Built for the Next Generation of Gaming. Game and multitask without compromise powered by Intel’s performance hybrid architecture on an unlocked processor. Discrete graphics required Compatible with Intel 600 series and 700 series chipset-based motherboards Intel Core i7 3.60 GHz processor offers more cache space and the hyper-threading architecture delivers high performance for demanding applications with better onboard graphics and faster turbo boost The Socket LGA-1700 socket allows processor to be placed on the PCB without soldering 11 MB L2 and 25 MB L3 cache offers supreme performance for computation intensive apps Intel 7 Architecture enables improved performance per watt and micro architecture makes it power-efficient