cpu opinions

[lionheart]

hello good people, finally getting around to building myself a new rig which learning from your considerable experience, your opinions on i7 970 cpu, thanking you in advance

 

[1Day]

Not much of a upgrade to be honest. You can clock your 920 to 4GHz comfortably and that will be the same kind of overclock you can expect with the 970. I would say it is no worth it at all.

Much better to wait for the next generation of enthusiast processors and motherboards and upgrade then.

 

[Kouba]

That would be a pretty pointless upgrade, as 1Day said, just wait it out til the next generation of processors to compare.

 

[lionheart]

Thanks for your response, any idea when that will be, thanks again. Regards

 

[=XDC=FluphyBunny]

Speculation on Ivy Bridge - keep hearing Q2 2012 - though I doubt that's set in stone.


Have to ask, what software are you running that's stressing out an i7 ?