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Intel Core i7 920 / 2.66 GHz |
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29/10/09 (9 review reads) |
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Advantages: Powerful beyond comparison to non I7 chips, incredible overclocking potential, cheapest of I7 range
Disadvantages: Quite high power comsumption, requires a new motherboard, cost
The Intel I7 range is undoubtedly a leap in CPU technology. In benchmarks no other processor range can come close to these much awaited processors.
I bought mine when constructing a new build PC for my parents. I bought this product in its retail packaging in order to get the proprietary heatsink included in the package. On paper this processor is incredibly power and I was not disappointed with the power contained on this tiny chip. Over the years Intel have been researching how to integrate more and more functions onto the CPU chip. This processor is the culmination of it research. Unlike in previous intel computers the processors has the memory controller built in. Meaning rather than having to communicate with a seperate chip which then communicates with the memory, the processor itself is directly communicating with the memory. This allows for the movement of information to be much quicker. This is an instant boost the computing power and the fact that the memory controller the CPU has built in supports Triple channel memory is a further boost to performance.
On top of that this single chip sports 4 cores, each capable of two separate process's (thanks to hyperthreading) and running at 2.66Ghz. The power contained in this chip really is phenomenal. This computer was able to run certain tasks up to 35% quicker than my old computer sporting the original Intel Quad core processor.
All this and a few other major structural changes within the CPU and the motherboard layout make this a must have for anyone whos into video editing, high end gaming or just simply must have the most powerful computer.
Whilst not recommending CPU overclocking to anyone that doesnt know what they are doing it is worth adding that this CPU has massives of potential locked within. Using a 3rd party CPU fan I have managed to get 33% more from this processor.
For upgrading this processor isnt very useful as it requires a whole new socket and a motherboard sporting a new chipset. However build or buy a PC with one of these and its going to be a long time before you computing requirements are going to be too powerful for this beast of a chip.
This CPU was eagerly awaited by many people (me being one of them) and it hasnt let me down. The power within this chip is atronomical and whilst it isnt cheap, this is one market where you really are getting what you pay for. For anyone with an interest in PC gaming, video editing or generally just having a ridiculous amount of software opened all at once you really cant go wrong with this CPU. I would recommend it to anyone.
Summary: The culmination of years of Intel research, the I7 920 makes slow computers a thing of history
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