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Now, this is a six core processor that's been on the market for a long time, but

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there is a reason that I have not unboxed it yet. The reason is that it

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was not really priced in sort of in line

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with what I would really consider buying. Okay, so let's leave it at that.

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Um, but with the recent price drop from Intel, this CPU is now down to sort of

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real people level of pricing. And it used to be that it was only like a

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hundred bucks or so less than the than the extreme edition 6 core 980X. Well,

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now it's significantly less. So, it

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actually makes a fair bit of sense to invest in a 970. So, a 970, as I

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mentioned before, is a six core processor. The stock clock speed of this

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guy is actually 3.2 GHz. So, it is a

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very, very, very fast chip. And it features hyperthreading. It has 12 megs

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of cache. In fact, besides the lower clock speed, it has all of the same

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features as the extreme edition chips, but for a much lower price, about half.

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So, what's the drawback, you guys? Well, it includes the same installation

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instructions, 3-year warranty, and Intel inside logo label. Although, you can see

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the logo label is now blue instead of black, which is obviously less high

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performance. We have the same included

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six core ready Intel stock heatsink. So that is with the large fan tower heat

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sink. It has four heat pipes. Lots of incidental air flow for the area around

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the CPU socket. Nice rigid back plate, nice smooth contact surface, as well as

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uh Oh, where'd it go? Ah, here it is. As well as some included No, that's not it.

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Is it in here? Cameraman's pointing at the Oh, yeah. There it is. As well as

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included thermal compound. Ah, yes. Got it.

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Just like that. Okay. So, it has included thermal compound. It has a

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performance and quiet switch for the included fan and uses a four pin sleeved

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PWM fan. All right. So, it has all that going for it. It goes on the LG 1366

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socket just like the extreme edition processors. It is this size and shape

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just like the extreme edition processors. Looks just like an extreme

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edition processor. So, the difference is that it is not unlocked. This is not an

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unlocked processor. However, unlike the P67 platform, the X58 chipset does

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support overclocking of non-unlocked processors. So, with a little bit more

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effort and a little bit more skill, you can actually take a 970 to nearly the

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same speeds that you can achieve with a 980X or a 990X unlocked processor. So

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basically, it's just a matter of it's missing the extreme label and it is not

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unlocked. Those are the disadvantages of grabbing a 970. So this, as far as six

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cores go, is the best value from Intel at the time of filming this unboxing.

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