Intel Core i7 Review

[GoodMilks1]

Just baught a gaming PC for $800 on Ebay.

12G RAM - 1TB Hard drive - liquid cooled, I GOT SO FRIGGEN LUCKY!

[tbok75]

I got a Toshiba laptop with an i7 and I have no idea this is good or not.

[AmzitheSoldier]

That white case looks ugly as hell :/ From 1890's?

[LordWellington15]

Man, i can't understand all this nerd talk. Why does no one speak normal English these days?

[PennyDropper]

@LordWellington15 In 5 years this will be shit. Just by a new computer every 5 years. Be willing to pay $2,000 for something that's up to speed.

[TheRoyBoy734]

@LordWellington15 Wait what? I cant read that. I cant read ignorant talk.

[LordWellington15]

@TheRoyBoy734 Whoaaaa hold on there fella,, your comeback was just to much for me. Honestly, get a life.

[AQWTrueDragonSlayer]

Is Intel core i7 more for gaming?

[LordWellington15]

@AQWTrueDragonSlayer Yes.

[1evildoom16]

so is a pentinum duo core better that i7?

[itsahod]

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[vyacheslav885]

К сожалению не всё понятно.

[danny0604]

i WISH i bough intel i7 or i5 or i3 instead of this piece of shit amd tutrion x2 64.

[hassleholmstreetaren]

Thumbs up if you think AMD is better than INTEL!!

[SE09uk]

i have a i7 960 and it's never used more than 30% in games, and 90% in video recoding.

only thing is, the 960 uses so much power, my 850w psu wont run 2x5870 :(

[MegaFade2black]

My processor Intel E2140 1.6ghz dual core lol

[TheSupersayan6]

i have intel 945 mother board and intel p4 can i put in intel i7?

[jeehoondevil]

hey guys im new at computers and i really wanna learn. Is this the best processor out there right now? and to start a gaming computer, what is more important, a processor, graphics card, ram, hardrive?

[dielson1981]

watch?v=UDORXIr_Zmg

[Collective11011]

Core 2 duo - I7 14-17% better performance in gaming?

[Dantei136]

@Collective11011

I think it's more than 14-17% better performance in gaming.

: )

[simranjeet36]

@Collective11011 Dude its like fucking 50% with core i5!!! way more with core i7!!

[simranjeet36]

@Collective11011 wayyyy more than 14-17% its like 40-50 and i5 is like 25-30 and i3 15-20

[ku42]

ok i just bought an intel core i7, windows 7 nvidia cuda 1 gb 4 gb ddram asus

can i put more ram on it? also whats the difference between i3 i5 and i7?

[simranjeet36]

@ku42 Ok so

i3 - is the entry level to the core processsor family it offers 2 cores with 4 threads making it look like a quad but not performing like one but the performace is still outstanding

i5 - is the mid level of the core processor family it offers 2-4 cores with 4 threads but hyperthreading is only available with the 2 core i5's the i5 is considered the most popular member for its mid price and amazing gaming performance it also features turbo boost

i7- is the high end just amazing

[MRNU979]

Intel i3 ftw... 

[counterstrikenerd321]

You got a shitty PC case.

[SeriusAnarchy]

i have a intel i core i7

[technoir08]

The 90s called, they want their case back!

[simranjeet36]

@technoir08 the zoo called your due back by six! lol seinfeld good memories

[technoir08]

The 90s called, they want their case back!

[farhanahmed1985]

8 cores at a time my God its like 4 core 2 duos processors working at a time its equal to like that i mean am i right guyz :D

[TheAmarildo666]

Thks for the review, man, AWESOME! you're doing a great job.....

[gusocorredor]

i have an intel i7 740q, 6GB memory, nvidia 330M graphins, 1GB total. it takes 30 secs to boot windows and then 20-30 secs more to load my user, is this allright or slow for an i7 740qm??

