There has been so much fuss about Intel's new Sandy Bridge LGA1155 processors recently that it's easy to forget about Intel's other range of LGA1366 CPUs. Intel actually pitches its X58 chipset and ...

It's been just over a year since Intel unveiled the first six-core consumer processor, the Core i7-980X. Combining all of Intel's then-hottest technologies, it gave both die-hard enthusiasts and ...

Interesting question in today's mailbag: "I want to build an extreme PC but I don't want to spend $1,000 on just the CPU. Any suggestions?" Intel's current 'King of the CPUs' is the monster six-core, ...

Eurocom is adding a new processor option to its EUROCOM Panther 2.0 performance notebook. Now, customers will also be able to choose Intel's new high performance i7-990X Extreme Edition Processor. The ...

Intel started shipping the six-core Core i7-990X Extreme Edition processor on Monday, calling it the fastest Intel desktop processor ever. The processor runs at a clock speed of 3.46GHz and has ...

These days it's less about the megahertz and more about the cores, but custom PC maker Origin isn't leaving either benchmark untouched. It's taken the as-yet-unannounced six-core, 3.46GHz Intel Core ...

New CPUs usually mean a couple of things. For one, it means that your current CPU just got a little older, but the other thing is this: it means more options from those looking to buy a new PC now.

Intel announced that by the end of the next year it will halt shipments of a wide series of 900-series processors, including the six-core i7-990X. The chip maker has announced its decision through a ...

Intel doesn't seem to be having much luck keeping its latest top-performing hexa-core CPU, the Core i7-990X Extreme Edition, under wraps. Already one gaming PC builder, Origin PC, has started offering ...

Intel today released a new hexacore processor, the Core i7 990 Extreme. Alongside this processor Intel also released twelve new Xeon server processors. The new 990X is the same as the 980X (3,33 GHz) ...

Given the frequency advantage the i7-990X has over the i7-980X, it was no surprise to see it edge out its older stable mate in all of our stock speed tests. In Cinebench 11.5, it was 0.25 points ahead ...

Intel has launched a new range topping six-core, twelve threads processor today in the form of the Core i7 990X Extreme Edition. Based on the 32nm Westmere silicon, the 990X displaces the existing i7 ...