Thursday, February 24th 2011
Eurocom Launches Intel Core i7-990X Extreme Processor in its Panther 2.0 Notebook
Eurocom Corporation announces support for Intel's new high performance i7-990X Extreme Edition Processor inside the EUROCOM Panther 2.0 performance notebook. The addition of the Intel Core i7-990X to the long list of processor options gives Eurocom customers even greater choice when customizing their unique systems.
The Intel Core i7-990X comes unlocked and runs at 3.46GHz, with a 3.73GHz Turbo Boost. "The i7-990X gives our clients a super powerful, unlocked processor that is built for unmatched performance" said Mark Bialic, President of Eurocom "Customers can now match the Intel i7-990X extreme processor with AMD Radeon HD6970M or NVIDIA GTX 485M video cards in single or dual configuration for a super computer experience inside a notebook form factor."
Intel Core i7 990X Extreme Edition features:
The Intel Core i7-990X comes unlocked and runs at 3.46GHz, with a 3.73GHz Turbo Boost. "The i7-990X gives our clients a super powerful, unlocked processor that is built for unmatched performance" said Mark Bialic, President of Eurocom "Customers can now match the Intel i7-990X extreme processor with AMD Radeon HD6970M or NVIDIA GTX 485M video cards in single or dual configuration for a super computer experience inside a notebook form factor."
- 3.46 GHz core speed
- Up to 3.73 GHz with Intel Turbo Boost Speed
- 6 cores
- 12 threads with Intel HyperThreading Technology
- 12 MB L3 Cache
- 3 Channels DDR3 1066 MHz memory
- 32nm manufacturing process technology
- 6.4 GT/s QPI Bus Speed
35 Comments on Eurocom Launches Intel Core i7-990X Extreme Processor in its Panther 2.0 Notebook
A laptop of this class has to be really big, mainly really thick, to handle all the cooling for the processor and video card. Because of this, it means they can stick a battery in that is also larger. So while a normal laptop comes with a 3 or 6 cell battery, this laptop is likely going to have a 9 or 12 cell battery. Battery life really won't be all that much worse than a cheap laptop with a 3 cell battery, in fact it would probably be about the same really.
But there is no way I could afford this.
Li-Ion Battery 88.8Wh
That's 10 x 18650 3.7V 2400mAh cells.
Or half an hour at 177.6W load with 100% efficiency all the way.
*cough*WCG*cough*
And really, that's perfectly reasonable for something with an i7, X58 and a GPU(s) from 60W to 2x100W.