[stjo5555]

the best i7 is the 980x and u dont suppose to overclock a i7 dumbshit.enough power in it

[LOVS2SPOOG]

@stjo5555 your a moron

[stjo5555]

@LOVS2SPOOG shut the fuck up if u dont know nothing richie rich

[LOVS2SPOOG]

@stjo5555 i know a lot more than you turbo boost only works sometimes to oc your system it IS OC ing anyway you dumbass, so you may as well oc if you have water cooling because it is much better than relying on turbo boost to oc your system you make sure it is oc'ed all the time you prat

[stjo5555]

@LOVS2SPOOG fuck off if u have to oc is only u have a p4!!!a real gamer machine with the i7 980x six core 4 gigs and 12 mb cache and two gtx 465 u dont have to oc

[LOVS2SPOOG]

@stjo5555 six cores is completely useless for gaming you retard there is no benefit as all games are quad-threaded at max dumbass

[LOVS2SPOOG]

@stjo5555 4 gig of ram hahahaha what a joke

[stjo5555]

@LOVS2SPOOG wtf 4 gigs of ram my i7 is a 4 gigs six core and i have 6 gigs ram corsair dominator gt 2200mhz i my pc.i gonna make a vid soon.u will be able a real pc lolll

[LOVS2SPOOG]

@stjo5555 IF YOU HAVE A FOUR GHZ YOU MUST BE OVERCLOCKING YOU FUCKING MORON. NOW FUCK OFF ALREADY

[stjo5555]

@LOVS2SPOOG wtf 4 gigs of ram my i7 is a 4 gigs six core and i have 6 gigs ram corsair dominator gt 2200mhz i my pc.i gonna make a vid soon.u will be able see a real pc lolll

[Dogsofwar909]

huh, if the core i7 is from the ground up, and fermi is from the ground up, then i have a NEW pc. lolright

[Benedictninja]

hols shit i want that pc

[salamandersale]

what is AMD's answer to Core i7 ?

[TheTiikeri]

I love my I7 920 @ 4Ghz as my motherboard enables turbo mode on all cores, it's just incredibly fast not just in benchmarks but in reality too.

[MidnightRedemption]

under the hood is good but the hood is not.

[joneyjunaid1]

I can't see any more cuz em weeping that y i haven't that system ;(((((((((

[BLOOD2298]

these are good specs right, my specs are:CPU: Intel Core i7 920 @ 3.3 GHz Graphics Card: 2x Nvidia GTX 260 SLI RAM: 6GB DDR3 in Tri Channel Hard Drive: 3TB (3 x 1 TB) Monitor(s): 2x 23" ASUS LCD

[Dantei136]

@shotokantkic

Owh you can't just simply put the i7 920 into the G33 chipset board as it required X58 chipset .

So you're needed to get the X58 board.

[mechwarrior4fan97]

what processor is better at playing games, the intel core i7 875k, or the intel core i7 950?

[IRONMAIDENFAN2006]

way to go intel take something away wait 5 years then give it back and call it new.......

[Aldawok12]

huge mofucking graphics cards

[DylanTh3Villian]

I HAVE THOSE GRAPHICS CARDS. Well one of them. But it do! I mean the same board color and cooler of them. I assume they are Palit Radeon HD 4850's 512mb

[NOXXism]

Hahahahaahahahaha what is the point of buying an 1337$ i7 when you can get a 965 gfor 200. the people that buy those i7 that cost you a leg must be hardcore intel fans. Its only advantage is that it has lots of threads. AMD is born for gaming. Intel is born for the rest. AMD overclocks like bitches. Call me a amd fanboy i don't care, I'm just glad i have done the right thing by buying my 955

[JAAPJXBIT]

im a little outdated what is the difference between the i7 and a quad core duo or core duo extreme last time i checked those were like the best processors but technology goes so fast that i dont even know whats good now.... lol

[Dantei136]

@JAAPJXBIT

Yeah the technology goes fast right now.

Sometime I even did't noticed some new things that release.

the different is i7 got 7 thread and compare to core 2 duo with 2 thread and core 2 quad with 4 thread.

It is all about the performance and multitasking that change todays new processor.

The most fastest processor is Core I7 980 with 6 core.

