Great purchase. I converted an older VM lab machine into a casual gaming machine, and this CPU was about three speed tiers faster than what it replaced. It is working flawlessly.
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I have used Core i7-930s in the past, and this is a faster version in the same family. These are VERY power hungry, at 130 watts. I have also used low power Xeon versions of this same chip, in those motherboards which can accept Xeons. I am currently building two X58 systems using the chips mentioned (non-Xeons), but these will be my last LGA 1366s. Future builds will be LGA 1151s.
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I really get a better value for this chip here than anywhere else. The speed tests show that the performance of the 960, especially when paired with good memory and an extremely fast hard drive, far outperforms the 920 so that the money difference can be justified. I know a lot of enthusiast are set on buying the 920 and then just overclocking it, but the 960 can be overclocked easily to 4.1 Ghz and can get to speeds the 920 only dreams of having (I am not complaining about the 920, but I just don't care for the overclocking argument Never had I seen instant loading like this system does. I am absolutely blown away. I am sure Windows is creating a new operating system to slow things down, but until that happens, I am a happy camper. A very good affordable CPU indeed. Most people are stuck on the budget based i7-920..I'm sorry but it's 2013. The i7-960 isn't the newest chip on the market either, but it has 8 logical cores and will compete for the years to come. It ranks as a 7.5 on Windows performance test. It can be overclocked to 4Ghz and it's ranking a 7.7 out of 7.9!. I recommend this product to anyone regardless "NEW" or "USED".Read full review
Good old tech put back to use with new motherboards we used ASUS PT6 WS PRO
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Nice upgrade. Better performance. Works as expected. No issues. Happy with my purchase.
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