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Good morning all. I'm looking at getting the Intel Core i7 920 Nehalem 2.66GHz LGA 1366 130W Quad-Core Processor Model BX80601920 and was wondering if it's necessary that I get the 3.0 GHz or if it didn't really matter anymore. Thanks in advance. Ryan

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no it isn't necessary since the i7 is already such a powerful CPU with 8 threads and somewhere around 4-5 IPC.

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blah blah core i7 this and that blah. Its not all that.

------------------------------ Phen 2 955 @ 4 GHZ MSI 790FX AM3 Gskill 8Gb DDR3 1333 ATI 5870 1 Gb 2 x Velociraptors 600Gb Gateway 24" 1920 x 1200 DVI 32 GB Iphone 3GS and Blu Ray...life is good!
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^ fanboy, i7 is FTW if you have the money, in fact over here the difference between a decent FX/X58, 955 vs 920 D0 build is £20.

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Dam soildier how many times you gonna post you pics on Toms.s It loos nice but it dont make it as fast as a i7.

Reply to daship

Because the i7 can overclock SO easily then you may as well, doesn't cost anything and can possibly get to 3.0 on stock fan.

------------------------------ Core i7 920 @ 3.9ghz
2x 9800GTX+ BFG OC
3GB OCZ 1600mhz RAM
Coolermaster HAF
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^ I wouldn't be surprised if you could get 3.5ghz with a D0 on stock fan if you have a good case.

Reply to Helloworld_98

i7 920 user here.

Mine is air cooled Monsoon Vigor III, 3.8Ghz with NO voltage mods, north of 4.2Ghz with voltage boost. Its the old chip to not D0. Those i7's are totally unbeatable no matter how much you pimp your AMD it can't hang. I mated mine with with a pair 295GTX's and 12GB (upgraded since I made my sig) of dominator memory. Sorry AMD, you don't have anything that comes close to that on air.

You don't need the higher priced model unless you go for the unlocked extreme version otherwise not worth the cost because the 920 delivers tons of performance as is.

Message edited by warezme on 05-24-2009 at 10:08:15 PM

------------------------------ Evga X58 3XSLI : i7 920 @ 4.2Ghz :GTX295+ x 2 :12GB XMS3 Dominator 8-8-8-21 1600 :XFi Fatal1ty:150GB WD VelociRaptor: 150GB Raptor: 4TB WD 32MB x4: Monsoon Vigor III: Lian Li P80 (black): BFG 1Kw PS: 37" Westinghouse 1080p 8ms :Vista64bit
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windows vista experience is definitely my benchmark.

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