Still some five, six weeks from getting a proper, official launch Intel's upcoming 3.2 GHz Core i7 Extreme 965 got an unofficial unboxing and the process can be seen in the photos below. While the packaging isn't that which will be seen in stores at insane ($1000+) prices, everything else is there, including the new boxed cooler and, of course, the star quad-core CPU. The Core i7 Extreme 965 features four cores and eight threads, 8MB of L3 cache, a triple-channel DDR3 integrated memory controller and a passion for one little chip known as the X58.









A size comparison with the Core i7 965 (Socket LGA1366) on the left, an LGA775 processor in the middle and a Socket 478 CPU to the right



Pictures courtesy of Mobile01.com.