which one i7 and mobo ?

hi, can you someone tell me which i 7 is good for overclock and some good mobo for i7?
i am selling my old pc , and need some advice about i7 i have not experience with this socket and cpu
775 fan
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mobo Rampage II Extreme + i7 950 or i7 920
need some advice

If you can still find an i7 920, I would personally go with that. For overclocking, you want to make sure it is a D0 stepping, as opposed to a C0 (should say in the product description). The C0 stepping runs a bit hotter, and requires more voltage for overclocking in most situations, and is generally not as friendly to overclock. Given that you are overclocking, the 950 is essentially just a higher clocked version of the 920, which will make very little difference as MOST users (with proper cooling and know-how) are able to easily reach 3.6-3.8 GHz with a 920

All that said, each chip is different, and different users will experience different results

The mobo you picked is not bad, but there is a Rampage III Extreme out...

I believe the price of a i7-920 and a 950 today are pretty much the same, right? So wouldn't it be better to go with the 950?

jbl said:

I believe the price of a i7-920 and a 950 today are pretty much the same, right? So wouldn't it be better to go with the 950?

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Higher multi is always preferable, with two processors that are of the same design. Same price 950 better.

I would get whatever one you can get for the most reasonable price. you can get the 950 at microcenter for 229, and if you get a mobo at the same time they will knock of another 40 from that. if you are cost conscious I would recommend the gigabyte x58a-ud3 and the 930 as that should get you to 4.0-4.3 without much issues and be prolly $400 after taxes. know that you will have to have ddr3 mem also.