We've seen how the "Core" performance lies, but what about stretching the value of a new i7 920 purchase that much more? With an RRP of $284 it’s not exactly a Core 2 Quad Q6600 G0 territory bargain, ...

I have been thinking of overclocking my 920 using the stock coolerto something modest like 3.2ghz. I don't want to push it, just wanted some extra speed for games. I have G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 12GB ...

When a new processor makes its way into my testbed, I like to take the time to see what kind of performance increase the overclock we use day in and day out gives us when compared to its stock speed.

It's come to our attention that apart from the Core i7 965 Extreme Edition, the Core i7 processors might have very limited memory overclocking potential. This has nothing to do with the earlier memory ...

I'm just starting out with the OCing thing (just because I can, not because I need to) and I've been messing around with the settings for my 920. I've read several of the really in depth articles here ...

XtremeSystems user PcCI2iminal has just posted some first overclocking results of the recently launched Core i7 920 D0 stepping 5 processor. Although his results were taken with an engineering sample ...

There were a few concerns with the Core i7/Nehalem architecture originally as early reports didn't show favorable gaming performance or overclocking abilities. This was a big concern considering these ...

For a lot of people, one of the best parts of getting a new CPU to upgrade or to build a new PC is to overclock the heck out of it. It’s a hobby that’s existed for about as long as computers, and why ...

Going for glory... how far can we push the i7 920? Pushing the Core i7 920 up to 4GHz was fantastically easy to get stable. However, when we tried to take things beyond 4GHz, it was like we had hit a ...

Clearly moving to an on-die memory controller has paid dividends as the Core i7 920 squeezed out a memory bandwidth of 17GB/s in SiSoftware Sandra using nothing more than DDR3 memory running at ...

With the introduction of the new Intel Core i7 processor architecture, the company affectionately known as "Chipzilla" has once again topped itself in terms of performance. Intel planted a gift in the ...

Judging just the processor alone, the Core i7 920 delivers excellent performance at a respectable price range of about $250 - $300. Even at stock speeds, it's a pretty good value, but when you throw ...