Latest Review: Intel Core i7-980X

Well, as it's now that time, I can officially announce and release our review of Intel's six core "Westmere" behemoth, the Core i7-980X. This is easily the fastest processor we have tested to date, and is capable of wiping the floor with the Core i7-975 and other Intel high performance chips. Interested? Check out the full review for more!

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  • Gigabyte GA-P55-UD4

    Gigabyte GA-P55-UD4 @ Hexus"LGA1,156 chips differ from their LGA1,366 brethren by integrating the PCI-Express lanes directly from the CPU. That, then, removes the need for an IOH and QPI link to the processor but reduces the total number of lanes to 16. T...
  • Gigabyte GA-P55-UD5 & Core i5 Platform Preview

    Gigabyte GA-P55-UD5 & Core i5 Platform Preview @ Neoseeker"Gigabyte, one of the world leaders in that domain, is preparing some amazing things for upcoming products. Plenty of great innovations will be at the rendezvous-vous when Lynnfield finally hit...
  • Point of View Ion 330

    Point of View Ion 330 @ Guru3D"Roughly half a year ago this was the news of the day, and today... finally the first products start to hit the market. One of many ION based products comes from Point of View. Next to nettops, and netbooks based on ION, for ...
  • Gigabyte GA-MA770T-UD3P

    Gigabyte GA-MA770T-UD3P @ Benchmark Reviews"Last month, we took a look at AMD's new mainstream processor: the Athlon II 250. We were impressed with both performance and cost. Today, Benchmark Reviews looks at an equally impressive motherboard: the Gigabyt...
  • ASUS Rampage Gene II

    ASUS Rampage Gene II @ MadShrimps"We got the MicroATX Asus Rampage Gene II on the test bench. Does this PCB shrink mean it doesn't have the full package on board? Is it really worth cashing out for its bigger brother, the Rampage Extreme II? Some question...
  • ASUS P7P55D Evo

    ASUS P7P55D Evo @ eTeknix"In the first Preview on eTeknix we are proud to introduce the first LGA-1156 motherboard in the UK, the Asus P7P55D Evo, which is designed to use the new Lynnfield processors that Intel will hopefully be releasing in a few months...
  • Zotac ION A-Series

    Zotac ION A-Series @ Tech-Reviews"The motherboard we’ll be reviewing today is manufactured by Zotac, a quickly expanding company. It’s built using the Nvidia ION graphics platform which supports even DirectX10. The Intel Atom processor used in this sy...
  • Gigabyte GA-P55-UD6 Preview

    Gigabyte GA-P55-UD6 Preview @ TweakTown"Back at Computex in June of this year GIGABYTE showed us some of their P55 boards. These new boards will support the new Lynnfield, or as it has been rumoured to be called, Core i5 CPUs from Intel. While Lynnfield i...
  • MSI X58M

    MSI X58M @ Motherboards.org"Big things often come in small packages and the MSI X58M motherboard is one of those things that really are an outstanding product. Its performance was near the top in virtually every benchmark. Feature-wise the board has suppo...
  • Intel BOXD945GCLF2D Atom 330

    Intel BOXD945GCLF2D Atom 330 @ Benchmark Reviews"For years, the focus on computers has been on faster, better performing systems. Recently, however, with rising energy costs and more environmentally conscious consumers, computer manufacturers have turned ...
  • DFI LANPARTY DK X58-T3eH6

    DFI LANPARTY DK X58-T3eH6 @ X-Bit Labs"The term “dark horse” began as horse racing parlance. A dark horse is a race horse that is not known to gamblers and thus is difficult to place betting odds on. This way it has nothing to do with the horse’s co...
  • ECS P45T-A

    ECS P45T-A @ Think Computers"Today I will be looking at Corsair's flagship performance memory, the Dominator GT DDR3-2000 triple channel kit. This particular kit is a 6GB kit with 8-8-8-24 timings. Not only does the Dominator GT series support Intel's XMP...
  • MSI G41TM-E43

    MSI G41TM-E43 @ Motherboards.org"From a features point of view the G41TM-E43 motherboard delivers for the HTPC user. Features like Blu-Ray audio playback through the onboard sound, an ok integrated graphics chip with the G41, HDMI and DVI-D support on the...
  • ASRock P45X3 Deluxe

    ASRock P45X3 Deluxe @ Think Computers"ASRock appears to have continued this trend. Today I will be looking at ASRock's new P45 motherboard, the ASRock P45X3 Deluxe. There are some goodies found on this board that aren't on ASRock's other P45X3 motherboard...
  • ASUS Maximus II Gene

    ASUS Maximus II Gene @ Bjorn3D"With all of this in mind, it is good to see manufacturers like ASUS still working hard on improving the Intel socket 775 CPU's. Like its bigger brother the ASUS Rampage II GENE motherboard, the Asus Maximus II GENE motherboa...
  • ASUS P6T7 WS

    ASUS P6T7 WS @ Motherboards.org"The P6T7 is designed for the workstation crowd and stability, manageability, support for SAS drives are as important as performance. The board was completely stable throughout testing and the ability to run four dual-GPU ca...
  • ASUS M4N82 Deluxe

    ASUS M4N82 Deluxe @ Neoseeker"I am highly pleased with that ASUS motherboard sporting the disguised 780a chipset, despite a few downsides. I think it is stupid to use SATA ports which allow only the supplied cables to be used. Also, it is a bit deceiving ...
  • Gigabyte GA-MA770T-UD3P

    Gigabyte GA-MA770T-UD3P @ X-Bit Labs"It becomes quite real to put together an inexpensive system on AMD Phenom II or Athlon II processors equipped with DDR3 SDRAM. This type of memory has already become affordable enough, and Gigabyte managed to come up w...
  • MSI X58M

    MSI X58M @ ITReviewed"MSI should be applauded for bringing Intel’s X58 chipset to the masses at a sub-£150 price point. Sure there are full-size motherboards that offer better performance and overclocking features, but for mainstream users building a M...
  • ASUS Maximus II Gene

    ASUS Maximus II Gene @ Bjorn3D"With all of this in mind, it is good to see manufacturers like ASUS still working hard on improving the Intel socket 775 CPU's. Like its bigger brother the ASUS Rampage II GENE motherboard, the Asus Maximus II GENE motherboa...
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