Intel Core i7-870

Intel's Range The Core i7 800 series was introduced in September 2009 with two models: the 860 and the 870. Both are quad-core CPUs with hyper-threading (see main text) as wel as a Turbo mode, which increases their basic frequency by 266, 533 or 666...

Lynnfield has one more surprise in store: Windows 7 is tweaked to work with its multiple cores and threads. Core Parking is a new technique to not only help applications make better use of available threads, but also prevent apps from jumping between...

Not bad at all, but how will it perform when tuned up, compared to its cheaper relative, the i5? Well, I used exactly the same setup this time too, except that I slightly tweaked the DRAM timing to CL7-7-7 at DDR3-1600, which Kingston DIMMs do...

But does that mean the Core i7-870 is worth its price tag? Power users with the chops for overclocking will find better value in the lone Core i5 model, which doesn’t feature Hyper-Threading but should scale up to 4GHz. At under $200, the Core i5-750 is...

We were deeply impressed by the performance and low power requirement of Lynnfield and feel confident that the Core i7-860 - the now-announced slightly slower (2.80-3.46GHz) sibling of the i7-870 we tested - will be the processor of choice through to...

The new i7-870 offers consumers noticeable performance benefits over the fastest of the Core 2 family and does so at an attractive price point. In addition to this it regularly...

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Intel has created an odd position for its new Lynnfield CPUs by releasing them eight months after the high-performance LGA1366 platform. On the one hand, it's great to see that Intel has finally produced a quad-core CPU that can hold its own against...

A fast processor, but the price is preposterous...

Intel has been sitting pretty as the producer of the fastest CPUs in the world ever since it launched Core 2 back in mid 2006. No matter what AMD has done to catch up, Intel has always been one step ahead, leaving AMD to compete on value alone....