
| Intel Skulltrail Article Overview | |
|---|---|
| Article | Topics |
| Part 1 | Intel Skulltrail Part 1: The Power of 8 Cores |
| Part 2 | Intel Skulltrail Part 2: Overclocking and Power Consumption |
| Part 3 | Intel Skulltrail 3: 8 vs 4 Core Performance |
Among computer enthusiasts, there is no such thing as too much performance. With regard to the review sample that Intel sent us, we can honestly say that no other system that has passed through our lab has ever provided this much performance. In other words - or rather in numbers - here's what we got: The Skulltrail system consists of eight physical processor cores that can be (over)clocked at speeds up to 4 GHz. We're sure marketing-minded people would love to advertise this as a 32 GHz system, but that would obviously be inaccurate. The motherboard sports two socket 771 processor sockets, each equipped with a quad-core CPU. Intel already demonstrated this platform at its last Intel Developer forum in San Francisco, as you can read here.
Upon closer inspection, it turns out that Intel must have been under immense pressure when developing this new platform, though. Apparently Intel feared that AMD's quad-core Phenom CPUs, which had at the time not yet been released, Compare Prices on AMD Phenom Processors would catch up to or even outpace the Penryn. Of course, ever since the publication of the article "AMD Phenom-The Spider Weaves its Web," the world knows that AMD is still trying to iron out some kinks in its newest CPU.
- Intel D5400XS With Quad-Channel
- Trail Of Skulls
- Expensive And Large - Intel D5400XS Motherboard
- Intel D5400XS Motherboard, Continued
- Expensive And Large - Intel D5400XS Motherboard, Continued
- Motherboard - The Intel 5400 Northbridge
- Motherboard - Active Cooling Required
- Motherboard: Intel 6321ESB Southbridge
- Motherboard: Nvidia nForce 100 SLI Bridge For 4 Graphics Cards
- 1000 Watt Power Supply
- 4 Graphics Cards - Ready For SLI And Crossfire
- Memory: Quad-Channel With FB-DImms
- Memory: Memory Interface And Quad-Channel
- Memory: Not Suited For Desktop And Gaming Systems
- Memory - FB-DImms Less Expensive Than DDR3
So does anybody have a recommendation on a northbridge fan I can use?
preferably easy to install?( I really hate to take the motherboard out on that monster.)