Friday, September 6th 2013
Core i7-4960X First Extreme-Tier Intel Chip to Ship in a Blue Box
Reviews of Intel's Core i7-4960X may be all over the web, but each one we came across only pictures the chip itself, and not its retail packaging. It turns out that the i7-4960X will be the first "Extreme" tier Intel processor (well, since the decade-old Pentium 4 Extreme Edition anyway), to ship in a blue box, and not the premium black-colored one that's easy to spot at a store, or on a lengthy list online, should you decide to spend a grand on your next CPU. A Japanese store released these pictures of the Core i7-4960X retail box to Hermitage Akihabara.
The Core i7-4960X is a HEDT (high-end desktop) processor by Intel, in the socket LGA2011 package, and based on the 22 nm "Ivy Bridge-E" silicon. It features six cores, twelve logical CPUs enabled by HyperThreading, 15 MB of L3 cache, a quad-channel DDR3 integrated memory controller, and a 48-lane PCI-Express gen 3.0 certified root complex. It features a clock speed of 3.60 GHz, with 4.00 GHz Turbo Boost frequency. The chip should be supported on any socket LGA2011 motherboard based on the X79 Express and C608 chipsets, with a BIOS update in place; unless one supports it out of the box.
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Hermitage Akihabara
The Core i7-4960X is a HEDT (high-end desktop) processor by Intel, in the socket LGA2011 package, and based on the 22 nm "Ivy Bridge-E" silicon. It features six cores, twelve logical CPUs enabled by HyperThreading, 15 MB of L3 cache, a quad-channel DDR3 integrated memory controller, and a 48-lane PCI-Express gen 3.0 certified root complex. It features a clock speed of 3.60 GHz, with 4.00 GHz Turbo Boost frequency. The chip should be supported on any socket LGA2011 motherboard based on the X79 Express and C608 chipsets, with a BIOS update in place; unless one supports it out of the box.
17 Comments on Core i7-4960X First Extreme-Tier Intel Chip to Ship in a Blue Box
What Intel needs is some tit and arse on the box like the GPU use all over their products. Now THAT, that makes the hormone crazed kids grab Mommy's wallet and head to the computer shop.
Tick-tock.....
The only way to get a cheaper more insulting box is buying the FX9590 chip
A'burn.
1. You can afford it
2.What these babie are capable of doing
more than makes up for any box art / tin can swag.....besides .........The case badge will say it all....
...the albino Borg thing is creeepy though....
Looks like intel is saying "ok, nobody can compete with our i7, so we don't need to offer these in a fancy box anymore".
It does not matter anyway, but I use to collect most hardware boxes. I have a dozen or more in my room
On a more realistic note...the percentage of Intel's business that involves the company selling retail product directly to the consumer is near microscopic. As for the box art, Intel could wrap up the 4960X in a recycled cardboard box decorated by autistic chimpanzee's for all the difference it makes. Does anyone actually believe that someone in the market for a $1000 CPU is going to say "Yeah, I had the money in my hand, but when I saw the box it came in I was like..Nah, not in that colour- y'know what I mean?"