Intel Core i7-5960X Extreme Edition starts listing for €954

Published 2014-08-25 15:44 by Hilbert Hagedoorn

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#4899165

Undying

2014-08-25 11:18

Intel is so generous.

#4899167

Texter

2014-08-25 11:21

So that's nearly a decade of €1k top CPUs from Intel, since the Pentium IV Extreme Edition...

#4899179

Texter

2014-08-25 11:46

You can complain now, but AMD's top Athlon 64 FX was doing €900 when Intel came up with their EE.

#4899181

k3vst3r

2014-08-25 11:48

Just wait for the refresh, then pick this up for half price.

#4899185

JonasBeckman

2014-08-25 11:56

Just wait for the refresh, then pick this up for half price.

True, although what about the 5930X ? If you need a six core CPU (With HT) then wouldn't that already be around half the price of this one and the only loss is a small bit of cache memory and a minor bump in clock speed which you can overclock yourself, so performance should be near identical. 🙂 (I'm in no hurry to upgrade though, maybe for the X100 series or what it will be called I might consider it.)

#4899193

fantaskarsef

2014-08-25 12:21

True, although what about the 5930X ? If you need a six core CPU (With HT) then wouldn't that already be around half the price of this one and the only loss is a small bit of cache memory and a minor bump in clock speed which you can overclock yourself, so performance should be near identical. 🙂

Too pricey for a gamer anyway. But yes, the middle one, I'm looking forward to reviews of it, just to know the stats. I just hope it's got the same 40 PCIe lanes

#4899209

JonasBeckman

2014-08-25 12:35

Yeah for gaming if it's like the previous models then the 5770 is probably ideal for a more high-end setup, fast and quad core and it should be possible to overclock it further too if required. 🙂

#4899216

fantaskarsef

2014-08-25 12:41

Hmm so 1000€ for processor, 400 for motherboard, 370 for memories... oh fun :|

It's the Enthusiast platform after all... you can also go for a CPU for 550, 220 for the mainboard, and 100 for ram, summing up for less than 900€. But there's always been a bigger price tag on those platforms and new components like DDR4.

#4899217

BLEH!

2014-08-25 12:46

So about £880. And a higher turbo than we thought.

#4899222

cowie

2014-08-25 13:04

I hope futuremark is on the ball and has 3d vantage ready for 8 cores.

#4899231

Texter

2014-08-25 13:30

You'd think load-balancing had settled by now.

#4899234

Tat3

2014-08-25 13:33

So with 350€ you get a nice basic model ? Seems good. Will build new PC at the end of this year or at January...

Hmm so 1000€ for processor, 400 for motherboard, 370 for memories... oh fun :|

1220€ for the case... http://www.ldcooling.com/shop/ld-pc-v10-reverse/94-ld-pc-v10-phase-change.html

#4899252

Texter

2014-08-25 14:14

At that time, building a powerful PC was a really expensive task!

1998-2003 saw a massive decline in average PC prices, and even the high end CPU price spike in 2005 didn't change the slowing trend downwards. By 2008 the average PC price index was 1/7 of the 1998 price, and since then prices haven't dropped significantly at all. Something like this: http://wallstreetpit.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/image85.jpg It's a bit off-topic but interesting to see nonetheless.

#4899257