[phoenixren]

@Dantei136 i7 980 got 12 threads sick Chip with sick price 1000 bucks lolz

[bvabhi]

Cabinet is UGLY

[Jfrosth]

@ 4:09 You think the video cardds are taking up enoughh space?

[swehunter2000]

nice case!!!

[adolf512]

i am really happy i choiced phenom 965 instead of i5 750..it rocks.. i will NEVER change to intel i7. i don´t even want hyperthrething or turbo boost.

a dual core amd cpu with 2 unlocked, unstable corer will have about the same gaming performance compared to i5 750 (better actually but i will be attacked for this)

[Dantei136]

@adolf512

haha you're right !

[cssaddict17]

@adolf512 amd is behind so far from intel in terms of processor technology progression, the only reason why amd is still making processors is because they are dirt cheap. If they stopped intels prices would shoot up.

Hands down there should be no argument, amd is a wooden plank with wheels and intel is a spaceship.

[phoenixren]

@adolf512 good choice phenom 965 could be 6 cores now =) asrock 890 GX got a solution for it..

[cloudsurfer45]

@adolf512 Originally I went with a Phenom II X4 940 I about a year or so later decided to switch to the core i7 960, oh yes price is wow, phenom when i got it for 230 bucks, the i7 was 588, so price there is no contest, but performance, the i7 blew the phenom away, about a 30% jump in 3D mark Vantage and a 41% jump in processor arithmetic benchmark this was my very first intel build, I have always been an AMD guy but I love my i7, but its performance at a very steep price tag

[DavidVanPatten]

@adolf512

That's typical for you gaming freaks. There are many other tasks that a processor has to fulfill, not only gaming. For gaming purposes a dual core processor with a high clock is everything you need. But please consider that there are people with other needs than just gaming. Floating point arithmetic or rendering of 3d graphics. Please look up how the phenom performs against the i5 and you'll see that it is better it beats the phenom in many ways.

[adolf512]

@DavidVanPatten phenom965 has better performance in reality at multithreded aplications. you will only notise a differense between a good and bad cpu in multithreded situations.

[magicroxs]

@adolf512 "happy i choiced phenom 965' 'choiced' seriously... it might be good, but you're retarded

[adolf512]

@magicroxs you like most intel fans don´t know what you actually are buying.

what peaople often miss is that intel cpu:s is good for test programs, while amd cpu:s is good for everything else, think about that.

[LeGenDevolution]

@adolf512 hahahahaha nice joke man 5*****

YOU ARE THE WINNER 2010

[ZEZgamer]

i might consider buying an i7 next year along with an sli board.

[redfootagebooby]

wow so hot.. it burns me down..

[IIYOYOII17]

which one should i get, intel core i7 or amd?

[NerdyTurd307]

@IIYOYOII17 depends how much cash you got, but seriously don't get the $1000 intel i7

[chevezez]

i had an expensive gaming rig in an old ass computer case a couple years ago, my house got broken into, monitor and other expensive looking pc accesories were gone but the computer was still there...so if you live in a ghetto or something you should look into the oldest and shittiest atx case you can find

[Dantei136]

@chevezez

haha that is good !

Beast in the old case !

I would do the same way if I had no case right now...

[rockband2xbox360]

@chevezez lol! same here i have a good computer in a crappy case.

[DrustxPlague]

@chevezez Lmao damn bro

[SkulLzSouL]

@chevezez yeah,just like a wood case but using core i7 980-x XD

[Virus2020]

@chevezez

very wise my friend, I plan to do that too as well building my next computer....gonna make it looks like total shit like it's worthless, the common stupid user only thinks a a computer is powerful or expensive by looking at the case, no the inside....damn man you got reallllly lucky, they thought your computer sucked simply by looking at the case, the most expensive thing in your house was still there you are lucky

[Vandius24]

@chevezez hahaha if only they knew

[mhaneline]

The 90s called... something about a computer case being stolen and used in this video.

[InfiniteSoft]

i wanna this thing !

[LitemyDay]

I7 processors are the super processors nowadays for home use. I own one and they RULE. However, if you really want some serious power (as well as power consumption!!) try a CX1-iWS when you can. I think they are not for sale yet, and they are not for home use either... so, dont ask. Just try it when you can.

