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    9280 I7 Quad cores....

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by MrButterBiscuits, May 8, 2009.

  1. MrButterBiscuits

    MrButterBiscuits ~Veritas Y Aequitas~

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    I'm going to pick a 9280 up next month... the question is is really worth the extra 400-500 dollars upgrading from the I7 940 2.93ghz to the I7 965 extreme 3.2ghz? Besides the higher processor speed, what other benefits would I see?
     
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  2. Commander Wolf

    Commander Wolf can i haz broadwell?

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    Most likely not worthwhile. You get an unlocked multiplier, but I dunno if the 9280 BIOS will be able to take advantage of that. You might also get a faster QPI clock, but I doubt the benefits of that will be noticeable outside of benchmarks.
     
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    MrButterBiscuits ~Veritas Y Aequitas~

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    That's what I expected, I thought maybe the extreme editions may have come with a better cooling system (fan lol), or perhaps the cores were more oriented towards the gaming aspect (8 processing cores right?)
     
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    Commander Wolf can i haz broadwell?

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    They're all based on the same core, and they all have the same listed TDP. So no, the 965 cores aren't "more oriented towards gaming" and I doubt the 965 will come with a better thermal solution.
     
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    MrButterBiscuits ~Veritas Y Aequitas~

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    Cool beans, thanks alot +rep

    thanks for answering, nobody has replied to these posts and this is like the third one :D
     
    MrButterBiscuits, May 8, 2009
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    The former brother of 9280 is 9262, which is impossible to OC via bios nor software. So I really dont think that 9280 will allow anysort of OC neither.
    Agree with you that it's not worth the money.
     
    haquocdung, May 8, 2009
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    extreme cpu = extremly overpriced :p

    I would try to overclock the lower model if possible rather than resort to upgrading.

    Before you count out software OC, try to see if you can do it yourself, meaning in the case of the Asus W90 that just came out. No current overclock tools supported it, so one of our members Quadzilla opened up his unit and found the PLL chip # and sent it to the creater of SetFSB, very quickly he got back with us with a beta version of the program that worked for our laptops and I have been able to push my 2.0ghz Q9000 to 2.75ghz with it.
     
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    Bartlett The Prophet

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    I say it would not be worth it. Even if it could be overclocked, the cooling is barely substantial enough right now for it at stock clocks, so for overclocking a desktop 130W Quad core CPU in a laptop, nope...wouldn't happen. I would just get the i7 920 or 940.
     
    Bartlett, May 8, 2009
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