14 DAY TRIAL // Even though a little less than a day has passed since Intel made official its first processors based on the Sandy Bridge-E architecture these chips are already available in a wide array of desktop systems, Puget Systems being the latest company to add its name to the list of makers using these CPUs in their rigs.
The Intel processors will be available as an option is most of the computers sold by Puget, including the high-performance Deluge and Genesis desktops.
In both of these systems, the new LGA 2011 Intel Core i7 CPUs can be paired with a maximum of 32GB of DDR3-1600 memory, various AMD and Nvidia graphics cards standalone or configured in CrossFireX or SLI, as well as with up to multiple hard drives or SSDs.
"We have been blown away by the performance of Sandy Bridge-E" said Jon Bach, president of Puget Systems.
"It is exciting to incorporate this new technology into our products, and the sheer power of these products allows our expertise in effective cooling to really shine," concluded the company's rep.
Intel released its first chips based on the Sandy Bridge-E architecture earlier today, both of them targeting the enthusiast crowd and featuring no less than six computing cores with Hyper-Threading support.
The faster of the two CPUs is called the Core i7-3960X and this includes 15MB of Level 3 cache, while featuring a 3.3GHz base clock speed (3.9MHz maximum Turbo).
It smaller brother, the Core i7-3930K, has both its clock speed and L3 cache reduced to run at 3.2GHz (3.8GHz Turbo) while including “just” 12MB of L3 cache.
Pricing for the two systems listed above, the Deluge and Genesis, when configured with the Core i7-3930K start at $2,277.98 (1,668 EUR) and $3,945.93 (2889 EUR), respectively.
If you want to know more about Intel's new Sandy Bridge-E processors make sure to check out our review of the Core i7-3960X.