Photos - Intel Core i7 980X Extreme Edition

Photos - Intel Core i7 980X Extreme Edition

On this page we'll show you some photos. The images were taken at 4272 x 2848 pixels and then scaled down. The camera used was a Canon 450D - 12 MegaPixel.

There it is folks... Nehalem, aka Gulftown, aka Core i7 980X. All yours for only 999 USD. It's a big processor alright, the sheer performance it offers is amazing. You need decent cooling though to keep this puppy under control, the retail version however comes standard with a  lovely heatpipe based cooler.

Socket LGA1366, also known as Socket B, certainly has a lot of pins... I didn't count to verify the number though, if you don't mind.

Here we have the front side; as you can see, this is an Intel engineering sample. Let's zoom in a little.

So we are not 100% sure which revision this is, but likely the newest B revision, tagged as Q4EG ES. Anyway, I think it's time for some tests, right?