Upgrade My PC Please! Episode 7: Core i7's of Yesteryear

[Schmillo]

Give it to Hal. this "case" deserves better hardware

 

[stellarfoxy]

Where do I sign up for this?! I'm still rocking a 980x!

 

[MyNamesMatt]

My votes for Joshua, that 7950 could do with a serious upgrade!

 

[mksngd]

That openair diy stuff is nice, not the most complicated thing ever, but good looking and clean. Finally someone who enjoys his PC even if it's almost a decade old.

 

[MrExodus]

Hal needs some love

 

[littlebigplant3]

Canada all the way

 

[MuffinDealer]

Whoops I am a bit late on the vote . Good luck everyone!

 

[8ballchrono]

Almost missed the vote this time. Enjoy, HAL!

 

[thegamefox]

Some old Xeon systems next time.

can see that coming for sure haha

 

[thegamefox]

Kinda missed this one...kinda late for the good lucks, so all I can say now is..HAL hope you enjoy your new build

 

[HD Shovelhead]

Congrats Hal, new parts inbound

 

[Simba]

Wow HAL you deserve mate, I love the name Dignified Potatoe Smasher! Definately wont be smashing anymore potatoes with your new upgrade!

 

[Tharrar]

Congratz HAL!

 

[Robert R]

Go Hal!

 

[Harsh mishra]

I7 7 th gen cant beat them mates still gonna rock for gaming in coming years and still in my wishlist I just wished I could get them

 

[redlance]

Yea I wold kill for any thing newer then my I7 930 all tho I am running triple channel memory so not to bad

 

[dickdon71]

Yea I wold kill for any thing newer then my I7 930 all tho I am running triple channel memory so not to bad

I'm using an i7 920 with triple channel memory too but it's running at 1000mhz instead of 1333mhz.

 

[redlance]

Are you overclocking the 920 I cant oc the 930 the asus board I have dos'nt over clock so stuck at 2.8 with boost to 3ghrz

 

[dickdon71]

Are you overclocking the 920 I cant oc the 930 the asus board I have dos'nt over clock so stuck at 2.8 with boost to 3ghrz

Mine is stuck around 2.66ghz. Also on ASUS board with stock cooler. And it throttles very often too so it won't boost beyond the 2.66ghz.

 

[thegamefox]

I'm using an i7 920 with triple channel memory too but it's running at 1000mhz instead of 1333mhz.

what can I say about my phenom II 955 with ddr2 ram then?

 

[dickdon71]

what can I say about my phenom II 955 with ddr2 ram then?

I dunno wut can u say? i7 920 is same architecture as i7930. not sure about urs tho

 

[redlance]

Mine is stuck around 2.66ghz. Also on ASUS board with stock cooler. And it throttles very often too so it won't boost beyond the 2.66ghz.

resetting the proc and reapplying thermal past it might fix problem with throttling.

 

[thegamefox]

I dunno wut can u say? i7 920 is same architecture as i7930. not sure about urs tho

well actually they were pretty much same launch.. although yours is 4c 8t wile mine is 4c 4t.. the up side of the phenom is quad channel ram when the i7 is a triple channel ram

 

[MrExodus]

well actually they were pretty much same launch.. although yours is 4c 8t wile mine is 4c 4t.. the up side of the phenom is quad channel ram when the i7 is a triple channel ram

Are you sure it is Quad Channel? I thought it was Dual Channel

 

[ErikNZ]

As I've just upgraded to an i7 3770, I would have been in this category as well. Well here's hoping for the next season!