Daze Posted November 6, 2008 Content Count: 6741 Joined: 06/10/08 Status: Offline Share Posted November 6, 2008 From what I gather, there's 3 different models for the i7 Intel Core i7-965 Extreme Edition 3.2 GHz - $999 Intel Core i7-940 Extreme Edition 2.93 GHz - $540 Intel Core i7-920 Extreme Edition 2.66 GHz - $284 It's also going to use a completely different socket from Pentium D / Core2 Duo / Core2 Quad which means you will have to fork out at least $300 for the new socket LGA1366 motherboard. I was going to get a Quad core until I heard about i7, I may just wait until other motherboard manufacturers make their own motherboards that support socket 1366 and just wait for the price to die down before buying. Whats everyone's view on this new CPU? Link to comment
AppleShark Posted November 6, 2008 Content Count: 514 Joined: 12/08/07 Status: Offline Share Posted November 6, 2008 (edited) Not exactly blown away by RAM limitations, that being said, it is performing really well in the early tests. Edited November 6, 2008 by AppleShark Link to comment
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