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Intel Core i7-975 Extreme
$999.00
Released June, 2009
The Pros:Comes with bragging rights - one of the world's fastest desktop processors. Lots of power for intensive tasks like video encoding, high resolution gaming etc. Good overclocking capabilities.
The Cons:Expensive - out of reach for most consumers. Poor value - most users won't see a difference in performance compared to Intel's "lower end" Core i7s. Runs fairly hot with the stock heatsink/fan.
The Intel Core i7-975 Extreme is a 45nm, desktop quad-core “Bloomfield Extreme Edition” microprocessor engineered for the most demanding multi-threaded games and multimedia applications. Released on May 31st of 2009 as a successor to the 3.2GHz Core i7-965 XE (11-17-08) and the 2.66GHz-3.06GHz 'Bloomfield' cores, the Core i7-975 XE boasts an enhanced 3.33GHz core speed.
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Like its predecessors, the i7-975 relies on Nehalem MicroArchitecture with Intel Hyper-Threading Technology to deliver 8 simultaneous processing threads. Additional notable features of the i7-975 XE include an Intel QuickPath Interconnect interface (replaces FSB) for enhanced data cache per core, 'Turbo Boost' technology, and Intel Virtualization technology. A major drawback to the Intel Core i7-975 Extreme is its lack of support for error-correcting memory, which some critics suggest makes the i7 not ideal for gaming performance.
Features
- Nehalem MicroArchitecture
- ”Bloomfield Extreme Edition”
- Quad-Core Microprocessor
- Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology
- Execute Disable Bit
- Intel 64 Architecture
- Intel Advanced Digital Media Boost
- Intel Advanced Smart Cache
- Intel Deep Power Down Technology
- Intel Hyper-Threading Technology
- Intel Quick Path Interconnect
- Intel Smart Memory Access
- Intel Turbo Boost Technology
- Intel Virtualization Technology
- Intel Wide Dynamic Execution
Specifications
- Processor Number: i7-975
- Intel Smart Cache: 8MB
- Clock Speed: 3.33GHz
- Intel QPI: 6.4 GT/s
- Memory Type/Speed: DDR3 800/1066 MHz
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comes with bragging rights - one of the world's fastest desktop processors
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lots of power for intensive tasks like video encoding, high resolution gaming etc.
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good overclocking capabilities
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compatible with higher speed DDR3 memory out of the box
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expensive - out of reach for most consumers
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poor value - most users won't see a difference in performance compared to Intel's "lower end" Core i7s
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runs fairly hot with the stock heatsink/fan
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