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Old 02-21-09   #1 (permalink)
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Exclamation Q9550 or core I7 920 ??? help me decide :)
Hi people!

Well im going to upgrade my cpu to a quad and i have 2 options:

1) sell my e8400 and add about 150 / 160 dollars and buy a q9550

Or

2) sell my e8400+ rampage formula + my 2x2 gb gskill ram for about 550 dollars and add about 200 dollars and buy:
Core I7 920 + gigabyte EX58-UD3R + 3x1 gb OCZ gold ddr3 1333mhz.


What do you think? Stay in 775 or upgrade to 1366? Is worth that extra 50 bucks ?


Thanks!

Pd: i live in argebtina so the prices are much higher than in US
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Go i7.

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no gain on i7, go q9550 and save the money until i7 system get cheaper. My system can beat regular i7 setup.

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Go i7.
$50?
No reason NOT to
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i7 or dont bother right now
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Just wait alil bit untill i7 920 D0 stepping comes out.
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a Q9550 is more then powerful enough for anything slated to hit the markets anytime soon. a buddy just moved from a 3.8ghz Q9550 to a i7 965 and there was no noticable increase, other then he posted up even more ridiculously high benchmark scores. although he does pretty much never have to close anything, even when gaming.
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Just wait alil bit untill i7 920 D0 stepping comes out.
I agree very much.

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What about the mobo, is the ud3r good or is bad?? Because is the unique one that i can get at a reasonable price....
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What about the mobo, is the ud3r good or is bad?? Because is the unique one that i can get at a reasonable price....
Gigabyte are excellent board for oc'ing couple that with q9550. good couple indeed.

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2x-i7 920 DO 4.5 ghz 24/7 on both.		 Motherboard
ARIIE|Evga Classified 759 Koolance WB chipset.		 Memory
G.skill ddr3|CD ddr3 1600 mhz 		Graphics Card
3x Evga gtx 280 vid-428 WB|3x-4890
Hard Drive
WD 300 gb VR raid 0|Corsair ssd 64 gb|WD 1 TB		 Sound Card
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Lian li PC-A70B|Coolmaster 840
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