Thread: I7-860 over i7-920

Originally for my new rig that I'm building next month with the DX11 and W7 release, i was going to get an i7-920 but after seeing today's benchmarks of the i5, should i wait until the i7-860, which will obviously benchmark much better than the 920 for a similar price?

Thanks

Yes, go for the 860, it beats the 920 in gaming purposes (because it has a higher clockspeed) for a similar price. Also has better Turbo and Hyperthreading to boot, but only dual-channel memory which is fine for desktop use.

Well do you want the best now or do you want it to be upgradeable?

If you looking at performance than yeah go for the 860. Although if your wanting upgrade at cheaper price in the future then i say the 920.

I’m only mentioning this because from what i heard is that the Core I9 will be compatible with the X58 motherboards. So if down the road you need a 6core/12 thread processor you won’t need to replace the entire computer. Just a cpu.

Just something to think about.

Is Dual Channel memory only available in DDR2? That's what I'm running on my current system.

When is the release date of the i9's anyway?

No, the i7 860 works with DDR3 memory only, dual channel means the system works best with 2 or 4 sticks of ram, where triple channel wants 3 or 6.

"When is the release date of the i9's anyway?"

Somewhere in 2010 and it will be a six-core and probably cost you 1000 bucks, not that you'll notice the difference while gaming.

By the time six-cores have become the standard your X58 motherboard will probably be hopelessly outdated.

Core I9 sometime 2010. (Most say it will be in the 1st half of the year.) I do believe that the I5 and I7 only use DDR3 ram