Intel Core i7 920 Nears End-of-Life Status
Intel Core i7 920 Nears End-of-Life Status
Posted 04/06/2010 at 8:19am
| by Paul Lilly
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Time is running out if you're wanting to jump on an Intel Core i7 920 processor. The Santa Clara chip maker sent out a PDN (Product Discontinuance Notice) for the sought-after part alerting its partners that Q2 of 2010 officially marks the CPU's end of the road.
Taking its place is the already-released Core i7 930 processor. The 930 comes clocked a little faster at 2.88Ghz compared to 2.66GHz on the 920, and with Turbo Boost it can hit 3.06GHz.
Up to this point, the Core i7 920 has been the darling of the X58 world for its relatively low price and generous overclocking headroom, which only improved when Intel released the D0 stepping. If you happened to live near a Micro Center, the part could be had for as low as $170 before tax, more than $100 less than most online vendors, but you'd be hard pressed to find one in stock anymore.
Meanwhile, the Core i7 930 sells for $200 at Micro Center ($295 at Newegg) and is usually always in stock.
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zeringue
April 06, 2010 at 5:00pm
it seems amazing how fast the top of the line is at the bottom of the barrel
leetNightshade
April 07, 2010 at 2:25pm
It came out at the end of last year. Times sure do change fast!
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