Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6700 review

With a street price of around £600 ex VAT, the QX6700 is unlikely to be a mainstream success. But it does have attractions. Being an Extreme edition, the QX6700 is clock-unlocked. Quite aside from overclocking, it also means you can reduce the clock frequency to give a CPU that's faster than anything else in quad-core-aware apps but will consume less power. It's an expensive way to get a quiet system, but the choice is there. We're not going to knock the QX6700 too hard for consuming so much power either: it's an Extreme edition part designed for those who want maximum computing power at any cost. And in that department - matched to suitable apps - it delivers massively.

Author: David Fearon