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  • 30-09-2010 10:41am
    #1
    Nadaly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15 ✭


    Hi all,

    A question for any computer buffs who hopefully might be able to answer this for me.

    I bought a custom built pc some time back and when I bought it I requested and upgrade from an i7 920 to an i7 950 processor, for about an extra 200.00 euro.

    My operating system reads the hardware as being the i7 950 which is fine but someone told me that they could have installed an i7 920 and just inputted it as an i7 950 in the BIOS when building the pc. Is this possible or is it the motherboard that picks up the identity itself from the processor?

    There's a heatsink cooler installed on top of the processor and I don't want to go pulling it off to go checking physically.

    Could any computer buff advise me?

    Thanks.


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  • #2
    5uspect
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 10,520 Mod ✭✭✭✭5uspect


    Very doubtful. Do you have any other reason to think this other than your paranoid friend?
    Does it perform at 920 levels instead of 950 in benchmarks for example?

    Install CPU-Z.

    It'll tell you exactly what you have.


  • #3
    Nadaly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15 ✭Nadaly


    Thanks, I'll install CPU-Z and check it out. I'd have never doubted except for the paranoid friend and the fact the pc builders told me I'd be waiting maybe a few weeks and yet it shipped straight away.


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