i7 950 extreme & gigabyte X58A-UD9 1000e

stylie

Hi,

In Saudi for the next few days and was sorely tempted when offered the above for about a 1000e and less after the next price drop in a few weeks...still need to win the lotto to justify a build using that cpu and mobo

downwithpeace

i7 extreme chips start at the i7 965.
I think the i7 950 can be found for around €250 with a little shopping and found one site that use to have the motherboard for €517 but no longer in stock and discontinued.

Those are prices here and the UK so parts in Saudi might be a bit more but the deal seems high to me.

stylie

downwithpeace wrote: »

i7 extreme chips start at the i7 965.
I think the i7 950 can be found for around €250 with a little shopping and found one site that use to have the motherboard for €517 but no longer in stock and discontinued.

Those are prices here and the UK so parts in Saudi might be a bit more but the deal seems high to me.

Its over 800 when I looked so can you post a link to where its 250 ?

Serephucus

http://www.dabs.ie/products/intel-core-i7-950-bloomfield-45nm-3-06ghz-lga1366-l3-8mb-130w-retail-5KZR.html

As stated, there is no "Core i7 Extreme 950". The Extreme edition processors start with the 965 and up. Either you have the spec wrong, or someone is being quite an ass with their selling practices.

downwithpeace

Overclockers:
http://overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-344-IN

Komplett:
http://komplett.ie/Komplett/product/ZKB_01COM/21_CPU/productdetails/10020935/Processor_1_x_Intel_Core_i7_950__3_06_GHz_/BX80601950/default.aspx

Double check that the cpu really is a 950 because you stand to loose a lot of money if it is.

stylie

Im sorry there was a mistake on my part
I wrote 950 as thats the processor my friend bought, but it was actually the 980 that I was being offered and that I should have written in the title, apoligise for the confusion

downwithpeace

i7 980 sounds more to the price, €800 or there abouts.
Depending on your pc usage it's a lot to pay for a cpu.

massy086

and now that the 990x is out the 980 will go down in price too