Sign in with
Sign up | Sign in
Your question
Solved

What the ''x'' means in i7-5960x ?

Tags:
  • x
  • Intel i7
  • CPUs
Last response: in CPUs
Share
October 14, 2014 11:58:48 PM

What the ''x'' means in i7-5960x ?

More about : means 5960x

a b à CPUs
October 15, 2014 12:04:02 AM

Extreme
m
0
l

Best solution

a c 249 à CPUs
October 15, 2014 12:04:16 AM

Nothing much really, its the top of line Haswell-E i7 so it has some swag. OCable, 40 PCIe lanes, 8 cores, it deserves the 'X' factor :lol: 
PS: Yes it does mean Xtreme.
Share
Related resources
a b à CPUs
October 15, 2014 12:04:42 AM

suffix "X" - desktop / mobile dual-core extreme-performance CPU.
m
0
l
a c 249 à CPUs
October 15, 2014 12:06:07 AM

^It's an OCable Hyperthreaded Octa-core.
m
0
l
October 15, 2014 12:06:35 AM

I was wrong lol
m
0
l
a c 211 à CPUs
October 15, 2014 12:10:12 AM

Really just Extreme Edition.
m
0
l
a b à CPUs
October 15, 2014 12:10:56 AM

eXtremely expensive (you're probably better off with the 5930K if you want 8 cores, which is around half as expensive)
m
0
l
a b à CPUs
October 15, 2014 12:44:53 AM

snowctrl said:
eXtremely expensive (you're probably better off with the 5930K if you want 8 cores, which is around half as expensive)


5930k is 6 cores.
m
1
l
!