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i7 965/975

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DeathbyPutz

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Is there enough of a performance increase with the 965/975 over the 920d0 to justify the $500-700 price increase?

It seems that just about all the i7 systems I see on the boards are using a 920, and it seems to have great oc potential.

I haven't really seen any reviews of the 965 or 975, nor have I noticed anyone with one in their sig. Is this because the performance return on investment is minimal? Do the higher-end i7 chips have more oc headroom at similar stability/heat, or anything really to make them worth the price premium?
 
No, just buy and i7 920 and overclock it yourself. Thats all the higher priced chips are anyways. Out of the box overclocked 920s....

Total waste of money.
 
That's kind of what I was thinking... just wanted to see if they over-clocked even better from the box clock, or had better stability, or more cache, or something else to justify the massive price difference
 
shawnoen said:
No, just buy and i7 920 and overclock it yourself. Thats all the higher priced chips are anyways. Out of the box overclocked 920s....

Total waste of money.
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This. No reason to spend $500 more for an extra 300MHz which you can get yourself. They also have an unlocked multiplier but in my honest estimation it is not worth it when an i7 920 can be had for $200-280 and can overclock to 3.6+GHz in most cases.
 
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