Core i7-3960X | Sandy Bridge-E

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El Core i7 3960x fue lanzado hace poco más de un mes, recordándonos un poco lo que fue el lanzamiento del Core i7-2600k, habían muchos pronósticos, que tan solo sería un 2600k con 2 cores más, que su rendimiento no sería tan superior al anunciado, las nuevas quejas por la introducción de OTRO socket al mercado (LGA-2011). Pero también en el papel nos traía grandes novedades. Lo que primero que destacó, fueron las memorias a ambos lados del socket, la arquitectura quad-channel, su elevadísimo consumo y por supuesto, temperatura.

 

 

Llego el día del lanzamiento y no sólo cumplió, sino que supero las expectativas de muchos, incluyéndome. Un gran potencial de overclock, sumado a una gran potencia en bruto hace de este procesador y de su hermano menor el Core i7-3930K una muy buena apuesta de la mano de Intel para el segmento entusiasta. Veamos cómo se comportó este monstruito en nuestros laboratorios.

 

 

[h=2]Intel Core i7 3960X:[/h][TABLE=class: wp-table-reloaded wp-table-reloaded-id-5]

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[TH=class: column-1 colspan-2, colspan: 2]Essentials[/TH]

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[TR=class: row-2]

[TD=class: column-1]Status[/TD]

[TD=class: column-2]Launched[/TD]

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[TR=class: row-3]

[TD=class: column-1]Launch Date [/TD]

[TD=class: column-2]Q4'11

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[TD=class: column-1]Processor Number [/TD]

[TD=class: column-2]i7-3960X

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[TD=class: column-1]# of Cores [/TD]

[TD=class: column-2]6[/TD]

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[TR=class: row-6]

[TD=class: column-1]# of Cores [/TD]

[TD=class: column-2]12[/TD]

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[TD=class: column-1]Clock Speed [/TD]

[TD=class: column-2]3.3 GHz

[/TD]

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[TD=class: column-1]Max Turbo Frequency [/TD]

[TD=class: column-2]3.9 GHz

[/TD]

[/TR]

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[TD=class: column-1]Intel® Smart Cache [/TD]

[TD=class: column-2]15 MB

[/TD]

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[TD=class: column-1]Bus/Core Ratio [/TD]

[TD=class: column-2]57[/TD]

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[TD=class: column-1]Lithography [/TD]

[TD=class: column-2]32nm[/TD]

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[TD=class: column-1]Max TDP [/TD]

[TD=class: column-2]130 W[/TD]

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[TD=class: column-1]Max Memory Size (dependent on memory type) [/TD]

[TD=class: column-2]32GB DDR3-1600[/TD]

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[TD=class: column-1]# of Memory Channels [/TD]

[TD=class: column-2]4[/TD]

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[TD=class: column-1]Sockets Supported [/TD]

[TD=class: column-2]FCLGA2011[/TD]

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[TD=class: column-1]Integrated Graphics[/TD]

[TD=class: column-2]No[/TD]

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[TR=class: row-17]

[TD=class: column-1]Recommended Customer Price [/TD]

[TD=class: column-2]$999 - $1059

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Intel Dx79SI Siler[/h][TABLE=class: wp-table-reloaded wp-table-reloaded-id-6]

[TR=class: row-1 odd]

[TH=class: column-1 colspan-2, colspan: 2]Essentials[/TH]

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[TD=class: column-1]Form Factor[/TD]

[TD=class: column-2]ATX (12.00 inches by 9.60 inches [304.80 millimeters by 243.84 millimeters])[/TD]

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[TR=class: row-3 odd]

[TD=class: column-1]Processor[/TD]

[TD=class: column-2]• Intel® Core™ i7 and Intel®

Xeon® processors in an LGA 2011 socket:

― Two PCI Express 3.0 x16 graphics interfaces

― One PCI Express 3.0 x16 graphics interface (x8 electrical)

― Four DDR3 memory channels (Quad Channel total of 8 DIMMs)[/TD]

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[TR=class: row-4 even]

[TD=class: column-1]Memory[/TD]

[TD=class: column-2]• Eight 240-pin DDR3 SDRAM Dual Inline Memory Module (DIMM) sockets

arranged as four channels

• Support for DDR3 2400 MHz, 2133 MHz, 1866 MHz, 1600 MHz, 1333 MHz, and

1066 MHz DIMMs

• Support for 1 Gb, 2 Gb, and 4 Gb memory technology

• Support for up to 64 GB of system memory with eight DIMMs using 4 Gb

memory technology

• Support for non-ECC and ECC memory

• Support for 1.35 V low voltage JEDEC memory

• Support for XMP memory

• Support for manual memory over clocking (voltage, clock, ratio[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR=class: row-5 odd]

[TD=class: column-1]Chipset[/TD]

[TD=class: column-2]Intel® X79 Express Chipset consisting of the Intel® X79 Platform Controller

Hub (PCH) [/TD]

[/TR]

[TR=class: row-6 even]

[TD=class: column-1]Audio[/TD]

[TD=class: column-2]Intel® High Definition Audio subsystem using the Realtek* ALC892 audio codec[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR=class: row-7 odd]

[TD=class: column-1]Legacy I/O Control[/TD]

[TD=class: column-2]Nuvoton* legacy I/O controller for Consumer Infrared (CIR)[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR=class: row-8 even]

[TD=class: column-1]Peripheral Interfaces[/TD]

[TD=class: column-2]• Two USB 3.0 ports are implemented with stacked back panel connectors (blue)

• Two front panel USB 3.0 ports are implemented through one internal connector

(blue)

• Fourteen USB 2.0 ports:

― Six ports are implemented with stacked back panel connectors (black)

― Eight front panel ports implemented through four internal headers

• Two Serial ATA (SATA) 6.0 Gb/s interfaces through the Intel X79 Express

Chipset with Intel®

Rapid Storage Technology RAID support (blue)

• Four internal SATA 3.0 Gb/s interfaces through the Intel X79 Express Chipset

with Intel Rapid Storage Technology RAID support (black)

• Two IEEE 1394a ports:

― One port via a back panel connector

― One port via a front-panel header (blue)[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR=class: row-9 odd]

[TD=class: column-1]LAN[/TD]

[TD=class: column-2]Dual-Gigabit (10/100/1000 Mbits/s) LAN subsystem using the Intel® 82579L and

Intel® 82574L Gigabit Ethernet Controllers[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR=class: row-10 even]

[TD=class: column-1]Expansion Capabilities[/TD]

[TD=class: column-2]• Two PCI Express 3.0 x16 connectors

• One PCI Express 3.0 x16 connector (x8 electrical)

• Two PCI Express 2.0 x1 bus add-in card connectors from the PCH

• One Conventional PCI bus add-in card connector from the PCH[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR=class: row-11 odd]

[TD=class: column-1]Hardware Monitor Subsystem[/TD]

[TD=class: column-2]• Hardware monitoring and fan control through the Nuvoton I/O controller

• Voltage sense to detect out of range power supply voltages

• Thermal sense to detect out of range thermal values

• Four fan headers using PWM control

• Four fan sense inputs used to monitor fan activity

• Fan speed control using voltage control (4-pin fan headers for processor, front,

rear, and auxiliary) with selectable support in BIOS for 3 wire fans

• Support for Platform Environmental Control Interface (PECI) [/TD]

[/TR]

[TR=class: row-12 even]

[TD=class: column-1]Bundle[/TD]

[TD=class: column-2]• 2 - way SLI Bridge

• 3 - way SLI Bridge

• Thermal Probe

• Intel Mousepad

• Wifi and Bluetooth module[/TD]

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