Asylum: Review Block - Core i7 5960X Extreme X99 Release
I have been getting some flak for "not" posting any news about the new Haswell-E and X99 launch. Well, per the usual there were a ton of empty promises prior to the launch and it would seem in an attempt to accommodate these developments things kinda feel off the table. Anyhow, as many of you already know the processor and chipset have been released and they are good. Sadly, I must say the news is just "creeping" out. Like, way slow.
Maybe it has to do with yet another $1000 processor coupled with a new memory system that isn't cheap either. (It’s new, give them a break). What is weird is that despite the $2000 entry fee for the X99 you can get a motherboard as a fairly reasonable price. Boards are also coming out in MicroATX form factors along with some the multi GPU monsters.
Motherboards
- MSI X99S Gaming 9 – @ Bjorn3d
Processor
- Intel Core i7-5960X Extreme Edition Review @ Vortez
- Core i7 5960X - 5930K and 5820K processor review @ Guru3D
- Intel Haswell-E Core i7-5960X CPU & X99 Chipset @ [H]
- Intel Core i7-5960X Haswell-E Review on Technic3D
- Core i7-5960X Extreme Edition Review: Intel’s Overdue Desktop 8-Core Is Here @ Techgage
- Intel's Core i7-5960X processor reviewed @ TR
- Intel Core i7-5960X “Haswell-E” Processor Review @ ThinkComputers
- Intel i7-5960X Haswell-E @ LanOC Reviews
- Intel i7 5960X Review; Haswell-E Arrives @ Hardware Canucks
Keep watch here, there will be some exciting stuff on the Hardware Asylum podcast and maybe some up close photos of the X99 Classified from EVGA.
