Micro Center - i7 860 - $199 In Store

[Randyman...]

Yup! Just fried my 775 system, and ran across this i7 860 for $199 in store at Micro Center:

http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0317378

Ordered online and picked mine up today and waved at all of the sorry suckers standing in line :p

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[EarthDog]

Back to that price again ehh???

[Randyman...]

Yep. I'm not sure how long this is on for as I literally ran across it last night after I already placed an i7 860 in my Cart @ Newegg and decided to Google for a better price before I checked out (and I certainly found a MUCH better price at Micro Center ;) ).

My MoBo and DDR3-2000 RAM will be here Friday so I can get it built and OC'd this weekend :D . My first "new gen" i5/i7 system - woot!

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[vixro]

Same speed as i7 930 @ microcenter (http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0331303) but at lesser wattage. Does that help with overclocks if you DO give it more juice? Or is it only for energy saving?

[Randyman...]

I'm not quite sure, but I believe the 860 is a better performer "Clock per Clock" - but don't quote me on that. I know it uses the 1156 socket - which means cheaper MoBo and cheaper RAM than a 1366 i7 - and still has HT for 8 threads. NTM I have zero need for SLI - so 1366 is kind of overkill for my needs (but I do need two PCIe x16 slots - one for Video, one for Areca RAID Card).

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[Joeteck]

Bought mine about 6 months ago @ Micro Center for $229, the box said $329..

[GoD_tattoo]

They've had this price for a while now...Bought one a few weeks ago at that price, and they had them for like a month before that... Great price for a good i7....I can't get enough of MicroCenter....My wallet on the otherhand....

[MadMan007]

I'm not quite sure, but I believe the 860 is a better performer "Clock per Clock" - but don't quote me on that. I know it uses the 1156 socket - which means cheaper MoBo and cheaper RAM than a 1366 i7 - and still has HT for 8 threads. NTM I have zero need for SLI - so 1366 is kind of overkill for my needs (but I do need two PCIe x16 slots - one for Video, one for Areca RAID Card).

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It's not better clock-for-clock in terms of IPC, realistically they are the same clock-for-clock aside from synthetics that measure memory bandwidth and the few rare programs that rely heavily on memory bandwdith like WinRar. The i7-860 has a higher max Turboboost speed (i7=930=3.06GHz i7-860=3.46GHz) which is why you'll often see it outperforming the i7-930 in various 'stock' speed tests. Then there's the platform difference of course....all in all though I'd go for the i7-860.

[Randyman...]

all in all though I'd go for the i7-860.

Yep :) Especially considering the savings on the Socket-1156 MoBo and 2-Channels of RAM ;) It's nice to hear reassurance, though :p

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[vixro]

You already pointed out the obvious for me, wasn't realizing the socket was 1156 and not 1366 :p