Thread: Just bought an i7

so i just picked up an I7 920. any one else have one. I'm wondering if i am going to totally love it. I still haven't bought a motherboard for it yet. any recommendations.



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Yea you made a good choice, I just upgraded awhile back but went for the 860 instead, but the motherboard selection sucks for it (at least it did when I bought it, very limited on certain things). Really wishing I would of got a 920 instead :(

Motherboard wise, if you aren't limited too much on price I'd get this badboy,

Newegg.com - ASUS P6X58D Premium LGA 1366 Intel X58 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard

Has practically every new tech out there on it, USB 3.0, Sata III.. if I could go back and redo I'd get your processor and that mobo.

I don't have one but I'm very jealous
The Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R is a bit more of a value option
The GA-X58A-UD3R and the ASUS P6X58D Premium are both solid boards. Both support USB 3.0, Sata 3.0 and the newest tech.
The P6X58D Premium has better power management and is said to have better heat management although you do pay for it

Asus P6X58D
if you have money to blow
get a Nvidia 4 way SLI board :P
I have an i7 920 they are great
I heard the new i7 930's that are out are even better ;)

If you have the budget, I'd wait a few weeks for the Gigabyte X58A-UD9

More info:

GIGABYTE X58A-UD9 Motherboard > Gallery > Atomic

You'll need a rolls-royce PSU (or 2) if you throw 4x 480s or 5980s on that motha..

I thought the i7's had a tendency to over heat, that not true?

all those boards are definitely nice. that x58 is insane. i doubt i'm going to be able to afford that one however. thanks for all the info.

Originally Posted by chetoe

I thought the i7's had a tendency to over heat, that not true?

Well I have the 860 which I mentioned above that is actually a different i7 then the poster has, kind of confusing that the put them under the same name, seeing they use different sockets.

Anyways, overheating isn't so much an issue with it, but voltage limitations are. Right now my overclock is limited by the fact that I can't increase the clock anymore without bumping up the voltage, which is already past what the manufacture stated as the max voltage the cpu can safely handle.

ive read a couple of threads on other sites where people got their 920 and 930 overclocked pretty high without having to increase the voltage. Obviously that also varies per motherboard.