Core i7-920 or Core i7-860?

I'm planning on building a new rig to replace my 5 year old custom AMD 3200+ clunker. I had everything planned out, including getting the Intel Core i7 920 for $199 at MicroCenter until I found out Intel is coming out with several new processors using a new 1156 socket, specifically, the Core i3, Core i5, and new "Lynnfield" Core i7's. Do you guys think I should wait to see how they perform or pull the trigger ont he Intel Core i7 920?

my guess would be that 920 will perform better, but it never hurts to wait and see if u can wait til the new models come out

my guess would be that 920 will perform better, but it never hurts to wait and see if u can wait til the new models come out

halokillerz

Thats what I am thinking too, plus with a 920 build you will be using triple channel memory instead of dual channel, though not sure how much of a difference that will make.

The LGA-1156 equivelant of the i7 920 performs just about the same as the i7 920 for $100 less($300 for i7 920)

The LGA-1156 equivelant of the i7 920 performs just about the same as the i7 920 for $100 less($300 for i7 920)

kilerchese

The 1156 boards are going to be cheaper though than X58 boards. Though most will probably be around the same price as the low end x58 boards.

For example, EVGA's P55 board. http://anandtech.com/weblog/showpost.aspx?i=634

Core i7 920 vs Core i7 860 Benchmark

http://www.playwares.com/xe/?document_srl=6202448

Interesting numbers. What do you guys make of all this?

the new models that are coming out from intel are meant to be for affordable then the i7 series, thats my understanding atleast, go with the i7

I still can't make up my mind. The Core i7 920 is still an awesome price at MicroCenter but supposedly the Core i7 860 will provide the same performance and be cheaper in the long run (P55 mobos are cheaper than X58 ones).

i dont mean to hijack thread here but will the current i7's drop in price when the socket 1156's come on out to strut there stuff?

i dont mean to hijack thread here but will the current i7's drop in price when the socket 1156's come on out to strut there stuff?

aura_enchanted

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i dont mean to hijack thread here but will the current i7's drop in price when the socket 1156's come on out to strut there stuff?

CStheGreat

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i dont mean to hijack thread here but will the current i7's drop in price when the socket 1156's come on out to strut there stuff?

kilerchese

its a rumor that the 920 and 940 will be discontinued while the higher end models will still remain.

its a rumor that the 920 and 940 will be discontinued while the higher end models will still remain.

halokillerz

The 940 has already been discontinued. Replaced by the 950. I think the 920 hasn't been discontinued yet because it is probably selling well.

Core i7-920 go for it

If you have a microcenter near you, go buy it! It's certainly worth the $200. Also the i7 has its advantages.

Why would anyone want a LGA-1366 system then? I believe there are three major advantages to the LGA-1366 platform for single-socket desktops:

1) Support for Gulftown. You can only get 6-cores from the LGA-1366 platform in 1H 2010, Intel currently doesn't have any 6-core LGA-1156 parts planned.

2) More overclockable CPUs. The best yielding Nehalems (and highest clocked Nehalems) will be LGA-1366 processors. I wouldn't expect any 1GHz+ overclocks from LGA-1156 CPUs.

3) More bandwidth to PCIe slots. I don't see this as a huge advantage today, but there may come a time when having as much bandwidth to your GPUs as possible is important. I'm thinking general purpose GPU computing, DX11, OpenCL sort of stuff. But we're not there yet.AnandTech Lynnfield Preview

Source:

http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=3570&p=11

Just pick up a 920. Even if the new ones are more powerful, you can most likely overclock better with a nehalem.Elemayo

Instead of trying to tell you what you should do, I'll let you know what I'm doing :) I've chosen to wait because although sometimes I do OC, the majority of the time I run my PC's stock. Lower TDP and power consumption is attractive and along with being a single GPU user, the on-die controller seems to make allot of sense as well. Add in a revised turbo mode and Intel has nearly sealed the deal. I will still be weighing that against a 9xx series setup and all of its features, but I can't do that until they release.dblade999

get the 920 its the only one thats a decent price

Go for a I7 870 their fast as the 920 or maybe a bit faster than the 920. Plus they might be cheaper when they go on sale.Hekynn

[QUOTE="Hekynn"]Go for a I7 870 their fast as the 920 or maybe a bit faster than the 920. Plus they might be cheaper when they go on sale.covertgamer78

Link to the benchmarks:

http://www.playwares.com/xe/?document_srl=6202448

http://www.pcgameshardware.com/aid,694495/Intel-Core-i5-and-Core-i7-Lynnfield-CPUs-reviewed/Reviews/

Well, I'm glad I waited. Looks like the Core i7-860 is infact faster than the Core i7-920. Plus, it is priced at around $229 and the accompanying motherboards are also cheaper.

I think i'll go for intel i7 860.

It's faster than 920 (default clock speed) and i'm not interested in OC. Furthermore, the turbo mode of 860 is much better.

tripple channel wont make a big difference in gaming and a single Gtx285 will be just fine

870 (code named lynnfield) and 920 (code named Bloomfield) are of different breed .

870 is more recent architecture, albet with few shortcomings . If you want latest virtualization features go for Lynnfield (vT-x & vT-d IO). But will be limited to 2.5GT/s (21.3 GB/s) bandwidth and dual channel RAM bandwidth(upto 1600 Mhz). PCI-e of 2 (8x8 ). 870 has 2.93MHz .

Where as 920 is old horse from Intel's stable , it has 4.5GT/s (~25.6 GB/s) and supports tripple channel RAM (limited to 1066 MHZ).PCI-e of 16x16. 920 has 2.66Mhz. 920 is more open to overclocking.

So both of them has pros and cons ... what you choose will depend on whats ur choice about bandwidth and CPU frequency.

Reference : http://tech.icrontic.com/articles/making-sense-of-lynnfield-is-bloomfield-really-better/

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