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I7 860 versus 920

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I am sure this has been asked 100 times already, but I am curious as to performance difference between these two CPUs. With the pricing being almost identical, is there a better or worse choice ? Which socket will be around longer 1156 or 1356 ?

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My recommendations from the initial Lynnfield review still stand, you'll want to opt for Bloomfield processor if you care about:

1) High-end multi-GPU performance (or other uses of high bandwidth PCIe)
2) Stock Voltage Overclocking
3) Future support for 6-core Gulftown CPUs

In terms of cost effectiveness however - the Core i7 860 is the way to go. With cheaper motherboards and higher operating frequencies than a Core i7 920, for the majority of users the 860 will be the better pick. Here's where the discussion gets interesting however.

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