Any reason Newegg and ZZF are out of i7-860's and i7-930's?

[amoebachiba]

Was just sitting down to figure out which I would like to get for a new system I'm specing out, and was suprised to see the ol "out of stock"/"deactivated" flag for both at newegg. Zipzoomfly as well lists both as being out of stock.

Am I out of luck if I want to order one later this week from one of the two above places, or is this just typical ebb and flow?

<edit> Huh, tigerdirect has both (are they sketchy?), tho oddly, the prices are very similar. Wierd.

 

[Haserath]

Both of those core i7s were replaced by higher end parts. The i7 950 and i7 870 are now the same price as they were, so you get a faster stock processor for the same money now.

Tigerdirect is reliable, they're usually a little more expensive though. I got my monitor through them.

 

[amoebachiba]

Ahhhh, thankyou Haserath! That's exactly what I needed to hear - thanks! I pay attention to hardware only when I'm buying stuff, so any shifting of makes, models, and series passes me by.

Anything out of the ordinary I should know about either of those new cpus? (that is, anything like 'well, it's out, but there's reports of X with them because they haven't worked out the kinks of Y" etc etc)

 

[Haserath]

Nope, nothing to worry about. They aren't really new, they're just a core i7 920/860 with higher core multipliers, so basically it's been out since 2008. They should actually overclock a little better due to higher multipliers on the cores.

 

[amoebachiba]

Excellent, thankyou Haseroth. Now onward to figure out which one to get. It somehow seems unfair that they are priced somewhat similarly

 

[amoebachiba]

Best answer selected by amoebachiba.

 

[aevm]

Excellent, thankyou Haseroth. Now onward to figure out which one to get. It somehow seems unfair that they are priced somewhat similarly

The i7 950 wants a LGA 1366 motherboard. The i7 870 wants a LGA 1156 motherboard.

If you intend to have two or more graphics cards you should pick the i7 950/LGA 1366 version because that's where LGA 1366 has an advantage over LGA 1156. If not, the i7 870/LGA 1156 is somewhat better value, I think.

 

[amoebachiba]

The i7 950 wants a LGA 1366 motherboard. The i7 870 wants a LGA 1156 motherboard.

If you intend to have two or more graphics cards you should pick the i7 950/LGA 1366 version because that's where LGA 1366 has an advantage over LGA 1156. If not, the i7 870/LGA 1156 is somewhat better value, I think.

Thanks for the response, aevm - I'm going a 2-card route, and definitely have settled on the 950/1336.

Seems like the 1336 chipset is the Way Of The Future and all that, so it seems like it keeps a potential upgrade path open, should I be tempted in a few years to do so.

 

[Maziar]

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