Intel replacing Core i7-920 with i7-930

[Olo401]

http://www.maximumpc.com/article/new...ly_faster_chip

Very slight bump in clock speed, same cache, same QPI rating.. will cost more than the 920 does now, but not sure how much more.

[Pikarya]

I wish I could sleep on a bed of cash.

[Olo401]

I was laughing my ass off when they just fedex'd a check for $1.5 billion to AMD like it was nothing..

Edit: Caught this one late.. there's also a leak about the i7-980X EE, the first of the hex-core Gulftown CPUs, and the i5-670.

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b1...9_rm_thumb.jpg

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b1...80_2_thumb.jpg

This thing looks like a BEAST, which makes me wonder how insane the i9s will be.

[kuronosan]

What the fuck... how am I supposed to upgrade my computer when there's so much new shit coming out?

[Stiker]

Hexacore...holy fuck. Putting my upgrade plans on hold.

[CoronA1979]

I think the big advantage to this chip is it has an unlocked multiplier.. I can't be 100% sure there but if that is true then it makes overclocking even easier..

Not that OC'ing a 920 wasn't simple enough already

[Rellikard]

Will be nice but since it's an extreme, I'm sure it'll replace the current extreme i7 900 which already was useless. Now this definitely is a step up, but even on my i7 920 that's not overclocked, I don't use much of my CPU at all lol.

It's nice but not for $1100+.

[vanidin]

I was planning on replacing the wife and I's computer's in the next few weeks, maybe I can put it off for awhile...