the 3930K. Especially when you really have a close up look of the specs on the 2 processors side by side. A 10+ from me & 2 thumbs up.... ;-)

Stratus

00:05 Mar-13-2013

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How is the price awesome in a good way the cpu alone is $600+.

JoshBartolomeu

18:58 Sep-27-2012

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I'm fine with the clock speed it has but what If, I overclock it like 30Ghz or 50Ghz ?
What improvements will I get ?

alt639

19:59 Sep-27-2012

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If you got it to 5.0GHz, the improvement would be fairly significant, but not so much better than how well it currently performs to warrant risking the life of the component.

Mazasrb

15:20 Oct-20-2012

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30GHz or 50GHz? That's still impossible.

alt639

15:29 Oct-20-2012

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I know, that's why I said 5.0 :D I think he meant overclock it up by 3.0 GHz or 5.0 GHz, but still, I haven't seen any SB-E get above the mid 5 GHz range.

Mark

18:23 Dec-13-2011

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