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Test Setup:
- Intel Core i7 3770K (Socket LGA-1155)
- Intel DZ77GA-70K Motherboard
- XFX Radeon HD 6970 Videocard
- Seagate 750GB 7200.11 Hard drive
- Corsair AX1200 1200W Power Supply
- 8GB Mushkin DDR3 1600 9-10-9-28 2T
- Corsair Graphite 600T Chassis
Comparison Setups:
Sandy Bridge-E
- Intel Core i7 3960X (Socket LGA-2011)
- Intel DX79SI Motherboard
- XFX Radeon HD 6970 Videocard
- Seagate 750GB 7200.11 Hard drive
- Corsair AX1200 1200W Power Supply
- 4x4GB G.Skill DDR3-1866 9-10-9-28 2T
- Corsair Graphite 600T Chassis
AMD Phenom II "Thuban" (Socket AM3)
- AMD Phenom II X6 1100T processor
- ASUS Crosshair V Formula motherboard
- XFX Radeon HD 6970 videocard
- Seagate 750GB 7200.11 hard drive
- Mushkin Joule 800W power Supply
- 2x4GB Mushkin DDR3-1600 8-8-8-24-1T memory
- Corsair Graphite 600T chassis
AMD Phenom II "Deneb" (Socket AM3)
- AMD Phenom II X4 980 processor
- ASUS M4A89GTD PRO/USB3 motherboard
- XFX Radeon HD 6970 videocard
- Seagate 750GB 7200.11 hard drive
- Mushkin Joule 800W power Supply
- 2x4GB Mushkin DDR3-1600 8-8-8-24-1T memory
- Corsair Graphite 600T chassis
Intel Core i7 "Bloomfield" (Socket 1366)
- Intel Core i7-920 & i7-965 processor
- MSI X58 Platinum motherboard
- XFX Radeon HD 6970 videocard
- Seagate 1TB 7200.11 hard drive
- Mushkin Joule 800W Power Supply
- 3x4GB Mushkin DDR3-1600 8-8-8-24-1T memory
- Corsair Graphite 600T chassis
Intel Core i7 "Sandy Bridge" (Socket 1155)
- Intel Core i5-2500K & i7-2600K processor
- Intel DP67BG motherboard
- XFX Radeon HD 6970 videocard
- Seagate 1TB 7200.11 hard drive
- Mushkin Joule 800W Power Supply
- 3x2GB Mushkin DDR3-2000 9-11-10-28-1T memory
- Corsair Graphite 600T chassis
Benchmarks:
- SiSoft Sandra Professional
- 7-Zip
- PCMark Vantage & 7
- Handbrake
- POV-Ray
- Cinebench
- Crysis Warhead
- Far Cry 2
- Colin McRae DiRT 2
- Call of Juarez
- World in Conflict
- Lost Planet
- 3DMark 11
- Power Consumption
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i like that you could overclock this IB CPU to nearly 5 ghz with only a 1.38 vCore (iirc). my SB has to run at about 1.42 at 4.7ghz