Intel Core i7-950 Review
Introduction and Technical Specifications
Published: 13th October 2010 | Source: Intel | Price: £244.35 |
Introduction
Processor lines are always strange things. When compared to graphics cards which have thousands of variants, processors tend to have perhaps three or four types within a classification.
The i7 line consisted, upon release, of the i7-920, i7-940 and the i7-960. With the i7-920 around £240, i7-940 about the £450 mark and the top end i7-960 being about £700 it was obvious that the i7-920 was the weapon of choice for the masses, and the extremists would go towards the i7-960. When the D0 stepping i7-920 was released it was pretty much the only sensible choice.
This continued to be the case through the many evolutions of the LGA1366 line until now the Quad-Core range consists of the i7-930, the i7-950 and the range-topping i7-975. The middle processor was always an odd choice. Nobody would spend twice the price on basically a single multiplier increase over the bottom end model, and those who wanted the absolute best would always gravitate towards the multiplier-unlocked 975 Extreme.
Recently however Intel have drastically cut the price of the i7-950 down to nearly the level of the i7-930. Surely it becomes the processor of choice now? Let's find out.
Technical Specifications
| Status | Launched |
| Launch Date | Q2'09 |
| Processor Number | i7-950 |
| # of Cores | 4 |
| # of Threads | 8 |
| Clock Speed | 3.06 GHz |
| Max Turbo Frequency | 3.33 GHz |
| Intel® Smart Cache | 8 MB |
| Bus/Core Ratio | 23 |
| Intel® QPI Speed | 4.8 GT/s |
| # of QPI Links | 1 |
| Instruction Set | 64-bit |
| Instruction Set Extensions | SSE4.2 |
| Lithography | 45 nm |
| Max TDP | 130 W |
| VID Voltage Range | 0.800V-1.375V |
| Tray 1ku Budgetary Price | $294.00 |
So as you can see it's basically a i7-930/920 but with a multiplier of 23 instead of 20.
Most Recent Comments
1v tho lmao thats epeic,are they safe to run with that speed and volts
just bought me one and the asrock x58 extreme6.
hope you have a rewiev of the new asrock x58 extreme6 soon
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Originally Posted by tinytomlogan
Watch the vid dude |
and that was one of your campest vids yet fella LMAO
and well done hitting the 5k suscriber
i've been telling anyone i know who is into computers to check you and OC3D out,
you do always make it interesting and easy to watch so well done tom!
Tis a very nice CPU though, the silicone gods have been good to us in very different ways lately!
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Originally Posted by tinytomlogan
Tis a very nice CPU though, the silicone gods have been good to us in very different ways lately! |
TOG
Would like to know if I can decrease voltages and still keep speed
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Originally Posted by kemical
Tom, when will you be doing the 950 overclock vid? Would like to know if I can decrease voltages and still keep speed |
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Originally Posted by kemical
Ok, thanks |
I just saw the video on YouTube and thought I hop in.
Here's a lil' screeny of my i7-950
from the videos seems like its taken alot of work and is gonna take even more
but maybe it can accompany some sort of print out\text aswell aswell as the video, but i wouldn't really know how it would work.good luck
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