Monday, April 4th 2011
Intel to Bid Farewell to LGA1366 with Core i7-995X Extreme Edition
Intel is preparing its next high-end/enthusiast desktop platform for release in Q4 2011. That platform will be driven by a new socket, the LGA2011, and the new Intel X79 Express chipset. Before that, Intel will give its 2-year old current enthusiast platform, the LGA1366 and X58 Express, a fitting farewell with a new high-end processor model, the Core i7-995X Extreme Edition. The i7-995X is a six-core processor based on the 32 nm "Gulftown" silicon. It features a default clock speed of 3.60 GHz (27 x 133 MHz), 3.86 GHz max Turbo, though the BClk multiplier is unlocked to help with overclocking.
The six x86-64 cores are aided by Intel HyperThreading technology to give the OS a total of 12 logical CPUs (threads) to deal with. The processor features a triple-channel (192-bit wide) DDR3 memory controller, and connects to the X58 chipset over a 6.4 GT/s QuickPath Interconnect link. Intel will launch its new chip some time in Q3 2011, i7-995X is expected to be priced at $999 (in 1000-unit tray quantities), displacing the current SKU at this price, the Core i7-990X Extreme Edition. For now, a lucky few (read: "industry partners") have access to engineering samples.
Source:
DonanimHaber
The six x86-64 cores are aided by Intel HyperThreading technology to give the OS a total of 12 logical CPUs (threads) to deal with. The processor features a triple-channel (192-bit wide) DDR3 memory controller, and connects to the X58 chipset over a 6.4 GT/s QuickPath Interconnect link. Intel will launch its new chip some time in Q3 2011, i7-995X is expected to be priced at $999 (in 1000-unit tray quantities), displacing the current SKU at this price, the Core i7-990X Extreme Edition. For now, a lucky few (read: "industry partners") have access to engineering samples.
77 Comments on Intel to Bid Farewell to LGA1366 with Core i7-995X Extreme Edition
Nice CPU, though.
What is the use in having it "turbo" to 3.86ghz from 3.60ghz. :rolleyes:
Nice chip but it should at least turbo to 4.25ghz or something.... specially for $1000 bucks
LGA1366 is no where near EOL it's the only platform to buy.
SB is hoax crap Ivy Bridge leaked data indicates they do not intent to offer us even 10% of quality of LGA1366 and AMD can't get their stuff straight. Anyone telling that LGA1366 is 'dead' is either totally unaware of current market situation or technology build in. Intel is currently making biggest mistakes of their lives by restricting people who kept them alive and they will pay really deep price for doing so no matter what kind of crap they offer to us it's too far to be considered as profitable purchase to anyone.
So, I'd look really damn carefully what the situation really is before considering to say platform has no future, lol, since this platform will be more alive when Ivy Bridge is dead.
Something tells me Intel's upcoming LGA 2011 will leave even this in the dust
Id take SB over this any day...
As for PCIe lanes check again. only thing you will find is 24 lanes max until Q4/2011 and even new is restricted to 32lanes split with 1x and that is not even near LGA1366 40 lanes.
by the way to give you a rough idea of processor performance... www.cpubenchmark.net/high_end_cpus.html
look at the 2600k... for 328 dollars that's damn fine performance... so don't say sandy bridge is a "hoax".
and also... when new technologies are developed, people tend to buy the newer technologies because they are better.
Eventually, the 1366 platform will die, with all the 1366 processor owners moving to 2011 or amd's offerings.
And of course, just in case you don't understand why newer things are better, I shall try to explain. As technology progesses, manufacturing processes get smaller, putting out the same performance with less heat output and power required. So, with less heat output and less power required... you can aim for same heat and power draw as the last generation of processors with higher performance.
Enough replying to a troll...
Bye-Bye LGA1366, I hope you aren't condemned to serve an eternity in the firey chasms of hell with all the i-Pods and i-Pads.
And I wonder why this board can afford to pump out 32 lanes, marketing misinformation, perhaps? GIGABYTE GA-P67A-UD7-B3 LGA 1155 Intel P67 SATA 6G...
I realised I haven't said anything about the 1366 dying :eek: I think the 1366 has served us well, and its time to move on. Much like the 775. Hope it will forever be remembered as a legendary socket, on par with the 775.
lol?
If you can find any SB processors that have actually caused a security risk... please post here.
Just to question are you one of those people who thinks something is the best because it costs the most?
BTW when is PCI-E 3.0 coming out?
Actually as for cost I am one of those who believes that what we have now costs 10 times more than it should. They don't pay for the chips we do and these corporations are nagging and yet swimming in a cash.