[Eskmm1]

i want a high performance computer in a P3 era case

[federalfsx]

Hey all!

Is 500 Watt PSU enough for this system?

Intel Core i7 920

XFX X58i Motherboard

Corsair H50 Hydro Series CPU Cooler

Corsair DDR3 8gb Quad Channel

XFX Radeon HD 5770 1GB Graphics Card

Please answer! THANKS!

[Gazakid508]

NO!! 750 =)

[Dantei136]

@Gazakid508

I'm using a Silverston Strider 560W...

take a look at my profile and you'll see my setup...

I'll make a video of it soon...

: )

Yeah I'm wrong because he really need the 750 W PSU for his system as he stated in here...

: )

[boredbynow]

my system is

i7 920 @3.3ghz

Asus p6t delux x58

HD5850 xfx ATI 1gb

Corsair ddr 6gb Triple channel

Air coolers

and i use a 750w power suply , so i dont think you SHOULD run your system , but i guess it will turn on and run normal, i would recomd at least 700w for you since you use a water cooler, btw that water cooler is not the best one. hope it helped.

[MidNightsClub]

@ federalsx i woud get an 700 W better....

[Dantei136]

@gumberly

Hrm if you got a budget for i7...

just go with it...

yeah HD5770 is a good ATI Card and it's as good as HD4870...

[GreenCoffeeMonster]

Fricken huge nVidia SLI's in that bastard :P

[txmoney]

Cant wait for Intel's eight-core and AMD's Magny-Cours processors to be released for general consumption!

[Dantei136]

: )

[grahamstheman]

Everyone,quick go to you address bar and add a q in between you and tube!

[sigurd731]

What do you think I should buy AMD am3 or I7 if I buy Amd i can afford SSD what does I get most fps Inn?

[Dantei136]

Better you go for AMD if you want to install SDD...

AMD is actually the true gaming platform because it gains more FPS rather then intel platform...

Then if you install the SDD...Sure your pc will be freaking damn fast!

Now I gone with a wrong step...

haha to be true...

I own i7 system now without SDD and it's better if I got AMD with SDD that will gains a performance in games...

[IAMDAVEAMI]

oi

its on whats your using it for and what kinda amd your getting?

i have the new AM3 965 which is the best with dual 4870s and like 8 gigs of dual channel gaming ram so its on what kinda cpu and what your using it for....

if you want high end fps then i would say get the 965 and the 5970 ati haha thats ganna be alot ont he card but its worth every penny and you be happy

the end

:P

[iDiggMGL]

What's the name of the background song?!?!?! It's bump'n!!!!!!

[Dantei136]

haha actually I don't know what song was it...

hrmm...

[iDiggMGL]

i like it lol its funny. it fits the vid lol

[Dantei136]

haha...

glad you like it...

: )

[Slurfs]

Not the song you are looking for but you might like Josh Wink Higher State of Consciousness ;)

[iDiggMGL]

Oh, no, sorry. I like it cus it sounds so old school, you know. But, I'll check out Josh Wink's song anyways, thanks.

[ultimatetoturial56]

the case is bad

[ManicMindTrick]

@ultimatetoturial56

The case look its from the late 90's..hehe

[ultimatetoturial56]

yes

[Ubuntukarmicmaniac]

@ultimatetoturial56 It's not bad just old and it doesn't look like a sports car :p

[ultimatetoturial56]

@Ubuntukarmicmaniac it looks 1990

[Ubuntukarmicmaniac]

@ultimatetoturial56 Yeah i'd say 1990 to 1997

[ultimatetoturial56]

@Ubuntukarmicmaniac yeahh right

[masliquin]

@MipoFilms

no, it was rendering a 3d graphic (like what Pixar or ILM does)

[srikanth94]

talk louder.......

[elijahizere]

@srikanth94

turn your speakers up

[Aang6678]

this guy talks too slow

[MipoFilms]

uh was that benchmark just loading a image???

[KimJangGay]

what the shit graphics card xP

[Dantei136]

@KimJangGay

That was NVIDIA GTX lol...

