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02 January 2013
Worth every penny, phenominal chip and very low temps. Excellent buy!!
Bought this chip after owning a core i7 920 do stepping that overclocked to 4.8ghz
This chip performs very well and runs very very cool.
I have a water loop that kept my previous chip at 39-40 idle
This chip is 29-30 idle and it has 2 more physical cores and 4 more logical cores. 12 cores show in windows task manager.
My windows score is 7.8 once I clock this chip to 4ghz.
I haven't tried taking it beyond that speed although I'm confident it will go to 4.5 if not more.
I bought this chip as an upgrade as my motherboard is a 1366 socket and this is one of the best it can accept.
I paid £300 in an auction dec 2012 and it was used!! I feel that was very good value as the cheapest buy it now was nearly £400.
I would have gone for a 990x but the price was pretty much just over double for a very small speed increase £675.
I'm very happy with my purchase and would recommend this chip if you have a compatible motherboard.