Intel Skulltrail Platform Review

$3000 for two quad-core processors from Penryn family, $650 for a special mainboard and $200 for memory: this is a new exclusive dual-processor platform for enthusiasts from Intel. However, do investments like that really make sense for the sake of unattainable performance? http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu/display/intel-skulltrail.html

$3000 for two quad-core processors from Penryn family, $650 for a special mainboard and $200 for memory: this is a new exclusive dual-processor platform for enthusiasts from Intel. However, do investments like that really make sense for the sake of unattainable performance?



http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu...kulltrail.html

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