HELP-is This cpu good pricing?

zuesters

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Jul 16, 2012
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hi i know a person would sell me his used Intel® Core™ i7-920 Processor 2.66 GHz for 135 dollars is it worth buying it im attending to use it for gaming


 

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Titan
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Most games heavily favor high execution speed per thread rather than multiple threads so you would be better off with an i5-3450 + h77/LGA1155 board for roughly the same total cost as a second-hand i7-920 + LGA1366 board... unless your friend's deal includes the motherboard.