[Afknz]

What's the name of the Benchmark test?

[cometoanend]

Is the i7 very technical to operate? Does it require frequent manual tweaks & adjusting to make sure memory, voltage, speed etc are always balanced in order to get maximum performance while preventing damage? Or can it control all of that automatically based on the application? The i7 seems great, but I'm not used to toggling all those settings, and I dont think I want to be bothered having to switch them all the time just to get performance out of it. Or should I just go with a fast Core 2 Duo?

[Dantei136]

No they didn't have the tutorial or manual books for overclocking...but the i7 have a function called

Intel Turbo Boost...You just turn it on then the processor will reach up from 2.66 to 2.93 automatically...

: )

Just go with i7...no more compromize..

[GiggleHz]

uh..... its just a one time thing when u install it, infact if your that worried you could set all settings to AUTO, ppl like to overclock and that is when you have to tinker but even then its easy and just a few settings have to be changed and its not a constant process its done in the bios and saved.

[cometoanend]

thanks

[cometoanend]

hi, I'm not too versed with the new i7 processors. I'm not that big a gamer, although I play from time to time, like flight sims, and plan on becoming more familiarized with the gaming world. I still want a super fast system with up-to-date specs, at a budget of aout $1000. Im about to get a dell studio 15 laptop:

Intel core i7-720QM 1.6GHz (6MB cache)

4GB Shared Dual Channel DDR3 at 1066MHz

512MB ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4570

Would those specs get me by? More questions coming up...

[Dantei136]

Maybe this is ok...

i7 920

Msi X58M

3gigs ddr3 value ram

GPU is up to you...

[planefreak3]

flight sims...X-plane by any chance?

[Dantei136]

yes

[planefreak3]

i wasnt talking to u but cool, its better than MSFS...

[planefreak3]

bad graphics card...mid end=horrible

[0WN4GE09]

Dont get the studio 15 get the new studio 17 its also got the i7 processer

[webmasterd]

Which is better/faster for multitasking, video editing, web design, etc? i7-860 2.8GHZ 8mb L3 cache, 4GB dual channel ddrs sdram 1333mhz VS. i7-920 2.66GHZ 8mb L3 cache, 12 GB tri channel ddrs sdram 1066Mhz *both have 1 GB video card

[Dantei136]

of course i7 920...

It have a HT technologist and i7 860 doesn't have it...

Better go with i7 920...then the motherboard socket LGA1366 that i7 920 using will support a new core i9 cpu that will be release next year...

i7 860 is a mainstream platform...

It have only 4 thread...

But i7 920 got 8 thread...

Thinks carefully...

: )

[webmasterd]

thx for the info. So even tho the I7-920 has less ghz and front bus speed it's still faster? I've stuck with a pentium 4 for over 10 yrs so not sure if I'll be upgrading to i9 soon. lol. Seriously tho, it's about a $600 difference of the two so wondered if I would get that much more for the money..

[Dantei136]

yeah it's faster then 860...

Get the 920 bro...

you'll never regret with it performance...

I got mine a W3520 but still in progress...

waiting for a motherboard that are so difficult for me to decide which brand to go...

: )

[webmasterd]

ok.. I'm buying my own christmas present. =)

[emshains]

go for the evga sli.

[Dantei136]

: )

[TheAmericanBullShit]

Amd kick i7

[LLOYD19851012]

what i7 is better the 975 or the 975 extreme, they both have the same Ghz

[huzibizi]

The extreme version is more suitable for overclocking, and there are some other minor differences. Overall, the extreme version is better.

[Dantei136]

yeah you're rite...

: )

[CorneliusGrim]

Case: NZXT Tempest CPU: AMD Phenom II X3 720 Cooler: Zalman CNPS9700LED RAM: Gskill DDR2-800 MotherBoard:Gigabyte GA-MA790X-UD4P PSU: Rosewill Xtreme Series RX950-D-B 950W Continuous Graphics/Video Card:XFX HD-577A-ZNFC Radeon HD 5770 Hard Drive:WD Caviar Black 640GB HDD $74.99 DVD Burner: Sony Optiarc Black IDE DVD-ROM Sound Card: Creative Sound Blaster Audigy SE 7.1 Windows 7 Total= $917.34 Is that worth it for gaming? all r from newegg.

