Manufacturer: Price: $ US Author: Steve Date: 11/13/2011

[ Test System Specs ]

AMD AM3+ Test System Specs Hardware - AMD Phenom II X6 1100T (3.30GHz) - AMD Phenom II X4 980 (3.70GHz) - AMD FX-8150 (3.60GHz) - AMD FX-8120 (3.10GHz) - AMD FX-6100 (3.30GHz) - AMD FX-4170 (4.20GHz) - x2 4GB G.Skill DDR3-1866 (CAS 8-9-8-24) - Crucial m4 256GB (SATA 6Gb/s) - Gigabyte GeForce GTX 580 SOC (1.5GB) - Asrock Fatal1ty 990FX Professional (AMD 990FX) Software - Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 64-bit - Nvidia Forceware 285.38 Intel LGA2011 Test System Specs Hardware - Intel Core i7-3960X Extreme Edition (3.30GHz) - x4 2GB G.Skill DDR3-1600(CAS 8-8-8-20) - Kingston HyperX 240GB (SATA 6Gb/s) - Gigabyte GeForce GTX 580 SOC (1.5GB) - Gigabyte G1.Assassin2 (Intel X79) Software - Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 64-bit - Nvidia Forceware 285.38 Intel LGA1366 Test System Specs Hardware - Intel Core i7-975 Extreme Edition (3.33GHz) - Intel Core i7-920 (2.66GHz) - x3 2GB G.Skill DDR3-1600 (CAS 8-8-8-20) - Kingston HyperX 240GB (SATA 6Gb/s) - Gigabyte GeForce GTX 580 SOC (1.5GB) - Gigabyte G1.Sniper (Intel X58) Software - Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 64-bit - Nvidia Forceware 285.38 Intel LGA1155 Test System Specs Hardware - Intel Core i7-2600K - Intel Core i5-2500K - x2 4GB G.Skill DDR3-1866 (CAS 8-9-8-24) - Crucial m4 256GB (SATA 6Gb/s) - Gigabyte GeForce GTX 580 SOC (1.5GB) - Gigabyte G1.Sniper2 (Intel Z68) Software - Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 64-bit - Nvidia Forceware 285.38 Intel LGA1156 Test System Specs Hardware - Intel Core i5-750 - x2 4GB G.Skill DDR3-1600 (CAS 8-8-8-20) - Crucial m4 256GB (SATA 6Gb/s) - Gigabyte GeForce GTX 580 SOC (1.5GB) - Gigabyte P55A-UD7 (Intel P55) Software - Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 64-bit - Nvidia Forceware 285.38

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ProX	Posted on: 11/14/2011 09:09 PM $990, yeah okay Intel. Why didn't they at least prove the more affordable version at launch. Anyway thanks for the review.