Hi all
So I'm thinking of upgrading my i7 920 co stepping rig which is now 4 years old. I am at 3.8 o/c but it sometimes plays up - have to reduce to 3.4 to get a stable o/c 24/7.
I was thinking about swapping like for like, if you will, by opting for the SB 3930k, but I've read that SB is 'dead' now that IB is out, whatever that means. I know Haswell is round the corner (well, mid 2013) but then there's the old adage (and a true one) that with that kind of thinking you will always wait.
There's nothing fundamentally wrong with my PC, other than I feel like I need to upgrade. Which sounds pretty silly but I can't think of any other way of puttng it. I went to an SSD last year which helped performance, but not by much, since my mobo throttles it. I went down the GPU path too, upgrading to a gtx 570 sli and that proved to be a very good investment.
Trouble is, swapping out the cpu means swapping out mobo, ram, and maybe even cooler.
I game mostly, but run benchmarks (not freakishly though) and also do some folding (not hugely though). If you were in my position and wanted to upgrade, what path would you take?
Many thanks
So I'm thinking of upgrading my i7 920 co stepping rig which is now 4 years old. I am at 3.8 o/c but it sometimes plays up - have to reduce to 3.4 to get a stable o/c 24/7.
I was thinking about swapping like for like, if you will, by opting for the SB 3930k, but I've read that SB is 'dead' now that IB is out, whatever that means. I know Haswell is round the corner (well, mid 2013) but then there's the old adage (and a true one) that with that kind of thinking you will always wait.
There's nothing fundamentally wrong with my PC, other than I feel like I need to upgrade. Which sounds pretty silly but I can't think of any other way of puttng it. I went to an SSD last year which helped performance, but not by much, since my mobo throttles it. I went down the GPU path too, upgrading to a gtx 570 sli and that proved to be a very good investment.
Trouble is, swapping out the cpu means swapping out mobo, ram, and maybe even cooler.
I game mostly, but run benchmarks (not freakishly though) and also do some folding (not hugely though). If you were in my position and wanted to upgrade, what path would you take?
Many thanks
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