Yes, they're all D0 by now. When I went to buy mine a month ago, I asked the salesman if I could see the box when he pulled it out of the display. He said "Don't worry, it's a D0 SLBEJ" (or whatever the code is). They've been selling lots of these and have turned over their inventory many times since D0 came out.
economba said: With HT--so 8 threads are possible?
techincally depends on what type of operation. if I remember correctly hyperthreading basically lets the chip use its integer and floating point units at the same time instead of just one or the other. I could be mistaken though but I thought modern processors had 2 floating point units and 1 integer unit so that would be up to 12 threads?
lzpoof said: techincally depends on what type of operation. if I remember correctly hyperthreading basically lets the chip use its integer and floating point units at the same time instead of just one or the other. I could be mistaken though but I thought modern processors had 2 floating point units and 1 integer unit so that would be up to 12 threads?Wrong on just about every count. You have a lot of reading to do
lavachips
Senior Member
posted: Nov. 17, 2009 @ 7:42p
I know these are better than i5, I think because of the hyperthreading, but is it more expensive to build a pc using i7 rather than i5? at last check i5 was also at 199.00 and I believe it was at MicroCenter. can anyone recommend either?
nighthawk82
New Member
posted: Nov. 17, 2009 @ 8:08p
The i5 is $150. http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0317379
lavachips said: I know these are better than i5, I think because of the hyperthreading, but is it more expensive to build a pc using i7 rather than i5? at last check i5 was also at 199.00 and I believe it was at MicroCenter. can anyone recommend either?
you can get an i7 ecs motherboard from Newegg for $119 after rebate, i think that it was even $114 a few days ago.
the downside is that you'll probably have to spend more on ram, tho.
thanks for the D0 info, donxvi.
vulture007
Member
posted: Nov. 17, 2009 @ 8:33p
If you want to overclock go i7/LGA 1366, the new socket (LGA 1156) does not have enough power pins and burns out under load damaging the CPU and mb.
I finally built an i7 system with the 920 from MC. I slurged (by FW standards...) and bought an ASUS P6T (regular) for $238 shipped from zipzoomfly. There are cheaper mobos out there but I've had great luck with ASUS and this one is sweet OC'er. I'm running just a tad under 4Ghz (21X190) @ 2.6v. I was able to go a lot higher but didn't want to run it at 1.35v. RAM wasn't cheap either (Corsair 6GB at $208) but the timings were great - 7-7-7-24 at 1600mhz.
cstu11 said: I finally built an i7 system with the 920 from MC. I slurged (by FW standards...) and bought an ASUS P6T (regular) for $238 shipped from zipzoomfly. There are cheaper mobos out there but I've had great luck with ASUS and this one is sweet OC'er. I'm running just a tad under 4Ghz (21X190) @ 2.6v. I was able to go a lot higher but didn't want to run it at 1.35v. RAM wasn't cheap either (Corsair 6GB at $208) but the timings were great - 7-7-7-24 at 1600mhz.
nice numbers! not sure about the 2.6v?
i think that the spec allows for 1.375v(?) after vdroop, so you have room to move if you want.
anyone looking for a budget cpu cooler that really delivers should check out the scythe mugen-2, you can even order a bracket for the i5 socket now.
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