Re: Intel Core i7 960 3.2
 

Could I suggest a core I7 Extreme? Or is that overkill?

Re: Intel Core i7 960 3.2
 

Not overkill but out of my price range unfortunatly.

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would this be any better its a sandy bridge but thought I read somewhere these are having problems

http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/p...300833908.html

Re: Intel Core i7 960 3.2
 

Interesting story here, The new fixed intel chips are ahead of schedule and should start shipping mid feb which is now and also that the problem wouldn't have affected most people anyway so some will carry on using the problem ones.
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/computers/...-schedule/5041

Re: Intel Core i7 960 3.2
 

Ah its lack of motherboard choice for this processor I see.

Re: Intel Core i7 960 3.2
 

I am building my Dad a machine and I was gonna build Sandy Bridge but we discussed it and these new chipsets will take a while to get onto the market I feel. Also the GPU would be redundant and he wont be over clocking or anything so we went with an i7 1366 chip instead