Wow, you really didn't read it...superclocked

In fact I think the thing that puts the most stress on motherboards isn't actually Core Clock increasing or CPU multipliers, but VOLTAGE INCREASES. More voltage=more heat. More heat=less life span. So, if a low CPU multiplier and high Core Clock can provide the same results has High CPU multi and low Core Clock with sometimes LOWER VOLTAGES doesn't that mean it would be better?

Still you can't deny the fact though that he may get an i7 that may only let him overclock to 3.6GHz. So for $600 he just bought a CPU that only OCs an extra 400Mhz when he could of easily bought an i7 920 that was guaranteed D0 batch and probably get from 2.6GHz to something like 3.8-4.2 on air for only $300.

Seriously, did you understand what I typed?? Because all of it was 100% correct... The higher the multiplier of the CPU is, the less you need to overclock the motherboard. That is fact, not opinion. Do you honestly think that increasing the bus speed by 50% or more doesn't put any extra strain on the motherboard? Wow. I've been working on computers for about 15 years, and I've replaced more motherboards than anything. I've even worked on computers in bulk for schools, and almost all of them had motherboards that had failed...superclocked

Secondly, most school PCs are made with crap components anyways. For the i7 we're talking about dropping $200 on a BASIC board. Thats probably 1/2 of what a school pays per PC.

[QUOTE="smc91352"][QUOTE="MuddVader"]...and I would tri SLI the best ATI has.9mmSpliff

I would laugh my ASS off if he successfully got the connector on the right on each of his cards and then found out that he voided his warranty

:lol: :lol: :lol:

X3 Terran Conflict Benchmark is probably the biggest one people like running on their systems on the Extreme Overclocking Forums.

http://forums.extremeoverclocking.com/showthread.php?t=307081

The advantage of the 960 is that overclocking it will put less of a strain on your motherboard, which is usually one of the first components to fail. And if you keep it cool enough, you can push it further without modifying your motherboard, which is what I had to do...superclocked

I can OC my i7 920 to 4.2GHz on AIR COOLING. Some people can only overclock their i7 920 to 3.2 or 3.4GHz on air cooling. Also, overclocking a 960 over a 920 will not differentiateany on the stress on the mother board. If anything, in overclocking, I see CPUs and RAM die faster than motherboards do.

All the i7s perform the same when at the same clock speed, currently there are no differences between them. I think the only thing the i7 EE has over the others is the ability to turn off the high temp shutdown.

Other than that the i7 920 is all you really need for an i7 rig. Just make sure to get a nice cooling solution like a Noctua NH-U12P SE2 or ThermalTake 120 or even Corsair's self-contained, no maintenance H50 liquid cooling solution.

Bought my 8800 GTX EVGA on the day of release and it's still going strong. It's gone through 2 motherboard changes on an AMD platform and an upgrade to LGA 1366.

That is basically a laptop in desktop form. All the components are laptop parts, if the motherboard uses MXM for the video card you may be able to, that is if the video card isn't soldered in.

I've been using my 8800 GTX since RELEASE without any problems on practically every game that has come out since then.