Let me get this clear..

[Admiral Huddy]

Apart from being £60 cheaper and a higher default clock speeds, there's no other difference between the i7 920 D0 and the i7 930?

Right?

Mind you- I quite like the look of these :

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18139834

 

[Reldar]

Different default clock speeds and I believe the 920 has a multiplier of x20 and the 930 is x21

 

[alex24]

Intel versus AMD will depend on how much you value the best performance versus bang for buck. It also depends on whether you're a gamer, overclocker, encoder etc.

For more info on the i7 930, look at the review on www.overclock3d.net. That highlights the differences between it and the 920, showing you there's actually quite a lot between them.

 

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

The OP already has a Q6600 running at 3.4GHZ though.

 

[cmndr_andi]

Apart from being £60 cheaper and a higher default clock speeds, there's no other difference between the i7 920 D0 and the i7 930?

Right?

Right.

When under good air cooling both of these chips should hit ~4GHz as they are both D0 stepping and will be limited by the cooling, not the motherboard BCLK or the CPU itself.

However, under water cooling the 930 should achieve higher maximum overclocks than the 920 as the higher multi means lower motherboard BCLKs are needed for mad speeds.

So there isn't really a massive difference - certainly not worth £60 imho.