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i7, is it worth the price? (Read 545 times)

Nov 23^rd, 2008 at 9:28pm

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I hear that Intel´s new i7 processor is the fastest ever made in the market but for $1,000usd I figure the price is quite too high for most of us working class dudes. So the million dollar question is this...

Is it worth the price? Is there other processors that can give more or less the same performance for less cash?

If so, what´s the poor man´s processor that equals i7...

Thanks in advance...

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Reply #1 - Nov 23^rd, 2008 at 9:39pm

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Wait!

&&&&"We're just sitting here trying to put our PCjrs in a pile and burn them. And the damn things won't burn. That's the only thing IBM did right with it - they made it flameproof." && Spinnaker Software chairman William Bowman, 1985

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Reply #2 - Nov 24^th, 2008 at 1:03pm

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Interesting. You can pick up an i7 over here, even if it is the lowest model, for about £250 which would be just over 500USD...

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Reply #3 - Nov 24^th, 2008 at 1:14pm

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http://www.ebuyer.com/product/151477

As seen there.

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Reply #4 - Nov 24^th, 2008 at 3:49pm

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How long will it take before the price finally drops...

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Reply #5 - Nov 24^th, 2008 at 8:04pm

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The pro clockers are getting 4.2GHz on air with the i7 920

and yes it is worth its weight in gold to FSX if you get that clock up to 3GHz+

If you dont overclock I suggest either the 940 or the 965

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Reply #6 - Nov 26^th, 2008 at 3:13am

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My i7 920 is a $300 chip and I've briefly run it at 3.8Ghz, and with some tweaking I expect 4Ghz. Of course you have to spend an extra $65 for a top of the line cpu cooler, because the stock fan is really inadequate at those speeds.

I concur that it's a much smoother flying experience. I also have a Penryn quad cpu and at the same CPU speeds the advantages of the i7 are quite noticeable when both computers are cranked up.

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Reply #7 - Nov 26^th, 2008 at 12:17pm

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read my writeup in the FSX forum

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