Just in time for the i5's it is the PII 965 X4 ! Hurry while they last! - Hardware & Software

[img]http://c1.neweggimages.com/NeweggImage/productimage/19-103-692-02.jpg[/img] [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103692[/url] at 250 and free shipping this is a bargin! clocked at 3.4 w/6mb cache! order before the sell out (and they will sell out)

secks pure secks even the box is sexy wtf

Are there any benchies yet?

This guy got 4431.9 Mhz on air with the 965. [url]http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showpost.php?p=3888466&postcount=25[/url]

I thought the title meant Pentium IIs, lol.

Eegh its £187 in UK, I thought this will knock down the price of the 940's? wow for once ebuyer is cheaper than overclockers for high end cpu's. Ill see if I get any extra money and I might buy one, oh wait they are am3? will they still work in a AM2+ socket?

yes

Am3 works in an AM2+ socket? Will I need to update my bios?

yeah. Look on the manufacturer's web site. you will also have to do a clean install of windows.

Man I bought the 955 a few weeks ago. If I knew about this processor I would have waited. Oh well i got a deal on it.

I don't like this processor. If you are gonna be spending $250 on a processor, you might as well go the whole way and drop and extra $30 for a i7 920, and get DDR3 RAM and the like and a new mobo(yes this will cost more than and AMD board but you get what you pay for). Escpecially since the 920 uses 10 W less power for more performance. I mean if you want to wring every drop of performance out of your old mobo and DDR 2 RAM then sure buy it, but I mean at this price range this isn't that great. [editline]04:44PM[/editline] [url]http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0302727[/url] i7 920 for $200. So yeah. Come on AMD you can do better than this.

965 defintely outperforms it.

Doesn't seem worth the extra money over a 955 if you ask me. [QUOTE=Dr Egg;16669290]Escpecially since the 920 uses 10 W less power for more performance.[/QUOTE] [url]http://www.hexus.net/content/item.php?item=19703&page=8[/url] The i7 920 uses more than the PII 965.

[QUOTE=Dr Egg;16669290]I don't like this processor. If you are gonna be spending $250 on a processor, you might as well go the whole way and drop and extra $30 for a i7 920, and get DDR3 RAM and the like and a new mobo(yes this will cost more than and AMD board but you get what you pay for). Escpecially since the 920 uses 10 W less power for more performance. I mean if you want to wring every drop of performance out of your old mobo and DDR 2 RAM then sure buy it, but I mean at this price range this isn't that great. [editline]04:44PM[/editline] [url]http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0302727[/url] i7 920 for $200. So yeah. Come on AMD you can do better than this.[/QUOTE] So you are the /g/eek last night on /g/ it says instore pickup only... and there are only 22 stores nation wide also enjoy dead end socket

Gonna buy one of these. Also would this cpu cooler: [url]http://www.frozencpu.com/products/7542/cpu-tri-54/Thermalright_Limited_Edition_TRUE_Black_Ultra-120_eXtreme_CPU_Heatsink_Socket_LGA_775_LGA_1366_AM2_Xeon.html[/url] Fit on this cpu?

[QUOTE=Wiggles;16670113]Doesn't seem worth the extra money over a 955 if you ask me. [url]http://www.hexus.net/content/item.php?item=19703&page=8[/url] The i7 920 uses more than the PII 965.[/QUOTE] :o fair enough [QUOTE=JohnEdwards;16670732]So you are the /g/eek last night on /g/ it says instore pickup only... and there are only 22 stores nation wide also enjoy dead end socket[/QUOTE] I'm not american and I just took the link from /. [editline]06:18PM[/editline] Also I don't browse /g/

*Is not proficiently knowledged in computers* Is this better than 920?

[QUOTE=lolwutdude;16671489]*Is not proficiently knowledged in computers* Is this better than 920?[/QUOTE] I think it is. In most of the benchmarks I've seen, the 965 out performs the 920 in most gaming test :(

[QUOTE=Pandamobile;16671773]I think it is. In most of the benchmarks I've seen, the 965 out performs the 920 in most gaming test :([/QUOTE] In artificial benchmarks the Intel 920 will mostly outperform it, but in gaming besides a few situtaitons the 965 will outperform the 920.

Will it out perform it be an appreciable margin? Or is the Core I7 still a better value due to the features of the X58 platform?

[QUOTE=ChristopherB;16672015]Will it out perform it be an appreciable margin? Or is the [B]Core I7[/B] still a better [B]value[/B] due to the features of the X58 platform?[/QUOTE] I don't know if a $300 processor, >$200 mobo, $100 RAM, and no upgrade for less than $500 could be considered a value.

[QUOTE=n00bmuffin;16672362]I don't know if a $300 processor, >$200 mobo, $100 RAM, and no upgrade for less than $500 could be considered a value.[/QUOTE] The i7 can be had for less than $300, their are a few X58 mobos for under $200 and amount of memory is entirely dependent on how much you wish to spend. That was not my point, however. I haven't looked at AMD chipset motherboards so I don't know how they compare, but I do know that the feature set of the X58 platform is great. It wasn't a rhetorical question; I was actually asking for a valid comparison of feature sets and platform costs between the two processors and their chipsets.

So I take it you haven't seen the 790FX chipset? [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130223[/url]

The 955 already competes with the 920.

[QUOTE=n00bmuffin;16672959]So I take it you haven't seen the 790FX chipset? [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130223[/url][/QUOTE] Would you suggest that mobo over the ASUS Crosshair III Formula? [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131392[/url]

[QUOTE=ChristopherB;16672667]The i7 can be had for less than $300, their are a few X58 mobos for under $200 and amount of memory is entirely dependent on how much you wish to spend. That was not my point, however. I haven't looked at AMD chipset motherboards so I don't know how they compare, but I do know that the feature set of the X58 platform is great. It wasn't a rhetorical question; I was actually asking for a valid comparison of feature sets and platform costs between the two processors and their chipsets.[/QUOTE] [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131402[/url] [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148261[/url] [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103692[/url] 440 for a good 965x4+790GX+4gb ram [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820161302[/url] [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128375[/url] [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115202[/url] 560 for 920 x58 3gb ram hard to tell which is betrer

[QUOTE=Quantuam VTX;16673063]Would you suggest that mobo over the ASUS Crosshair III Formula? [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131392[/url][/QUOTE] I'd probably pick the MSi because of the better feature set and price, but the ASUS looks good as well.

[QUOTE=n00bmuffin;16673146]I'd probably pick the MSi because of the better feature set and price, but the ASUS looks good as well.[/QUOTE] Thanks gonna go with the msi one and will this CPU cooler: [url]http://www.frozencpu.com/products/7542/cpu-tri-54/Thermalright_Limited_Edition_TRUE_Black_Ultra-120_eXtreme_CPU_Heatsink_Socket_LGA_775_LGA_1366_AM2_Xeon.html[/url] Fit on the amd 965?

Get the Scythe Mugen 2 CPU Cooler.

[QUOTE=JohnEdwards;16670732]So you are the /g/eek last night on /g/ it says instore pickup only... and there are only 22 stores nation wide also enjoy dead end socket[/QUOTE] Dead end socket?