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Intel Core i7-950 Review

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Published: 13th October 2010 | Source: Intel | Price: £244.35 | Author: Tom Logan

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CPU Benchmarks

If there is one thing the i7-950 doesn't have it's the new instruction set we've seen on some of the latest Intel chips. Understandably as it's not a 2010 model. However it still pumps out consistent scores across our battery of CPU tests. Time to see how the memory fares.

Memory Benchmarks and Latency

Memory testing is a more fragile process. The slightest background task can make a blip. Even allowing for this the differences between the i7-950 and i7-930 are greatly lessened compared to the CPU results. The overclocked i7-930 actually leaps a bit ahead thanks to the larger BCLK needed to achieve the lesser overclock.

In our latency testing the i7-950 holds sway and, when overclocked, by quite a margin.

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12-10-2010, 20:47:13

tinytomlogan

With the recent price-drop of the i7-950 we felt it was time to take a look at the middle child of the LGA1366 range.

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12-10-2010, 20:54:50

AMDFTW

nice OC's on that fella

1v tho lmao thats epeic,are they safe to run with that speed and volts

12-10-2010, 21:02:08

tinytomlogan

Watch the vid dude

12-10-2010, 21:32:34

kilobravo

Thanks for your rewiev of the i7 950.

just bought me one and the asrock x58 extreme6.

hope you have a rewiev of the new asrock x58 extreme6 soon

12-10-2010, 21:49:39

AMDFTW

Quote:

Originally Posted by tinytomlogan

Watch the vid dude

ahh yes

and that was one of your campest vids yet fella LMAO

12-10-2010, 22:18:36

murphy7801

cant wait for the oc guide because few tips from the pros never went wrong

13-10-2010, 12:03:20

Todd

You won the chip lottery there, Tom! If I could get my hands on one of them...

13-10-2010, 12:39:13

Alicarve

nice chip, I thought my i7 920 oc at 3.2ghz at 1.125v was good, but 1v thats really good lol

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!

13-10-2010, 13:18:26

tinytomlogan

Thanks for all the kind words boys.

Tis a very nice CPU though, the silicone gods have been good to us in very different ways lately!

13-10-2010, 13:23:58

Alicarve

Quote:

Originally Posted by tinytomlogan

Tis a very nice CPU though, the silicone gods have been good to us in very different ways lately!

especially with your 970 at 5ghz

13-10-2010, 13:38:54

Toxteth O'Grady

Best deals right now for 950 are £223 vs £212 best for 930. *No brainer.

TOG

27-10-2010, 12:45:43

kemical

Tom, when will you be doing the 950 overclock vid?

Would like to know if I can decrease voltages and still keep speed

27-10-2010, 13:23:37

tinytomlogan

Quote:

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

Dont know matey really as Im mega busy with other things atm.

27-10-2010, 14:39:01

kemical

Ok, thanks

27-10-2010, 16:38:37

tinytomlogan

Quote:

Originally Posted by kemical

Ok, thanks

I will rty and do it in the next few weeks but as I said in the video its not quite as simple as you may think and I want it done correctly.

24-11-2010, 20:31:11

Mikkaav

Hello!

I just saw the video on YouTube and thought I hop in.

Here's a lil' screeny of my i7-950

10-12-2010, 12:11:08

nestle

Just letting you know looking forward to your OC guide. Probably like the zillionth time you've heard that, take your time ill be happy whenever its done. ^^"

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

17-02-2011, 14:42:12

coolgame

shud i spend on getting a 360 rad n a MCP655 pump for ocing a 950 or is the d14 better off?is the d14 better than the rasa 750?

Intel Core i7-950 Review

Everest Ultimate

Published: 13th October 2010 | Source: Intel | Price: £244.35 | Author: Tom Logan

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