WEBVTT 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 00:00:04.960 --> 00:00:14.559 product today to unbox. This is the Intel Core i7 980X. It's an LG 1366 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 00:00:17.760 --> 00:00:25.000 core Extreme Edition processor. Now, 00:00:21.119 --> 00:00:28.480 just like when Intel launched the 00:00:25.000 --> 00:00:31.279 QX6700, this is the only processor that 00:00:28.480 --> 00:00:36.399 you can buy from Intel on the desktop platform with six cores. So, the QX6700 00:00:34.160 --> 00:00:40.320 was an extreme processor and it was the only four core you could buy at the 00:00:38.079 --> 00:00:44.800 time. So, you're paying a premium, but you're getting the latest technology. 00:00:41.840 --> 00:00:50.320 This is a 32nm processor. It supports hyperthreading technology, which means 00:00:47.360 --> 00:00:54.879 12 threads in Task Manager. Go figure. Turbo boost. It has an integrated memory 00:00:52.800 --> 00:01:01.760 controller, triple channel DDR3 memory like all of the LG 1366 CPUs. It is 00:00:58.359 --> 00:01:04.640 compatible with most and it should be 00:01:01.760 --> 00:01:10.640 all X58 motherboards with only a BIOS update. So, I threw one of these chips 00:01:06.640 --> 00:01:13.119 into my one-year old X58 board and it 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 00:01:14.640 --> 00:01:21.759 contains an Intel processor and thermal solution. It is a three-year warranty. 00:01:18.560 --> 00:01:24.320 Okay. So, let's go around here. Okay. 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 00:01:28.479 --> 00:01:37.439 plus dollar processor. Now, it's open. We opened the box. Let's see what kind 00:01:32.799 --> 00:01:40.400 of experience we have unboxing a Core i7 00:01:37.439 --> 00:01:46.079 Extreme. So, this is cool. Intel has actually updated their stock cooler for 00:01:43.680 --> 00:01:50.560 the Extreme Edition products. But before we get into that, why don't we have a 00:01:47.759 --> 00:01:55.600 look at the documentation. Oh, wow. This is a kind of a complicated package. The 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 00:01:57.040 --> 00:02:01.759 all, we have the installation instructions along with the three-year 00:02:00.159 --> 00:02:07.840 limited warranty. We have an Intel inside logo label. Core i7 inside. It's 00:02:05.040 --> 00:02:13.760 a black one cuz it's extreme. All right. Next, we 00:02:08.920 --> 00:02:16.879 have Oh, this is new. Look at this. 00:02:13.760 --> 00:02:18.720 Intel actually includes a thermal 00:02:16.879 --> 00:02:24.319 compound tube. This looks like it's probably shinu. I'm guessing though. I'm 00:02:21.599 --> 00:02:29.520 just going based on the um based on the syringe here. Dao Corning. No, this is 00:02:26.480 --> 00:02:31.200 it's an OEM. It's an OEM paste. Uh if 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 00:02:33.200 --> 00:02:40.239 include an in installation instruction guide for how to apply the uh the 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 00:02:41.840 --> 00:02:48.560 my NCIXCOM account. Okay. So, then we 00:02:45.040 --> 00:02:50.720 have a clamshell plastic package and the 00:02:48.560 --> 00:02:54.959 new Intel stock cooler which I've also done a video on my Linus Tech Tips 00:02:52.560 --> 00:02:59.920 channel about outlining the uh the differences between this or just looking 00:02:57.280 --> 00:03:03.680 at it. Um, okay. So, the biggest differences, let's start with the 00:03:01.599 --> 00:03:07.440 obvious one. This is a heat pipe cooler. So, it has four heat pipes that all 00:03:05.440 --> 00:03:12.000 connect directly to a copper base and then aluminum fin tower design just like 00:03:09.920 --> 00:03:17.040 many of the aftermarket coolers over the past couple years. Whereas Intel has 00:03:14.480 --> 00:03:20.640 been using a top down blower for years and years and years. They haven't 00:03:18.319 --> 00:03:25.040 changed that for eons it seems like. Okay, next thing is it uses thumb screws 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 00:03:28.000 --> 00:03:36.080 using push pins, plastic push pins. I hate these things. This is way better. I 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 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 00:03:43.360 --> 00:03:49.519 tighten it down, it gets incredibly tight mounting pressure in the center 00:03:47.519 --> 00:03:53.120 right over the die of the CPU. That's very important, too. This is a feature 00:03:51.519 --> 00:03:57.120 that's been carried over from previous Extreme Edition heat sinks in that you 00:03:55.440 --> 00:04:00.480 can set it to either quiet or performance mode with the push of a 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 00:04:02.560 --> 00:04:09.599 see through them there. And then it has a sleeved power connector. That's 00:04:07.599 --> 00:04:14.159 something that I've wanted to see on stock coolers for a long time because 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 00:04:15.920 --> 00:04:23.520 nice build and you got like your blue and yellow and green and black random 00:04:21.199 --> 00:04:28.479 wire all over the place. All right, next thing. Uh, right. This is actually 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 00:04:30.800 --> 00:04:37.520 actually designed to just blow right through the fins like most of the 00:04:34.720 --> 00:04:43.440 aftermarket coolers are. The reason for that is that in a properly speced 00:04:40.720 --> 00:04:48.160 cooler, you should actually be blowing not only through the fins to cool the 00:04:45.520 --> 00:04:52.520 CPU, but you should actually be cooling all of the components around the CPU. 00:04:50.479 --> 00:04:57.360 And for a long time, that's been the disadvantage to using a tower cooler 00:04:55.199 --> 00:05:00.720 because usually the fan blows only through the fins and it doesn't reach 00:04:59.280 --> 00:05:05.440 the surrounding components. But what Intel's done is they've angled the fan 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 00:05:07.520 --> 00:05:14.960 also pushes it down here and just sort of randomly around the socket. So that 00:05:12.160 --> 00:05:20.479 enables Intel to get proper cooling of all the components around the socket and 00:05:17.120 --> 00:05:22.479 still use a tower cooler. Amazing. So, 00:05:20.479 --> 00:05:28.440 now let's finish up the unboxing and product overview. As I mentioned before, 00:05:24.720 --> 00:05:33.840 this is a six core processor clocked at 00:05:28.440 --> 00:05:35.199 3.33 GHz. It has Oh, and I just get this 00:05:33.840 --> 00:05:40.240 cardboard thing. I've never seen an Intel CPU boxed like this. Very strange. 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 00:05:42.320 --> 00:05:47.160 megs of cache. It 00:05:45.560 --> 00:05:55.120 uses H. Yeah, it uses a 6.4 GHz QPI link. And 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 00:05:57.600 --> 00:06:04.000 any LGA 1366 CPU that we've seen over 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 00:06:06.800 --> 00:06:12.960 high performance computing power. I should probably also mention that I was 00:06:10.560 --> 00:06:17.600 able to effortlessly overclock the uh sample that I already have to 4 GHz just 00:06:15.360 --> 00:06:22.639 by turning up the multiplier. So, it's an extreme edition processor designed 00:06:19.360 --> 00:06:24.240 for overclocking and looking cool and 00:06:22.639 --> 00:06:27.440 extreme. Thanks for checking out my video blog.