1 00:00:00,640 --> 00:00:07,520 It's been a few days, but I'm back in the saddle. So, I've got a very exciting 2 00:00:04,960 --> 00:00:14,559 product today to unbox. This is the Intel Core i7 980X. It's an LG 1366 3 00:00:12,639 --> 00:00:21,119 processor, and we've seen that before, but what's new about it is this is a 6 4 00:00:17,760 --> 00:00:25,000 core Extreme Edition processor. Now, 5 00:00:21,119 --> 00:00:28,480 just like when Intel launched the 6 00:00:25,000 --> 00:00:31,279 QX6700, this is the only processor that 7 00:00:28,480 --> 00:00:36,399 you can buy from Intel on the desktop platform with six cores. So, the QX6700 8 00:00:34,160 --> 00:00:40,320 was an extreme processor and it was the only four core you could buy at the 9 00:00:38,079 --> 00:00:44,800 time. So, you're paying a premium, but you're getting the latest technology. 10 00:00:41,840 --> 00:00:50,320 This is a 32nm processor. It supports hyperthreading technology, which means 11 00:00:47,360 --> 00:00:54,879 12 threads in Task Manager. Go figure. Turbo boost. It has an integrated memory 12 00:00:52,800 --> 00:01:01,760 controller, triple channel DDR3 memory like all of the LG 1366 CPUs. It is 13 00:00:58,359 --> 00:01:04,640 compatible with most and it should be 14 00:01:01,760 --> 00:01:10,640 all X58 motherboards with only a BIOS update. So, I threw one of these chips 15 00:01:06,640 --> 00:01:13,119 into my one-year old X58 board and it 16 00:01:10,640 --> 00:01:16,400 worked just with a BIOS update. So, then let's go around to the back. This box 17 00:01:14,640 --> 00:01:21,759 contains an Intel processor and thermal solution. It is a three-year warranty. 18 00:01:18,560 --> 00:01:24,320 Okay. So, let's go around here. Okay. 19 00:01:21,759 --> 00:01:30,799 Why don't we break the seal on this bad boy? So, here we go. That is a thousand 20 00:01:28,479 --> 00:01:37,439 plus dollar processor. Now, it's open. We opened the box. Let's see what kind 21 00:01:32,799 --> 00:01:40,400 of experience we have unboxing a Core i7 22 00:01:37,439 --> 00:01:46,079 Extreme. So, this is cool. Intel has actually updated their stock cooler for 23 00:01:43,680 --> 00:01:50,560 the Extreme Edition products. But before we get into that, why don't we have a 24 00:01:47,759 --> 00:01:55,600 look at the documentation. Oh, wow. This is a kind of a complicated package. The 25 00:01:52,720 --> 00:01:58,560 CPU is in like a cardboard uh container. So, we'll look at that after. First of 26 00:01:57,040 --> 00:02:01,759 all, we have the installation instructions along with the three-year 27 00:02:00,159 --> 00:02:07,840 limited warranty. We have an Intel inside logo label. Core i7 inside. It's 28 00:02:05,040 --> 00:02:13,760 a black one cuz it's extreme. All right. Next, we 29 00:02:08,920 --> 00:02:16,879 have Oh, this is new. Look at this. 30 00:02:13,760 --> 00:02:18,720 Intel actually includes a thermal 31 00:02:16,879 --> 00:02:24,319 compound tube. This looks like it's probably shinu. I'm guessing though. I'm 32 00:02:21,599 --> 00:02:29,520 just going based on the um based on the syringe here. Dao Corning. No, this is 33 00:02:26,480 --> 00:02:31,200 it's an OEM. It's an OEM paste. Uh if 34 00:02:29,520 --> 00:02:35,680 it's what I think it is, it's a very high quality paste. And then they 35 00:02:33,200 --> 00:02:40,239 include an in installation instruction guide for how to apply the uh the 36 00:02:38,239 --> 00:02:45,040 syringe to your CPU. I also have a video about that which you could also watch on 37 00:02:41,840 --> 00:02:48,560 my NCIXCOM account. Okay. So, then we 38 00:02:45,040 --> 00:02:50,720 have a clamshell plastic package and the 39 00:02:48,560 --> 00:02:54,959 new Intel stock cooler which I've also done a video on my Linus Tech Tips 40 00:02:52,560 --> 00:02:59,920 channel about outlining the uh the differences between this or just looking 41 00:02:57,280 --> 00:03:03,680 at it. Um, okay. So, the biggest differences, let's start with the 42 00:03:01,599 --> 00:03:07,440 obvious one. This is a heat pipe cooler. So, it has four heat pipes that all 43 00:03:05,440 --> 00:03:12,000 connect directly to a copper base and then aluminum fin tower design just like 44 00:03:09,920 --> 00:03:17,040 many of the aftermarket coolers over the past couple years. Whereas Intel has 45 00:03:14,480 --> 00:03:20,640 been