Intel Core i7 3930K review

If you've got a BIG budget this is the processor we'd recommend.

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You can see below just how small a gap, in performance terms, there is between the i7 3960X and the i7 3930K.

It's also interesting just how close the latest traditional Sandy Bridge chip, the Intel Core i7 2700K, is in general performance terms too, especially in gaming and single-threaded speeds.

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