Which I7 is better?

[dragonhighlord1]

Which is better or what is the diff between these two

Intel Core i7 950 Processor BX80601950 - 3.06GHz, 8MB L3 Cache, 4.8GT/s QPI, HyperThreading, Quad Core, Bloomfield, LGA 1366, Retail, Fan

or

Intel Core i7-2600 BX80623I72600 Processor - Quad Core, 8MB L3 Cache, 3.40 GHz, Socket H2 (LGA1155),

[Big_Russ]

i7 2600. Sandy Bridge is the newest archtecture and is considerably faster than the original i7 architecture.

HOWEVER. . .

The chipset has a problem with the south bridge chips that was big enough for Intel to recall all the Socket 1155 motherboards. The bug has to do with over-volting the SATA II ports potentially causing hard drive failure.

The corrected motherboards should be out mid-march.

For more information, see here:

http://www.infoworld.com/t/processor...e-industry-216

If I were you, I would wait until mid- to late- March to buy a Sandy Bridge (i7-2600) system.