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Intel Core I7 980 Processor 33 Ghz Lga 1366 Bx80613i7980 , Asus M4a87td Evo Socket Am3 Amd 870 Crossfirex Sata3usb30 , Gigabyte Z68x Ud7 B3 Lga 1155 Intel Z68 Sata 6gbs , Asus P8h67 M Le Rev 30 Lga 1155 Sata 6gbps , Msi Socket Am3 Amd 970 Ddr3 Ati Crossfirex Sata3usb30 , Msi Lga1155 Intel Z68 G3 Ddr3 Crossfirex Sli Sata3 , Deals Asus P8h61 M Lecsm Rev 30 Intel H61 Chipset, Gigabyte Intel X58intel Ich10r Intel X58 Atx Ddr3 2200 S, Asus Socket Am3amd 880gusb30hybrid , Asus Maximus Iv Extreme Rev 30 Lga 1155 Rebublic , I7-980 6-Core 3.33GHZ 12M LGA 1366
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This review is from: Intel Core i7-980 Processor 3.3 Ghz LGA-1366 (BX80613I7980) (Personal Computers)
*I don't encourage you to overclock and am not responsible for your results if you do overclock.
This is the sixth i7-based system I have built. The first i7 920 built 2 and a half years ago acheived stunning performance. When Intel came out with these new 6-core 32 nm processors I was curious about their overclocking potential considering it is an older architecture that has been moved to a smaller manufacturing process. My curiosity was rewarded with this purchase. I am currently running this processor at 4.6 ghz, temps are peaking at 60c and it is a couple hours prime stable so far. This is by far the easiest processor I have ever overclocked. I am using liquid cooling which allows for these low temps but I replaced an i7 960 with this cpu and overclocking is tremendously better. With no voltage changes I acheived a 4.2 ghz overclock. If you have been running an older i7 and have been considering an upgrade, this processor is worth it if you can stomach the price.
The only negative part is the price. it's 600 dollars and the core count doesn't double, it only increases to 6 cores, so theoretically you may see a 50% more performance in highly-threaded applications for twice the cost of the 4-core 45 nm i7's. However, it is important to consider also that this is very close performance-wise to a 980x or 990x which are around 1000 USD.
The overclocking performance combined with two more cores makes it a worthwhile upgrade. It really is a beast!
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