Intel i7-920 (Bloomfield) Quad Core Processor - 2.66 GHz, 8MB L3 Cache, 1333MHz FSB, Socket 1366, 45 nm, 3 Year Warranty, Retail Boxed

Reliable older CPU that still handles basic tasks smoothly.

I've just set up a new system based around the i7 920 CUP. This will replace my main PC, which is a 478 socket 3.2Ghz P4 chip, running 4gb of PC3200 ram. The speed of the i7 maybe only be 2.66Ghz, but with the fast FSB speed & 6Gb's of DDR3 ram, plus the four cores of course, makes this baby really fly. My only regret is two weeks after I bought it, Intel brought out the 930 chip running at 2.8Ghz for only a tenner more! Still that's life, we alway's want a bigger one! UPDATE I had a little play with the clock frequency in the Bios, I changed it from the 133 setting to 140, this boosts the speed up to 2.8Ghz (same as the 930 chip)I then when a little further up to 150 base clock, giving a speed of 3Ghz. I'm pleased to say the cpu temperature stayed the same and it's still stable after two weeks of use. No increase was needed to the CPU voltage (which is the main course of over heating), however I do have a massive cooler (Noctua Nh-U12P) which I'm sure is a big help. It would seem the chip is happy as the temperature has not changed, I'm also happy as I don't feel too bad about missing out on getting the 930 chip. Motherboard is an Asus P6T SE.

I bought this to drive my new MCPC that I use for work during the day and Media Centre evenings and weekends. I've not pushed it hard but with 6GB of DDR3 RAM, a high performance motherboard, Solid State boot drive, TV card, 1TB of disk the PC is just responsive. Very little waiting around for things to happen.It comes with the CPU heat sink and fan which is easily fitted but like all fans is noisy, so after testing I dumped it for Zalman Water cooling for a silent PC. The Zalman CPU block can cool this not problem. My Northbridge is now hotter than the CPU which I need to sort out next. All reviews show this is a great processor. I've no complaints and the quad core hyper threaded CPU barely gets taxed so should give me enough future proofing. WIn 7 RC runs well.

Bought this processor to build a new computer.Installed into a new gigabyte Mother Board It works O.K. but because The Computer case has not enough fans to cool the processor.i am installing it in a Coolermaster case which will provide a better ventilation.Also the cooler fan that came with the processor needs to be replaced with an artic cooling Freezer 7 Pro to bring the temperature of the processor to about 35-40 C.

Never overheats, can run the newest games all day long without even having to go over 60%. Chuffed!

I have just got one of these 'new' Core i7 processors to power my new PC, and am so glad I did. First let me say that it is important to try to get the D0 Stepping version as it is much improved over the old version, running cooler and able to overclock higher. It has 4 cores (effectively 4 CPUs in one chip) and each of these can run 2 sets of instructions at once (hyper Threading), so it is like having 8 CPUs in your computer! I have never overclocked anything before, yet was able drop in this processor, change one BIOS setting and instantly had it running at 3.4GHz instead of the default 2.66GHz. The amazing thing was that the temperature of the chip was barely any different from running at the stock speed! I have now learnt a little more from the internet abd by changing just 10 settings in the BIOS, I have it running at 4.0GHz while still well within safe temperatures! A must have if you want the fastest, best value PC around!

This worked as prommist and was reasonably priced. Delivery was as quoted.

Ich habe einen etwa 7 Jahre alten PC, der vor kurzem nicht mehr funktionierte. Schnell fand ich heraus, warum: die CPU - ein Intel Core i7-920 - hatte den Geist aufgegeben. Mit wenig Hoffnung suchte ich bei Amazon nach einer gebrauchten Ersatz-CPU und war um so freudiger überrascht, dass es hier diesbezgl. noch Angebote gibt. An dieser Stelle möchte ich betonen, dass es hier nicht um eine Kaufempfehlung oder um die Vor- und Nachteile dieser CPU gehen kann, handelt es sich hier doch um einen Jahre alten Intel Core-Prozesser der 1. (!) Generation. Das Angebot der Fa. Super Mario Bros. Zelda (ca. 50.- € für einen gebrauchten Intel Core i7-920-Prozessor im sehr guten Zustand) erschien mir am vernünftigsten, so dass ich dort sofort bestellte. Schnelle 3 Tage später wurde die Bestellung geliefert (unversehrt, sicher verpackt und optisch wirklich im sehr guten Zustand) und ich konnte die CPU in meinem PC austauschen, der seitdem wieder bestens funktioniert. Nach kurzer Kontaktaufnahme mit dem Verkäufer wurde sogar prompt eine Rechnung nachgeliefert, so dass ich alles in allem sehr gerne 5 Sterne für die Fa. Super Mario Bros. Zelda vergebe.

PCが起動しなくなったのでショップで診てもらったところCPUが原因ではないかということで購入 動画・画像編集やDTMでも処理は問題なく、まだまだ現役 消費電力には目をつぶる

I upgraded a system that had an Intel Core 2 Quad (Q9550) 2.83GHz CPU to the Intel Core i7 920 2.66GHz CPU. My previous Core 2 Quad processor was blazingly fast. The new Core i7 920 processor seems marginally faster than the Core 2 Quad, but it seems to handle multitasking a bit more adeptly. I'm sure that when more software becomes available that's optimized for a quad core hyperthreading CPU (like having 8 cores running simultaneously) I'll see even improved performance with this processor. A word to the wise...make sure your system provides good cooling for this CPU. In my original 'closed' ATX case I was seeing temperatures of the hottest core at around 50 degrees Celsius at idle (using Core Temp version 0.99.4.65 - 32 bit) with the stock heat sink. I changed to a Theraltake V9 "Black" ATX case and my hottest core idle temperature dropped to 39 degrees and the coolest core at 35. It's amazing what good airflow can do for your CPU. I recently put Windows 7 Home Premium (32 bit) on my self built computer (Core i7 920 CPU, 6GB OCZ Gold DDR3 PC12800 SDRAM, Asus P6T LGA 1366 Triple CrossFireX/SLI Motherboard, EVGA GeForce 9800GT 512MB DDR3 PCI-e 2.0 Graphics Card and two Western Digital 1TB Caviar "Black" 7200 RPM SATA hard drives with two controllers and 32MB Cache on each drive). Once I find a compatible TV card I will 'clean' install the 64 bit version of the OS. I should get even better performance from the Core i7 920 CPU with that version of Windows 7 since it will recognize all 6GB of my RAM rather than the 3GB recognized by the 32 bit OS. Overall the processor is AWESOME! I hardly have to wait for anything to happen after I click for it to do so. Exceptions to that are when you're performing a simultaneous virus scan or backup. I understand that this processor is very good for overclocking...a realm of performance that I've not yet explored. I don't think you can go wrong with this one!

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