[Dantei136]

yeah it's great spec...

But why don't you choose 4890...?

[CorneliusGrim]

lol sorry im not that familar in the radeon series. Why is 4890 better??

[Dantei136]

Yeah cause 5770 is just an updates of 4770...

I't is better then 4770 with same spec...

Cannot beat 4890...

5870 is an updates of 4870 and 5870...

5870 and 5850 only can beat the 4890 and 4870...

That is the differences between them...

I got this information based on benchmarking

and some review site...

: )

[CorneliusGrim]

thanks for the update man. Be sure to check this out.

[f22312]

get the 5770 cuz of the eye finity

[Dantei136]

: )

[DisciplinedUnit]

That case is too ugly

[1981z28camaro]

What if your using a program such as this guy is using, can you do anything else as it's rendering? because he said it's using up 100% cpu usage....

so would the usage be lowered on this rendering program to make room to run other programs? how does that work?

Thanks!

[Dantei136]

I think there is no room to run another program while you are running the rendering program...

If you got the quadro GPU...sure it can..

If you are running Prime 95...maybe it can handle another program you wanna open...but make sure the program not so heavy...

[1981z28camaro]

well, I don't know anything about graphics design, so i wont be doing any rendering anyways, I just wanted to get an idea of what the Core i7 can do....

I would like to play a game while burning a CD, or converting a video or something..

just your average multitasking :-)

[Dantei136]

yeah if you want to burn CD while you playing a video games you can...

: }

[1981z28camaro]

That's cool :-)

[Dantei136]

: )

[budskap0]

hello!!, im not a gamer but i want a fast processor. would the i7 be worth the money if I did things like programming or other fun things? things that not necessarly would´we need a good gpu or hdd but still needed to be fast? thanks!! :)

[Dantei136]

You better go to Phenom II 965...

Faster as i7  cpu...

It would save your money...

Then you can buy the solid state drive and a good gpu...

It would be faster as you want...

Text me your pc specs that you think you wanna go...

: )

[budskap0]

hey thanks! i totally forgot about amd lol

my spec.list is really short..

* cpu, board, memory: (dont know)

* Gpu: Asus Radeon EAH4870 1GB

* HDD, OS, Optical drive, case : (old pc)

* Cooling: D-TEK FuZion cpu waterblock (with radiator, pump)

* Psu: Corsair 650W

sorry for the weird list, i have a budget on maybe 800 USD (8000 swedish krowns). wouldn´t i be better off with an intel i7 :)

[Dantei136]

Yeah...

If i7 go pick the asus p6t se...

Ram of course 4gb...

or

-Phenom II X4 965 CPU

-Msi MSI 790FX-GD70 or lower

Take which one based on your budget...If you had more mony just go for i7...

Text me after you had made your decision...

: )

[IRud3Bwoy]

lol the phenom is not faster than the i7

[Dantei136]

I know...

It just some review site said that but the true is i7 is still the fastest cpu in planet!

: )

[IRud3Bwoy]

to be honest gaming wise i7 and core 2 duo the same,but i still love my i7 makes much more heavy multi tasking easy.converting etc,still great for gaming

[Dantei136]

yeah...

what i7 pc spec do had?

[IRud3Bwoy]

920 oced to 4.0 i see no difference at 3.0 and 4.0 so i left it at 3.0 lol

[Dantei136]

What is the differents between Nehalem i7 290 and Nehalem W3520?

If you want to OC...The W3520 is better....

It just Nehalem XEON...

[tndrckr]

get intel psst there better

[budskap0]

:) thats what i heard

[tndrckr]

haha yup

[gustavohuink]

Epic Intro!

[MasterTHEslay]

Hey guys, is Intel Core i7 -processor good for gaming?

[Dantei136]

Yeah it is very good for gaming,work, and if you are overclocker...This is the best choice...