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a data XP gv2 memory kits are optimized for the latest Intel gaming platforms check the link in the video description for more details welcome to my unboxing and overview of Ivy bridge-e it is finally here so for those of you who don't keep up with Intel codenames the last few generations of core series processors have been codenamed Sandy Bridge Ivy Bridge and Haswell so Sandy Bridge largely refers to second generation core processors Ivy Bridge generally refers to third generation core processors and has well is the very latest fourth generation Core Series processor that you'll find on LGA 1155 now when it has an e after it that denotes the higher-end LGA 2011 socket which has some advantages so this is the old 39 60 X this is the new 49 60 X meaning third generation versus fourth generation although they use one generation back core technology so to speak but the point is on this platform you have some advantages that you will likely never see on the mainstream platform number one is the motherboards support quad channel memory up to eight dims so that means that with modern 8 gigabyte DIMMs you could actually install 64 gigs of just regular old consumer-grade ram on a regular old gaming board or workstation board on LGA 2011 with a single CPU next up is more PCI Express Lanes so Ivy bridge-e will have support for PCIe a 3.0 and you can run dual graphics cards in 16 X 16 X pull bandwidth this doesn't generally translate to any kind of a performance improvement in the real world versus an 8 X 8 X configuration that you can achieve on LGA 1155 1156 or 1150 but it definitely gives you bigger bragging rights in your pants so there's that that it's got going for it and finally the part that matters most to me personally is that LGA 2011 is where you'll find 6 core or 8 core processors now the extreme edition 49 60 X which runs at a nominal free Quincy of 3.6 gigahertz and a max turbo turbo boost frequency of 4 gigahertz is a six core processor however there are Zeon's available which will work in boards like a Seuss's WS series or in server grade boards or even multi CPU configurations that will give you even more performance in highly parallel workloads that is multi-threaded workloads such as you'll find in 3d rendering or Adobe After Effects high-end video editing and those kinds of applications so this is where LGA 2011 is great for us because we use LGA 2011 platforms in all of our video editing workstations so we're using last generation extreme editions 3960 X's what do you get with the new one well you'll get improved power consumption you will also get slightly improved performance shouldn't say slightly it's about a 10% clock for clock improvement in performance so that is IPC and you should be able to achieve pretty much the same top end clock speed giving you a tangible performance improvement couple that with some of the perk or performance tuning options that asus has been talking to me about and we should be looking at a performance improvement that while not necessarily what some people were expecting will be noticeable and for those of you who are expecting anything other than an improvement in IPC of about 10% over sandy bridge-e you probably didn't really have your expectations aligned correctly because this is exactly what we saw on the LGA 1150 platform going from something like a 2600 K to a 3770k now I personally was hoping for an eight-core extreme Edition I did not get my wish I feel that if AMD had put a little bit more pressure on Intel to release like you know I mean these are 130 watt TDP parts already I mean I feel like if Andy had put a little bit more pressure on Intel to retake the performance crown or something like that they might have done a very high TDP liquid cooling recommended eight core extreme Edition or something along those lines but alas we didn't get that so it's left for eons for the moment either way last but not least is motherboard compatibility you can slot one of these babies into your existing LGA 2011 motherboard you should only need a BIOS update but double with your manufacturer to make sure which i think is cool because LGA 2011 has gotten a very very long lifecycle out of it going from you know a cross processor architectures having quad core or six core CPUs available for it with that said the 49 30 K and the 49 60 X are really the ones I'd recommend from the new Ivy Bridge ease the 48 20 K is not something that I feel very like I can recommend very strongly because while it is a lower priced option it all you're really getting is more PCIe lanes and more memory support it's still a quad core it won't actually perform quite as well as a 4770k so unless you really need that ram and you're not willing to pony up for a 49 30 K then then that that that might be the route to go although the really the sweet spot I feel is the 49 30 K thanks for checking out this unboxing where I actually in case you guys didn't notice never removed it from the box haha don't forget to subscribe to Linus tech tips from our unboxings reviews and other computer I mean come on it's a CPU like the video if you liked it dislike if you disliked it in comment and let me know if it's okay to do an unboxing where I don't actually open the box you look at the CPU in there it looks like every other CPU here on open box