using a top down blower for years and years and years. They haven't 46 00:03:18,319 --> 00:03:25,040 changed that for eons it seems like. Okay, next thing is it uses thumb screws 47 00:03:23,120 --> 00:03:30,080 to secure to the motherboard as well as a back plate. Intel in the past has been 48 00:03:28,000 --> 00:03:36,080 using push pins, plastic push pins. I hate these things. This is way better. I 49 00:03:33,360 --> 00:03:41,120 love it. Okay, next thing. It uses a bode base. You can't see that here, but 50 00:03:38,239 --> 00:03:45,680 the base is actually convex, which means that when you put it down on the CPU and 51 00:03:43,360 --> 00:03:49,519 tighten it down, it gets incredibly tight mounting pressure in the center 52 00:03:47,519 --> 00:03:53,120 right over the die of the CPU. That's very important, too. This is a feature 53 00:03:51,519 --> 00:03:57,120 that's been carried over from previous Extreme Edition heat sinks in that you 54 00:03:55,440 --> 00:04:00,480 can set it to either quiet or performance mode with the push of a 55 00:03:58,640 --> 00:04:04,799 button. Okay, let's have a look at the fins from the side so you can kind of 56 00:04:02,560 --> 00:04:09,599 see through them there. And then it has a sleeved power connector. That's 57 00:04:07,599 --> 00:04:14,159 something that I've wanted to see on stock coolers for a long time because 58 00:04:12,159 --> 00:04:18,320 you know what? It just makes it that much tidier when you're trying to do a 59 00:04:15,920 --> 00:04:23,520 nice build and you got like your blue and yellow and green and black random 60 00:04:21,199 --> 00:04:28,479 wire all over the place. All right, next thing. Uh, right. This is actually 61 00:04:25,840 --> 00:04:33,040 really cool. So, see this fan? That is kind of a weird shape. So, it's not 62 00:04:30,800 --> 00:04:37,520 actually designed to just blow right through the fins like most of the 63 00:04:34,720 --> 00:04:43,440 aftermarket coolers are. The reason for that is that in a properly speced 64 00:04:40,720 --> 00:04:48,160 cooler, you should actually be blowing not only through the fins to cool the 65 00:04:45,520 --> 00:04:52,520 CPU, but you should actually be cooling all of the components around the CPU. 66 00:04:50,479 --> 00:04:57,360 And for a long time, that's been the disadvantage to using a tower cooler 67 00:04:55,199 --> 00:05:00,720 because usually the fan blows only through the fins and it doesn't reach 68 00:04:59,280 --> 00:05:05,440 the surrounding components. But what Intel's done is they've angled the fan 69 00:05:03,199 --> 00:05:09,680 blades so that it actually pushes a lot of air kind of around this way. And it 70 00:05:07,520 --> 00:05:14,960 also pushes it down here and just sort of randomly around the socket. So that 71 00:05:12,160 --> 00:05:20,479 enables Intel to get proper cooling of all the components around the socket and 72 00:05:17,120 --> 00:05:22,479 still use a tower cooler. Amazing. So, 73 00:05:20,479 --> 00:05:28,440 now let's finish up the unboxing and product overview. As I mentioned before, 74 00:05:24,720 --> 00:05:33,840 this is a six core processor clocked at 75 00:05:28,440 --> 00:05:35,199 3.33 GHz. It has Oh, and I just get this 76 00:05:33,840 --> 00:05:40,240 cardboard thing. I've never seen an Intel CPU boxed like this. Very strange. 77 00:05:37,680 --> 00:05:45,560 Um, so they've changed a lot of things. Let's have a look here. So, it has 12 78 00:05:42,320 --> 00:05:47,160 megs of cache. It 79 00:05:45,560 --> 00:05:55,120 uses H. Yeah, it uses a 6.4 GHz QPI link. And 80 00:05:52,960 --> 00:06:01,120 that is pretty much all there is to it. Let's flip it over. It looks just like 81 00:05:57,600 --> 00:06:04,000 any LGA 1366 CPU that we've seen over 82 00:06:01,120 --> 00:06:08,639 the last year plus, except for what's under the hood. So, that's six cores of 83 00:06:06,800 --> 00:06:12,960 high performance computing power. I should probably also mention that I was 84 00:06:10,560 --> 00:06:17,600 able to effortlessly overclock the uh sample that I already have to 4 GHz just 85 00:06:15,360 --> 00:06:22,639 by turning up the multiplier. So, it's an extreme edition processor designed 86 00:06:19,360 --> 00:06:24,240 for overclocking and looking cool and 87 00:06:22,639 --> 00:06:27,440 extreme. Thanks for checking out my video blog.