Testseek.com have collected 114 expert reviews of the Intel Core i7 870 2.93GHz Socket 1156 and the average rating is 82%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Intel Core i7 870 2.93GHz Socket 1156.
October 2009
(82%)
114 Reviews
Average score from experts who have reviewed this product.
Users
(93%)
601 Reviews
Average score from owners of the product.
820100114
The editors liked
More Affordable
Lower Thermal Output
Turbo Technology
Dual Channel Memory Support
Excellent Overclocking Potential (Stay Tuned)
Very fast
"self-overclocking" Turbo Boost feature
Supports Hyper-Threading
Rock solid performance for decent price
Low PCIe latency.
Incredible Performance
Turbo Boost Technology
HyperThreading Technology
Low Power Consumption
DDR31333 Support
8 MB Shared Cache
The editors didn't like
Yet another motherboard upgrade (sigh....)
Different CPU cooler Needed
Different mounting needed for CPU Cooler
Upgrades require new motherboard with LGA 1366 socket and new chipset
Supports dual-channel
Not triple-channel
Memory architecture
I'd have liked 16 more PCIe lanes for full 2 x 16 SLI or Crossfire.
I’ll be honest—when I first got my hands on a pre-production Core i5 three months ago, the processor took me by surprise, even with an artificial cap of 2.8 GHz on its Turbo Boost functionality. That was before final specs or pricing was avail...
Intels new Lynnfield Core i7 and Core i5 processors werent intended to win overall performance crowns, but they came closer than many expected them to in our testing. Lynnfield indeed brings the features and performance of the Nehalem architecture ...
Published: 2009-09-08, Author: Scott , review by: Techreport.com
The Lynnfield chips combination of price, performance, and power efficiency effectively clears the field in the desktop CPU market, leaving little room for competition from the Phenom II or older, cheaper Core 2 Quad processors—or even faster, prici...
Abstract: That being said we are surprised that the Intel Core i7-870 easily defeated the Intel Core i7-920 and Core i7-940 in the vast majority of the benchmarks. It has been rumored that Intel was going to quit producing..
Abstract: Intel has created an odd position for its new Lynnfield CPUs by releasing them eight months after the high-performance LGA1366 platform. On the one hand, it's great to see that Intel has finally produced a quad-core CPU that can hold its own against the best dual-core CPUs in games. This means that at long last
The Core i7-870 represents the best Lynnfield currently has to offer. Needless to say, my expectations were quite high. When it comes to performance, though Intel delivered. The i7-870 consistently topped the charts, even outpacing the Core i7-920 in ...
Abstract: So the mainstream iteration of Nehalem has now hit the street -- and it should be a success story. The benchmarking numbers speak for themselves, no matter how you look at them. As of right now, the Core i5 750 and i7 860 are superior options to AMD's latest quad-cores
It is interesting to note that in this article we featured three new processors, being the Phenom II X4 965, Core i5 750 and Core i7 860, all of which cost less than $300 US and are able to outperform the Core 2 Quad Q9650. Now when you consider the fa...
Abstract: Ultimately, Intel's has done what they set out to do with Lynnfield--bring Nehalem's features and benefits down into more mainstream price points. The new Core i5 and Core i7 800 series processors are excellent additions to Intel's already stellar CPU line-up and the..
Abstract: For the average user, Core i5 provides a better cost/benefit ratio than Core i7. It is true that Core i7 is faster than Core i5 even when we compare a Core i7 and a Core i5 running at the same clock rate as we did in our review
