Intel Core i7-940 2.93GHz Processor

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25 Dec 2008 Wow - Nice Upgrade This is clearly an upgrade from the Core 2 Duo processor. No issues with the chip and everything runs silky smooth.

I would recommend not getting the extreme version given the astronomical price. Get a good after market cooler and overclock if you'd like but I'm fine running this at stock speeds.... –Brian Desiletsfrom Amazon.com
21 Dec 2008 Ahem What another reviewer failed miserbly in explaining is the real differenced between the 920 and 940. Sure, most of us can do simple math and look and clearly see the different speeds.....thankfully Intel marketing is a little smarter than that. If one was so intelligent in doing their research and the real performance that these chips do....they would never degrade a breakthrough in computing technology. the 940 performs similar to the 965, however the 965 is less restricted in the flexibility f... –John Holmesfrom Amazon.com
15 Dec 2008 Not worth the price for 10% more performance than the i7 920 The purpose of this review is to evaluate if the i7 940 is a worthwhile purchase vs the less expensive i7 920. I cannot see any reason to spend the additional money for the i7 940. While overclockers or benchmarkers will gravitate to the i7 965 for obvious reasons, for more mainstream users, the i7 940 seems to be in a no-man's-land of a very moderate performance increase for a hefty price difference.

Comparing the i7 920, I7 940 and i7 965 is fairly straight forward. They all have the s... –Nathan Beauchampfrom Amazon.com

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