i7 920 or i7 860

[PaRn ssR]

Hello All member

Now i use
E6750, TRUE, ASUS P5E, OCZ Reaper HPC 2GB /800, GTS 250 1GB, Thermaltake Toughpower 750W

I plan upgrade my PC on New year [ Q9550, 4GB DDR2, GTX285 or 295 ]. Since I build this system in october 2007. :D or I buy new system on i7



i7 920
ASUS Rampage II Gene, ASUS P6T Deluxe
G.Skill Tri-Channel F3-12800CL8T- 6GBRM /1600 RipJaws
GTX285


i7 860
Maximus III Gene, ASUS P7P55WS
G.Skill F3-12800CL8D-4GBRM /1600 RipJaws
GTX295

[laragirl83]

920

[Kessian]

920

[PaRn ssR]

920
:D

920

:D

[PC_User]

920.

[hexstatic]

920 without a doubt mate,

not a question thats needs to be asked tbh :P

[zalbard]

Yeah, s1156 turned out to be not really impressive thus far.
Why GTX285 and not new Radeon 5xxx cards with DX11, though?

[HDCHOPPER]

920 :up:

[bt_medic04]

920 with an HD5850 :up:

[M_T_M]

without hesitation 920:up:

[JohnMike]

If you are on a gamer PC, get a 860/P55 + 5870 or 5970 depending on your resolution.

Best price/performance system today! :up:

[dan7777]

I7 920 + 5970- Gtx 380

[Jamesrt2004]

rampage gene 920 + 5850/70 depending on how much the price drop is (oops)

here in the UK the p55 seems to be very similar in price with x58.. and 860 is a few £££ more then 920.. so its actually more sense to go for the BETTER platform as its cheaper xD

[Elmy]

920 ..... but if u can hold out i9 1366 is getting released in Jan that would be a better option for futureproof

[Cralle!]

920 ..... but if u can hold out i9 1366 is getting released in Jan that would be a better option for futureproof

Yeah and it will retail for its very cheap price of around 1000$

920!

[dcl]

I would have gone 920 over the 860 if I had more extra cash. A motherboard with similar features to a similarly spec'd P55 mobo would have cost me 50% more. At the time I didn't deem this extra expense worth it.

However to be honest, I really doubt I'd notice any performance difference from the lack of triple channel memory. I don't regret my decision what so ever. It does hurt my crossfire potential in future though.

[sandy]

920:up:

[Kondik]

1366, More futureproof and in some countries the price difference is minimal

[JohnMike]

I would have gone 920 over the 860 if I had more extra cash. A motherboard with similar features to a similarly spec'd P55 mobo would have cost me 50% more. At the time I didn't deem this extra expense worth it.

However to be honest, I really doubt I'd notice any performance difference from the lack of triple channel memory. I don't regret my decision what so ever. It does hurt my crossfire potential in future though.

Don't worry, you wont feel the lack of triple channel memory at all. I have a I7 950 but i have experince a few P55 systems lately and a i have found that the better Turbo from I7 860 boost better performance then my I7 950 in real applications/multimedia and games.

If you go bench, use real pro applications (some) or use multi-GPUs then I7 9## is better.


1366, More futureproof...

Well.... Seems that Intel has other plans for 1366 skt -> Workstations/Server or Extreme Desktops (EE).... And that means more Cash $$$$, so you better have a futureproof wallet also. :p:

[zsamz_]

i got both and the 920 overclocks better but you need a good batch
just get ? costin you cheaper lol you not gonna notice much of a difference
my 920 rig actually cost me less than my 860 rig :rofl:

[Mabyboi]

920! and a 5870 or fermi :D

[kikicoco1334]

920 with an HD5850 :up:

:p:

[PaRn ssR]

I'm Nvidia fanclub ;)

Upgrade for 775 is died ??? :p:

[CedricFP]

I'd go for the 920. Even though you might get a bad batch (like me - 4.2 @ 1.31 load), you still get a decent overclock.

If you get a great batch, 4.4 with water is doable.

[PaRn ssR]

What good batch

[Boulard83]

Pentium D heuuuu sorry 920 !

[PaRn ssR]

Pentium D heuuuu sorry 920 !

:p::p::p:

[PaRn ssR]

bump!!!

[grishenko45]

defo 920 - but dont get 285 / 295 - get an ati 5850/5870 - best bang per buck! i think the 920 is cheaper than the 860 btw - also triple channel DDR3 :)

[nyeah]

920 or 930 (if you want to wait) for me, raw power ftw :D
and wait for fermi instead

[KizilejdeR]

I7 920:up:
If I were you,I wouldn't buy a Gtx285.I'd buy a Hd5850 or wait for Fermi.

[DAK1640]

If it'z a cruncher, 860 is cheaper and about the same output.:up:

[kuchaiii]

For daily non OC user or mild OC with Turbo Boost ON... I vote i7 860, the beefed up turbo helps a lot. But if you plan to OC your rig, get 920. Hmm i7 860 a little sucks at that point... GTX285? A bit outdated I think. 5850 can surpass 285 performance. It's the best price/performance graphic card I know for now.

[Erklat]

It depends for what purpose the rig is built. If you are not going to gain income by using it, go for the cheapest solution.
If it's going to be used for games, even cheaper i5 might not be a bad idea, although I do not like some aspects which come
together with P55. It just seems like it is not designed to last on the market, imo.

I was confident to go after P55, but then again I gained some cash and now seriously considering going after X58 after all :D

[PaRn ssR]

i5 for me.

[Scaniris]

It depends for what purpose the rig is built.

I think everything starts here ... :up: Difficult to give an objective answer without some details about expectations...