PCLinuxguy

July 20, 2011 at 10:30am

it's about time intel got off it's butt and brought the sandybridge 6 cores to the scene.  Not bad for spec sheet either, as it sounds like it's time for those who coughed up a few grand for an i7-980x or 990x system to be finding a way to upgrade or trade up with a new system for those new sandy bridge 6's.  I know I would be. 

Nimrod

July 19, 2011 at 4:39pm

Me want 15MB cache

/zombie voice

 

 

Do you have any idea how FAST my games would load with that? Do you have any idea how FAST my multi tasking would run with SIX CORES and a 15MB shared cache? Do you have any idea what 15MB COULD DO?

 

 

 

OMFG!!!!!!!!!

Nimrod

July 19, 2011 at 4:39pm

Me want 15MB cache

/zombie voice

 

 

Do you have any idea how FAST my games would load with that? Do you have any idea how FAST my multi tasking would run with SIX CORES and a 15MB shared cache? Do you have any idea what 15MB COULD DO?

 

 

 

OMFG!!!!!!!!!

SleepyCatChris

July 19, 2011 at 11:33am

<cite>Finally there's the Core i7 3820, a regular quad-core processor with a locked multiplier and clocked at 3.6GHz (Turbo 3.9GHz). It will come with 10MB of cache and a 130W TDP.</cite>

Why the jump from 95W TDP in the i7 2600 to 130W TDP in the i7 3820?

DU00

July 19, 2011 at 11:26am

So other than the extra cache and the small bump in clockspeed, what might be the advantage of the i7 3820 over a 2600k? Unless these are for a different socket again and Intel is just covering the bases, since the hexacores won't start at less than $900 since the Extreme Edition tag is attached. Can someone better explain this to me?

Kinetic

July 19, 2011 at 10:39am

Unless I'm mistaken you forgot the unlocked Core i7-3930K: 6 cores, 12MB cache and a clock speed of 3.2GHz that turbos at 3.8GHz.