Almost as soon as Intel released the awesome Core i7-980X Extreme Edition we were bombarded with questions by readers asking when Intel was going to launch a more reasonably priced 6-core CPU. Four ...

There's little question, like the sun rising and setting each day, that when Intel launches their latest top-of-the-line processor, a stinging four-figure price point awaits. It seems like forever ...

Intel on Monday introduced a six-core Core i7 desktop processor targeted at enthusiasts like gamers, while also cutting prices of some desktop and server chips by up to 48 percent. The company ...

It's no secret that Intel is working on a six-core processor, one of which is the Core i7-980X Extreme Edition processor detailed months ago. Another, according to Fudzilla, will hit shelves as the ...

Intel's new Core i7-980X and Core i7-970 six-core desktop processors are set to debut in March, but could see an early release on Apple's Mac Pro systems in a matter of weeks, according to a new ...

Intel has quietly added two new desktop processors to its lineup, and another six-core chip could be in the pipeline. The 32nm Core i5-680 houses two cores running at 3.6GHz and can scale up to ...

Costing $114 less than Intel's high-end Core i7-980X Extreme Edition CPU, the Core i7-970 still offers six processing cores and 12 threads for powerful performance with highly threaded applications.

On the surface, the new Core i7-970 Extreme looks just like its socket 1366-based predecessors, as you can see in the image below. Ours is an engineering sample however, so the traditional retail ...

Same base frequency as the AMD Phenom II X6 1090T (3.2GHz) but on most things computational, 40% to 60% faster it looks like. Of course, it is still $885 for one so not exactly cheap. I think if I ...

There's no such thing as a slow LGA1366 CPU, so it didn't take long to benchmark the Core i7-970 at its stock frequency, especially as it spent most of the time Turbo Boosted to 3.33GHz rather than ...

Once a machine that could cut through benchmarks like a hot knife through the yummiest of butter, you look at the four-year-old system underneath the desk and pine for a day that fortune smiles enough ...

Matthew Murray got his humble start leading a technology-sensitive life in elementary school, where he struggled to satisfy his ravenous hunger for computers, computer games, and writing book reports ...