i7 920 vs i7 860

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KingEojj

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Im building a new rig and deff going i7, i dont know which one to get - im a hardcore gamer and want to get the best gaming performance possible in that budget range for a CPU.

i did some research but want to hear it from people that have a lot of experience with these processors on a gaming level.
 
920. built one for my brother and it's an awesome CPU. It does eveything you will need. Also from what I understand socket 1366 is more futureproof than socket 1156 which the 860 uses.
 
I would get socket 1366, but it's overkill really unless you plan to use more than one graphics card in the future.
 
A ''hardcore'' gamer or benchmarker will want the 920 socket 1366.

Although soon the gigabyte P55-UD7 will be out and LGA1156 will have full 16x/16x crossfire/SLI as well. But typically the I7 920 can overclock higher than the 860....unless you get a really special 860 which I am about the recieve haha. PO told me he hits 4.7ghz with 1.50 Vcore on air with HT on with this 860...yay!
 
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Bodaggit23 said:
Asus has one already, so yeah, they're coming, but if you're going to spend that much on a board, you might as well get 1366. :) IMO

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131594

Btw, I had my 920 @4.2Ghz with 1.475 VCore and one guy here freaked and asked if I had the "worst 920 ever made".
That's on air with good temps. :eek:

What's the max VCore for these chips? 920 and 860
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Nope that one is 8x/8x SLI/xfire. The UD7 will be full 16x/16x.

Yeah you have a C0 stepping, not as good as D0. That is probably the highest Vcore I've seen for an I7 at 4.2ghz. Most will do 4.2ghz with less than 1.40v.

There is no real max Vcore, well according the intel max recommended is like 1.375 Vcore or something like that. But that is for max longevity.
 
i did alot of h/w on the intel i5/i7 series and the i5/i7 socket 1156 ahve better turbo boost but the 1366 when overclocked can outperform the 1156 even when turbo boost is and and still some more and the fact that 1366 supports 16x/16x where as the 1156 boards support the same but when connecting in sli mode or crossfire one jumps down to 8x plus the fact that 1366 boards support triple channel ddr3 so its entirely your choice but if you got the money i woud go for the best and also its future proof
 
Bodaggit23 said:
Really? It's worded weird then, because it states:


Sort of implies that the first two slots will run @ 16x or 8x

I thought it would run 16x/16x because of the added NF200.?
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OK OK, it is just confusing wording.

Here's how it works, if you are just doing SLI it is indeed 16x/16x. The difference is if you are using 3 way SLI, with 3 way the first slot works at 16x and the other two are at 8x each. Thats why it says 16x or 8x.
 
87dtna said:
OK OK, it is just confusing wording.

Here's how it works, if you are just doing SLI it is indeed 16x/16x. The difference is if you are using 3 way SLI, with 3 way the first slot works at 16x and the other two are at 8x each. Thats why it says 16x or 8x.
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Gotcha. Nice board indeed. :good:

I'd still get a socket 1366
 
Well, like I first said I agree. But I wouldn't get 1366 just because of 16x/16x SLI/Xfire, mostly because the 920 OC's better (typically) and future upgradeability.
With a lower end P55 board, you can always get a 5970, hell even a 5850 plays any game at any resolution right now.

The memory bandwidth difference between I7 860 and I7 920 will not mean a thing when gaming.

To sum everything up, the P55 with an I7 860 is a plenty capable gaming machine with a strong single card, but I7 920/1366 will be more futureproof.
 
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