i7-950, $229 at Microcenter

[picool]

http://www.microcenter.com/single_pr...uct_id=0346210
In-store pickup only

 

[MotF Bane]

My friend and I were there Friday and got a 950 for $250. Ah, timing.

 

[Arik5405]

nice deal

 

[cubeless]

gonna have to quit coming to dallas or start leaving my wallet at home...

these 950's have anything other than a higher multi to recommend them?

gotta love that the 'stock' voltage range goes to 1.375... i don't even have my 930 that i picked up at mc on my last trip here at that and i'm at 4ghz...

 

[SunnyD]

lol, and to think I just sold my 920 a week or two ago for $210 + shipping.

 

[isekii]

lol, and to think I just sold my 920 a week or two ago for $210 + shipping.

You lucked out i guess ?

 

[Samus]

You lucked out i guess ?

Dude's got me thinking about upgrading my 920. This is a great deal considering the Turbo mode is greatly improved in the 950.

 

[exar333]

Tempting to replace my 920....

 

[vshah]

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/47?vs=100

comparison between 920 and 950, not worth the $ in my opinion, especially considering gains to be had from overclocking the 920. nice deal for someone building an i7 system though

 

[Zap]

My friend and I were there Friday and got a 950 for $250. Ah, timing.

Wouldn't hurt to ask them to do a price match with themselves.

these 950's have anything other than a higher multi to recommend them?

Not really. Pretty awesome for buying a new proc, not so awesome for replacing a 920/930 unless you are overclocking and your gear has low BCLK limits or something.

Dude's got me thinking about upgrading my 920. This is a great deal considering the Turbo mode is greatly improved in the 950.

Still the same Turbo mode. Turbo mode was greatly improved on socket 1156.

 

[bryanW1995]

hitting bclk limit is a good reason to upgrade, but it is also nice for the non-oc guys who want a little more oomph.

personally, I plan to wait and see how low gulftown gets.

 

[INGlewood78]

No pt in upgrading if you overclock. I have my 920 at 4.3...don't think a 950 will be any better, most likely worse.

Good for anyone that doesn't overclock or building a new system though.

 

[qliveur]

I've noticed that a lot of people around here seem to be getting monster overclocks out of 920s and 930s.

 

[bryanW1995]

4.2 is getting close to the thermal limits in most cases on air. 4.3 is outstanding if it's really 24/7 stable. 4.0 is a near certainty with adequate parts around it.

i7 950 will probably do a bit better than most i7's since it's guaranteed to be a d0.

 

[Samus]

i just replaced my 920 with the 950 i got at MC, doesn't hit 4ghz stable, even with turbo disabled and more volts. i have it at 3.6ghz and so far (1 week) pretty stable...will try 3.8ghz in a few days.

my 920 ran identical settings at 4ghz completely stable and it was a launch CPU from November 2008.

 

[cubeless]

i just replaced my 920 with the 950 i got at MC, doesn't hit 4ghz stable, even with turbo disabled and more volts. i have it at 3.6ghz and so far (1 week) pretty stable...will try 3.8ghz in a few days.

my 920 ran identical settings at 4ghz completely stable and it was a launch CPU from November 2008.

that's an ouch... now you're scaring me... and i'm off to dallas again today... maybe just get another $100 amd combo... or i may try something novel and not buy any pc parts i don't need...

 

[SunRey]

Thank You!

 

[WhoBeDaPlaya]

hitting bclk limit is a good reason to upgrade, but it is also nice for the non-oc guys who want a little more oomph.
personally, I plan to wait and see how low gulftown gets.

Same. Sandybridge is definitely nice, but I'm sticking with my 920 and X58-UD3R w/4 sticks for the forseable future and will drop in a 980x (or some such) when they get cheap enough.

 

[muskie32]

I kinda wish i was near a MC now... =(

 

[WhoBeDaPlaya]

I kinda wish i was near a MC now... =(

I'm sure you know someone who is. Get 'em to do you a solid and mail it to you

 

[muskie32]

I'm sure you know someone who is. Get 'em to do you a solid and mail it to you

I looked and unfortunately no :/ but I am fine just bought a i7 875k... But that is a sweet price ^_^

 

[tasukete]

Wouldn't hurt to ask them to do a price match with themselves.

They will, if you're within your 30-day exchange period. I bought a 920 last year for $229 and they credited me the difference when they went on sale for $199. They didn't even ask to see the CPU, just the receipt.

 

[Bolvangar]

This is now 199.

They price matched mine no questions asked by the way.

 

[Axon]

I can confirm $199 price tag. I was just at microcenter this morning.

Also, they had 4 GB AData DDR3 1333 (9-9-9-24) black heatspreaders for $50. Awesome deal for a 4 gig kit. I grabbed two. Not sure if it's all microcenters or what but Paterson nj had em.

 

[Xellos2099]

NICE price... know any cheap motherboard that can go along with it? Evga b stock mobo are sold out ....