Testseek.co.uk have collected 132 expert reviews of the Intel Core i7 920 2.66GHz Socket 1366 and the average rating is 89%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Intel Core i7 920 2.66GHz Socket 1366.
November 2008
(89%)
132 Reviews
Average score from experts who have reviewed this product.
Users
(97%)
589 Reviews
Average score from owners of the product.
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The editors liked
Really good performance
Hyperthreading
Around 4Ghz overclockable
Good price/performance ratio for the CPU
Extremely fast
Best CPU architecture on the market
Quality quadcore performance
Works well with audio
Video
3D applications
Large improvement over the previous series
Does well even with nonoptimized software
Low power consumption when idle
The editors didn't like
Expensive system wide parts to upgrade
Runs hot
Needs almost a whole new PC
Pricey with all things considered
Power consumption is high when processor is active
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In 2009, we concluded about the Core i7 920 that performance gains of dozens of percent killed earlier processors, and the i7 980X review ended with the conclusion that Intel in the upper end only competed with itself.In 2018 that is another story. Wi...
Abstract: Late May we published a huge round-up of 45 desktop processors , followed by a review of Intel's fourth generation Core processors . Our readers immediately, and understandably, came with the request for a similar group test of laptop processors. It's a...
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Really good performance, Hyperthreading, Around 4Ghz overclockable, Good price/performance ratio for the CPU
Expensive system wide parts to upgrade, Runs hot
Throughout these benchmarks, the AMD Phenom II 955 just hasn’t been able to keep up with the i7 920. But AMD know this and it’s not intended to be the i7 920’s rival as the 955 is priced £60 less than the i7 920. (in fact even the Q...
Quality quadcore performance: works well with audio, video, 3D applications, Large improvement over the previous series, Does well even with nonoptimized software, Low power consumption when idle
Power consumption is high when processor is active
Abstract: Just as Intel’s Core 2 has firmly established itself in the market, it is already being replaced by a completely new architecture. Unlike the switch from the Pentium 4 / Pentium D to the Core2—where the new CPUs worked as drop-in replacements on existi...
