Think Intel are done with their Sandy Bridge-based products? Nope, not yet. There are a number of new Sandy Bridge processors coming to market in fourth quarter of this year or early 2012 but these processors are relatively different from previous releases. Named as Sandy Bridge-E, they are targeted for enthusiasts that requires an huge amount of firepower for their applications.
The Sandy Bridge-E processors will be led by the six-core 3.30GHz Intel Core i7-3960X that features Turbo Boost speed of 3.90GHz, 15MB of L3 cache and fully unlocked multiplier which made it suitable for extreme overclocking. As marked by the X on its name, this processor will also carry the Extreme Edition label on its box.
Together with it is another six-core processor, the 3.20GHz Core i7-3930K with Turbo Boost speed of 3.80GHz, 12MB of L3 cache and limited unlocked multiplier as well as the quad-core 3.60GHz Core i7-3820 with Turbo Boost of 3.90GHz and 10MB of L3 cache. Unlike its two big brothers though, the i7-3820 multiplier are locked. In addition to that, all three processors will feature the new LGA 2011 socket and Intel X79 chipset.
According to one source, these processors will be priced at around RM 2998 (USD 999), RM 1750 (USD 583) and RM 882 (USD 294) respectively. These procesors will also not come with stock coolers as per other Intel processors but instead, users have to purchase aftermarket coolers or separate Intel-branded coolers that are designed for Sandy Bridge-E processors. That might looks like a weird move by Intel but since enthusiasts usually prefer aftermarket coolers anyway, it does seems quite logical.
[Source: VR-Zone - 1 - 2. Image: Legit Reviews]
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