InsideHW – Intel Core i7 870

InsideHW – Intel Core i7 870

If price of new Core i7 870 CPU will be around 500€ (as we were told) than is seams that Core i7 920 is much better solution. With very similar results CPU that costs the half of that amount offers better price/performance ratio. Even when you add up price of expensive X58 motherboard Core i7 920 still looks as better purchase. Nevertheless, users that go for “the best of the best” when it comes to new LGA 1156 CPUs, Core i7 870 is the only real choice. For everybody else we suggest you to wait a bit for Core i7 860 that should cost around 250€. On the other side there will be also Core i5 750 that will be priced below 200€ and will be great choice for cheaper gaming rigs. Lack of Hyper Threading will be important to users that work with 3D rendering applications and for transcoding, while gamers will enjoy in high FPS values.