OtherMike

i5 does not have all the features that i7 has (namely hyperthreading) but the p55 is a little more evolved than the x58 having integrated pci16x on the cpu and not needing a northbridge, for the money the i5 750 really is your best bet, its got about the same performance as a i7 920 less hyperthreading, but nobody really needs eight threads.

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ericeod

If you are on a budget, you can always run dual channel ram. So you can by a 2 module kit...

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lardo5150

So with less effort, you can OC the i7?

TurboTurtle

Triple channel is a function of the IMC on the 1366 i7, not the board itself.

And yes, you can use 2 sticks of DDR3 for a 1366 board, it's just the standard is 3 2gb sticks in a kit.

To the OP: the 1156 socket is aimed towards mainstream enthusiasts while the 1366 socket is for high-end enthusiasts. The core i9 is going to be 1366, but we don't know if they will be an 1156 version of the i9 or not. If you can spare the cash, get the 1366 version of the i7. If not for the hyperthreading, then get it for the ability to upgrade to 6 cores without needing a new motherboard down the road.

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umgill45

The i5-750 does not have hyper-threading.

The i5-860/870 do have hyper-threading and the 860 is at the same price point as the Core i7-920.
But the i5-870 beats the c**p outta the Core i7 920 in performance and costs more.

Link

I agree that the P55 boards that are just about to be released (within the week or so) have USB 3.0 and SATA 3 (6Gbps) featured on them.

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OtherMike

860 and 870 are i7

http://ark.intel.com/ProductCollecti...familyId=28037

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umgill45

My bad, typo.
i7-860/870


If you read the post I was replying to your post about the part where you trying to say that the P55 mobos cannot have hyperthreading rather than the i5's vs. i7's.
Hope that's not confusing.

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xXLinkageXx

personally i think the only reason to go X58 is if you plan on running tri-SLI or 2 295s (which if ur doin that, you wouldnt even be thinking about P55 or 'budget' anywayz ), or if you are really going to need 6 cores/12 threads when gulftown comes out (very few people would), at absolute most, my recording software has had 6 threads going, having double that would be overkill.
and also yes, u'll save some money on the chip, mobo, and ram; but its still going to be a $1000 computer. if you really want to go budget, go amd or wait for clarkdale.
so unless ur doin crazy graphics cards, i5 would probably be just fine. but x58 leaves you open to more (and also we dont know what nvidia's 300 cards are gonna bring, so thats another thing to think of)
good luck with your choice, im glad i bought my system months before P55, it was a much easier decision back then

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lardo5150

Should not be a 1000 for me. I am only buying a board, cpu and ram.
I am thinking around 500 bucks.

I really cant decide what I want. I am only using one graphics card right now, so i5 seems like the better choice. But then you start thinking "what if the gtx 260 comes down in price, then you can get another one and do sli".....

decisions decision decisions

-n7-

i5 750 is easily the best "value" choice.

You don't need an expensive mobo either.
For example, P55-UD2/UD3R or the Asus P755D don't cost a lot & you'll still be able to do 4+ GHz on them.

Unless you really want SLi/CF or want to do very heavy OCing, there's no real need for X58.

If you want to spend more money, then go i7 920 obviously.