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- Aug 29, 201490% CONFIDENCEfrom the source
Report: Haswell-E, X99, DDR4 to Arrive August 29
- A rumour attributed to Japanese site Hermitage Akihabara said Intel's Haswell-E CPUs, X99 motherboards and DDR4 would launch on Friday August 29, 2014, earlier than the expected mid-September[1][4]
- Tom's Hardware framed it as a rumour; TechSpot said CPUs, boards and DDR4 would all be available, not a paper launch[1][4]
Notable features
- Three CPUs were expected: Core i7-5820K (6 cores, 3.3 GHz rumoured, about $400), i7-5930K (6 cores, 3.5 GHz, $500-600) and flagship i7-5960X (8 cores/16 threads, 3.0 GHz, over $1,000)[1][4]
- As launched on 29 August 2014, the Core i7-5960X has 8 cores/16 threads at 3.0 GHz base and 3.5 GHz turbo, 20 MB of L3 cache, a 140 W TDP and a $999 release price[2]
- The six-core i7-5930K (3.5/3.7 GHz, $583) and i7-5820K (3.3/3.6 GHz, $389) carry 15 MB of L3; the 5960X offers PCIe 3.0 lanes as 2x16 + 1x8, while the 5820K is limited to 1x16 + 1x8 + 1x4[2]
- Haswell-E uses the LGA 2011-v3 socket with the X99 chipset and supports up to quad-channel DDR4-2133, on Intel's 22 nm Tri-Gate process[2]
- X99 is the first consumer platform to support DDR4[4]
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- [1]90%tomshardware.com/news/haswell-e-ddr4-x99-launch-date,27460.htmltomshardware.com· Posted Jun 15, 2017· Starts Aug 29, 2014 ✓· 0% of score
Happened as dated, per the pin description: "Report: Haswell-E, X99, DDR4 to Arrive August 29. Expect three CPUs to arrive: The Core i7-5…"
- [2]78%Haswell (microarchitecture) - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org· Added Sep 22, 2026· 100% of score
Wikipedia's Haswell article lists the Core i7-5960X (8 cores, 3.0/3.5 GHz, 20 MB L3, 140 W, $999, August 29, 2014), 5930K ($583) and 5820K ($389) on LGA 2011-v3 with up to quad-channel DDR4-2133.
- [3]75%Intel Core i7 Haswell-E and X99 Motherboards Launch Date Revealedguru3d.com· Published Aug 14, 2014· 0% of score
Guru3D's own headline, "Intel Core i7 Haswell-E and X99 Motherboards Launch Date Revealed," carries a stored publish date of 14 August 2014 - an advance report two weeks ahead of the pin's stored 29 August launch date, consistent with the pin's own "Report:" framing, though a 403 error blocked retrieval of the article text.
- [4]75%Intel reportedly launching Haswell-E and X99 chipset on August 29thtechspot.com· Published Aug 14, 2014· 0% of score
TechSpot reports "Intel will launch their enthusiast Haswell-E processors alongside the new X99 chipset on August 29th," directly matching the pin's stored date, published as an advance report on 14 August 2014.
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