Intel Core i7 5820K

Intel released the Haswell-E line a few months ago, and it has been quite the talk in terms of the move to the newer and...

With the launch of Haswell-E, Intel has introduced three new desktop processors and an updated chipset to support them, called X99. Although the new chips are based on a similar 2011-pin layout to the previous Ivy Bridge-E enthusiast processors, these...

Faster memory, more cores, and advanced storage makes Haswell E a brilliantly fast platform that raises the performance bar for desktop computing.

To answer our earlier question comparing a 5820K-based system to one built around the 4790K, ‘is that extra £150 spend worth it?‘, I would reply with a ‘yes'. Of course, that statement is open to interpretation, and it is heavily dependent upon your...

The most promising member of the three CPUs launched today is the i7-5820K, as now the lowest end CPU for the extreme Intel platform has more cores than the highest member of the mainstream platform, the i7-4790K.

So, if the rest of the Haswell-E line-up consists of six-core CPUs, why not drop another notch to the Core i7-5820K? Some enthusiasts will thumb their noses at Intel for cutting 12 lanes of third-gen PCI Express from its 40-lane controller, but as differentiators go, that one’s pretty tame. Twenty-eight lanes gives you room to run one 16-lane graphics card, two in x8-mode with plenty of connectivity left over, or even three cards on x8 links.

The price / performance wise the winner of the three Haswell-E processors being announced today will be the Core i7 5820K. It has six cores, is unlocked, the 28 PCIe Lanes is a tiny bit of a bummer, but on X99 this processor is only going to cost you 389 USD! That one will be seriously interesting as it brings six-core Intel very close to the Core i7 4790K price wise.