Intel Core i7 860 Processor BX80605I7860 – 2.80GHz, LGA 1156, 8MB L3 Cache, Quad-Core, Lynnfield, Retail
- Price: $289.99
- List Price: $322.99
- Manufacturer: Intel
- Item Model: BX80605I7860
- Weight: 1.1 pounds
- Box Size: ( Length: 6, Width: 5, Depth: 4 )
- Warranty: 36 months parts; 36 months labor
- Categories: Computer Components
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Intel Core i7 860 Processor – BX80605I7860
The Intel Core i7 processor is the latest in cutting edge processor technology for the desktop PC. Get a major boost in PC throughput with the intelligent performance of the Intel® Core™ i7 860 processor, which automatically allocates processing power where it’s needed most. You’ll move faster when creating HD video, composing digital music, editing photos, and playing the coolest PC games. With the new Intel Core i7 860 processor, you can multitask with ease and be more productive than ever. The Intel Turbo Boost Technology dynamically increases the processor’s frequency as needed by taking advantage of thermal and power headroom when operating below specified limits, allowing the Intel Core i7 860 Processor to attain single-core performance up to 3.46 GHz. Get more performance automatically, when you need it the most. An integrated memory controller offers stunning memory read/write performance through efficient prefetching algorithms, lower latency, and higher memory bandwidth making the Intel® Core™ i5 processor ideal for data intensive applications. Intel HD Boost includes the full SSE4 instruction set, significantly improving a broad range of multimedia and compute-intensive applications. The 128-bit SSE instructions are issued at a throughput rate of one per clock cycle, allowing a new level of processing efficiency with SSE4-optimized applications.
What It Is & Why You Need It:
- Performance
- Maximize speed for demanding applications with Intel® Turbo Boost Technology,1 which accelerates processor clock speed up to 20% to match your workload.
- Multitask up to 28% faster, so you can do more things at once.
- Enjoy incredibly fast computing with fewer frustrating lags.
- Digital Media
- Unleash an amazing digital media experience with up to 37% faster conversion of video for Web upload, up to 15% faster photo editing, and up to 17% faster conversion of CD music tracks to MP3.
- Gaming
- Get a 32% improvement in artificial intelligence for game characters.
Tags: Intel Core i7 860, LGA 1156
Well i am a gamer, so i got this processor, with samsung spinpoint harddrive, patriot ddr3 viper series (6gb), evga p55 sli, a bfg 9800gtx+ with 1gb ddr2 ram, an antec trupower 1000w power supply, and an antec 1200 case. This processor, according to windows 7 pro x64 bit, says that there are 8 cores in device manager, and runs at 2.8 ghz. Due to the turbo boost technology, when i am gaming, the thing will speed up, but computer maintains an 36 degrees inside the case. This case is super duper cool, and keeps your things cool too.
If you’re looking high-performance CPU that is also energy efficient and doesn’t cost an arm and a leg then look no further.
The i7 860 has all the horsepower you’ll need for fast picture editing and even editing AVCHD videos. But what really is cool is how little power it uses when your only checking e-mail and on the web. I built my desktop PC with this CPU and a Gigabyte GA-P55A-UD4P mother, Corsair 620HX power supply and a Western Digital 640GB “Blue” HD. For light duty task like web browsing it consumes just 65 Watts! When it really kicks in high gear for serious number crunching it goes to 110 Watts. This is the result of Intel’s Turbo technology that can turn off cores that are not in use. Plus if you give it a really good cooling system it can even drive the clock rate up to the thermal limit. This ability to save power is so important as it translates into less electricity, less wasted heat and noise and increased reliability. For me this was ideal since I wanted a computer that was super quiet when running basics tasks but had the muscle for demanding applications when needed.
This is a great CPU that will can handle anything you can through at it and won’t be obsolete in a few years.