Testseek.com have collected 132 expert reviews of the Intel Core i7 920 2.66GHz Socket 1366 and the average rating is 89%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Intel Core i7 920 2.66GHz Socket 1366.
November 2008
(89%)
132 Reviews
Average score from experts who have reviewed this product.
Users
(97%)
589 Reviews
Average score from owners of the product.
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The editors liked
Turbo Boost
8X HyperThreading
Quick Path Interconnect
Triple Channel Ram Capable
Overhead for Overclocking
Astonishing Performance
45nm Architecture
Hyper Threading Technology
Memory Transfer Speeds a lot faster than before
Good Overclocker
Fast
Overclocks very good
Runs cool
Stable
Rock Solid Stable
Cool Running
Really fast for even the lowest i7 offering
OnDie Memory Controller
Excellent Overclocking Potential
Availability
Very Affordable
Excellent Memory Performance
Good Price to Performance Ratio
Great Overclocking Potential
Great Performance
Overclocks Really Well
Kicked the Q6600 To The Curb
Reasonable Temps
Reasonable Price
Very Stable
Easy OCing
Much Higher Video Encoding Performance Than Previous CPUs
The third fastest processor currently on the planet
The price is definitely right
Tri-channel DDR3 offers an average of 33% more memory bandwidth
Utilization of SMT (Hyperthreading) greatly enhances performance
Increased parallelism effectively all...
Significant architectural and process differences with the Core 2 series
Out of the box performance blows away the C2D E8400
Overclocking monster with huge performance increases
The editors didn't like
Upgrading an entire system may be out of budget (you decide)
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Price
Yet another motherboard upgrade (sigh....)
Requires Expensive LGA 1366 Motherboard Hardware
Triple Channel Memory Configuration Necessary For Best Performance
None
A new X58 based motherboard will be required
New power efficient memory will likely be required
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Rock Solid Stable, Cool Running, Really fast for even the lowest i7 offering, OnDie Memory Controller, Excellent Overclocking Potential, Availability, Very Affordable
Yet another motherboard upgrade (sigh....)
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