Media:Electronics Autographed:No Memorabilia:No CPU Manufacturer:Intel CPU Speed:2.66 Processors:1 Shipping Weight (lbs):4.6 Dimensions (in):25 x 8.3 x 7.8 Warranty:3 years warranty
Product Description With faster, intelligent, multi-core technology that applies processing power where it's needed most, Intel Core i7 processors deliver an incredible breakthrough in PC performance. They are the best desktop processors on the planet.You'll multitask applications faster and unleash incredible digital media creation. And you'll experience maximum performance for everything you do.
Customer Reviews:
Chip Is Faster Than The Rest Of The ComputerDecember 21, 2008 3 out of 25 found this review helpful
I have the MSI X58 mobo. You can only put 1333 ddr3 ram in it. Even if you could put faster ram in it from what i've read the ram is unstable. Also the limits of XP shows only 2.99GB ram available when it should be 2x2GB. I have 2 512mb video cards running just fine.
All in all you'd probably be better just waiting for all the other components to catch up to the speed of the processor.
8-cores at a 4-core price: another fantastic CPU from IntelDecember 3, 2008 30 out of 32 found this review helpful
I upgraded to the i7 from an Intel Core 2 Duo E8400. The main reasons I made the upgrade were:
1. Low power consumption (significantly lower than a Q6600 which is about $100 cheaper than the i7) 2. 8 logical cores available (quad core + hyper threading) 3. The ability to play cutting edge games that take advantage of all 8 cores. 4. The potential ability to load share between CPU & GPU once Windows 7 is released.
The upgrade might have been a bit premature, as the primary reason to buy an I7 processor won't be possible until Windows 7 is released. Windows 7 will allow load sharing between GPU (graphics card) and CPU. This will enable some really nice performance gains in games, or other graphic intensive applications like video editing software. Allegedly, games like Crysis will get a 20-30 percent performance increase. However, I heard that before when Windows stated that Vista would provide significant performance gains for DirectX10 games, which has not proved to be the case.
Regardless, the i7 920 is truly an amazing CPU. I've yet to experiment with overclocking much, but I do have it running at 3.12ghz stable and with a core temperature of 41C at idle and around 60C under load. I'll likely push things further in the coming weeks, and I'll give updates on temperatures and performance when I do.
Combining this card with two 4870hd 512mb graphics cards in Crossfire mode produced a 3DMark06 score of just over 19,000! That is a 5,000 point gain from my previous rig, and is in about the top 4% of all systems out there. That is pretty phenomenal performance. In Crysis with all settings at very high and DX10, I average over 50 frames at 1980x1200. This CPU is a gaming beast.
If you plan to overclock this card even a little, invest in an aftermarket heat sink and some Arctic Silver thermal compound. The heatsink provided with the retail package is small and ineffective at cooling an overclocked card. I recommend this Zalman Cpu Cooler for moderate overclocking. It is a very quite and very effective fan.
If your in the market for a 'future-proof' processor, this is a great option at a reasonable price point. The ceiling speed of processors is growing increasingly unimportant as multi-thread programing become the norm in both games and applications. You could spend a lot more for a higher GHZ CPU, but you're not really gaining as much performance as the jump from 2 to 4 cores, and then quad core to octo core. This processor will eat anything you throw at it and come back for more. Just make sure your mother board supports i7 chips before you buy one.
my processor is very wuellsNovember 21, 2008 3 out of 98 found this review helpful
