i7 930

mcombell · 1 Mar 2010 at 12:17

mcombell said:
It will be interesting to see what OCUK do with their current over-clocked 920 bundles. Will they start using 930s rather than 920s?

OcUK have updated their bundles to include the 930 and can be found at http://www.overclockers.co.uk/search_results.php?sortby=&groupid=&search=930bun

Fatboy · 1 Mar 2010 at 12:36

They have all been updated.

Lt Goody · 1 Mar 2010 at 13:22

Was hoping that they would be cheaper than that at Ocuk.

Fatboy · 1 Mar 2010 at 13:23

Lt Goody said:
Was hoping that they would be cheaper than that at Ocuk.

Dollar rate has not done us any favours on this one I am afraid.

paulselhi · 1 Mar 2010 at 13:51

The only difference i can see in the specs of the 930 as opposed to the 920 is that the former has a multiplier of 21 and the later a multiplier of 20

so what exactly does that give us ?

EDIT ahh DUMB DUMB an extra .14 Ghz !!

InkZ · 1 Mar 2010 at 13:54

Just ordered a i7 930 + Noctua D14, should be interesting

paulselhi · 1 Mar 2010 at 14:03

Ok I just found this

Even with a new BIOS for our Asus P6TD Deluxe motherboard, with the vcore boosted to 1.45V, the QPI raised to 204MHz and Turbo Boost disabled, we were only able to overclock the i7-920 from 2.66GHz to 4.08GHz. This is still a great overclock, and increased performance magnificently with all the benchmark results improving accordingly.

In contrast, the i7-930, using exactly the same voltages, but with a CPU multiplier of 21x and QPI of 205MHz, was happy to run for hours on end at 4.3GHz. This is quite frankly a fantastic overclock for a standard LGA1366 Core i7, and more in the realm of what you'd expect from a far more expensive Extreme Edition. At 4.3GHz, the i7-930 returned markably better benchmark results than the overclocked i7-920.

http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/cpus/2010/03/01/intel-core-i7-930-cpu-review/2

555BUK · 1 Mar 2010 at 14:12

Many people are getting 4GHz to 4.2GHz (same as i7 920 DO's) but a couple have had 4.5GHz on air.

shrek2 · 1 Mar 2010 at 17:23

So its worth it then. Better get my order in.

Nico_Joey · 1 Mar 2010 at 18:13

Anyone have a idea as to length the i7 930 will last i.e. 18 months+ and still be awsome ?

Just trying to justify spending so much on a 1366 MB and CPU

Vir · 1 Mar 2010 at 18:50

Nico_Joey said:
Anyone have a idea as to length the i7 930 will last i.e. 18 months+ and still be awsome ?

Just trying to justify spending so much on a 1366 MB and CPU

Well if it's not 'awesome' anymore you can always sell it and upgrade to an awesome 6-core or more

the_electrician · 1 Mar 2010 at 19:30

paulselhi said:
The only difference i can see in the specs of the 930 as opposed to the 920 is that the former has a multiplier of 21 and the later a multiplier of 20

so what exactly does that give us ?

EDIT ahh DUMB DUMB an extra .14 Ghz !!

This new 930 chip smells like a Nvida 8800 to 9800 upgrade!!!

Lt Goody · 5 Mar 2010 at 22:15

Got my 930 installed now and when i check cpu-z it's running at 2.9ghz with a cpu voltage of 0.928,does that seem normal?

First time with a gigabyte board aswell so don't know my way around bios yet.

VortX · 5 Mar 2010 at 23:36

Lt Goody said:
Got my 930 installed now and when i check cpu-z it's running at 2.9ghz with a cpu voltage of 0.928,does that seem normal?

First time with a gigabyte board aswell so don't know my way around bios yet.

Let us know how it overclocks I'm looking at ordering one this monday

supershanks · 6 Mar 2010 at 00:08

It's running at 22x133.33 = 2.93Ghz.
The gigabyte boards let you select the 22 multi (turbo mode).
voltage is about right at stock with loadline off by default.

This bios shot shows what I mean, it's with a 920 in which has a max multi of 20. The Turbo mode 21 is available.
If you look at yours you'll see 22

Lt Goody · 7 Mar 2010 at 12:19

VortX said:
Let us know how it overclocks I'm looking at ordering one this monday

I won't be overclocking yet mate i'm still trying to get my head around the bios,there's a lot more things on it i don't know understand yet. :confused:

Overclocking my E8400 on an asus board was easy compared to this but i will get there.

McstylisT · 7 Mar 2010 at 13:11

Good to see some punching on the 930 as expected here. Although its 45nm , it amazes me Intel have the cheek a cpu with an extra x1 multiplier and name it another chip. Crazy to me.

Look forward to seeing some good clocks from these.

McT

nightmare99 · 7 Mar 2010 at 13:50

it amazes me Intel have the cheek a cpu with an extra x1 multiplier and name it another chip. Crazy to me.

Yes how cheeky to release a faster processor for the same price as the model it is replacing. :rolleyes:

paulselhi · 7 Mar 2010 at 16:34

The 920 retail on OCUK is £10 cheaper than the 930 retail

nightmare99 · 8 Mar 2010 at 13:45

The 920 retail on OCUK is £10 cheaper than the 930 retail

The 930 will be coming in at the worse dollar rate, Intel sell the 930 at the price of the end of life 920 to its distributors. You are seeing a difference becuase of local currency fluctuations.