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loki1944

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I have to say that I am absolutely astounded by how well even a 2008 i7 920 holds up in 2020. I have done hours and hours of testing with i7 920/930/960/980X as well as Lynnfield i5 750 and i7 870. Most recently I have started running my i7 920 against my Ryzen 2600X and even in Red Dead Redemption 2 @1080p the 920 holds its own quite well. A really smart and budget oriented person could have grabbed one of these in 2008/9 and still be g2g in 2020! Anyone else have Bloomfield still in action?

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bigboxes said:
Yeah, I repurposed my i7 920 for my HTPC in 2015 when I went with the 4790K. I probably would have upgraded by now, but I had been working on my upgraded home server in 2017 when life changed for me.
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My HTPC is actually on a 939 Opteron which is due to be retired.

My previous desktop also has a P6T Deluxe v2 + i7 970 which I thought about using to upgrade the HTPC. But now that I think about it I believe I still have my old i7 920 D0 and another x58 board in the closet. So still on the fence if I will use them to upgrade that machine or go with something that will use less power.
 
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I just cleaned it out last week. I got new carpeting. So, I took everything out and cleaned it. One of my favorite re-builds.

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Makaveli said:
My HTPC is actually on a 939 Opteron which is due to be retired.

My previous desktop also has a P6T Deluxe v2 + i7 970 which I thought about using to upgrade the HTPC. But now that I think about it I believe I still have my old i7 920 D0 and another x58 board in the closet. So still on the fence if I will use them to upgrade that machine or go with something that will use less power.
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Pick up a X5660 on ebay for $20 or so. 95 watts vs 130. It will drop right in to that board and run great. Had one in that same motherboard.
 
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The other board I had in the back was this one with the 920 D0 in it so I may swap that out for an X5660 that is not a bad idea. Just need ram and a cpu cooler for this one.

Case is a Silverstone LC20M Black.

The P6T Deluxe v2 + i7 970 is still in the previous tower will probably leave that as is.

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Its hard finding low profile coolers in stock that are compatible with 1366 socket.

I did however find this BeQuiet Shadow Rock LP this should do. Also difficult to find tripple channel memory, so will probably just start with 8GB (2x4) sticks for now.
 
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AdamK47 said:
My current system vs. the 980X system I had in 2011. 3DMark11 Extreme.

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Thats nice jump in about 10 years, the old rig was using tripple SLI which gives it quite a boost compared to the average single gpu setup in those years.

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Pick up a X5660 on ebay for $20 or so. 95 watts vs 130. It will drop right in to that board and run great. Had one in that same motherboard.
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I was able to score a X5650 for $20 local so no ebay, guy is gonna ship it to me on friday as he is just outside my city.
 
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