I'll stick to my K8 for now. Its still good enough.
Once the price of the PhII 955 drops to about $200, I'll drop it in my board.
Once the price of the PhII 955 drops to about $200, I'll drop it in my board.



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So the only upgrade route for those who want to build their own PC is i7 with the X58 chipset? I was never that impressed with i5 to being with but this is pretty bad. You either pay up a decent chunk of cash for an i7 build or just slightly less for an i5. It's great for Intel as most people will probably think about it and say, why go i5 when for a bit more I can go i7, and that means more money for Intel. It does however put consumers in a bad spot as far as selection and price ranges.
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EDIT: I don't want to sound like I am bashing Intel too harshly. It just seems like they are starting to stray from the Intel of the past few years to the Intel of the P4 era.
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P55 kinda exciting due to how great P45 OC'd but phasing out i7 already is bull and then charging me more for a slightly newer one... looks like my Q9400 will have to run till it dies..
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Intel can raise prices all they want, and in this economy they can watch customers start flocking to AMD.
When I buy my next machine, I'll be looking at the best price/performance ratio, and if Intel's prices rise any further they're won't be much comparing needed. EDIT: post 2,500. Woot. |
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| 32GiB Samsung MV-3V4G3D/US @ 1600, 8-8-8-24-T2,... | Kingston V+100 96GB | 4x WD Scorpio Black 500GB RAID 10 | 3x Hitachi 7k1000.C 1TB RAID 0 |
| Cooling | OS | Keyboard | Power |
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| 6x4GiB Samsung MV-3V4G3 @ 1600, 8-8-8-24-T2, 1.4v | 1TB Hitachi 7K1000.C, 2x250GB Seagate 7200.10s | Prolimatech Genesis | Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 |
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| Dell S2740L (27", 1920x1080, 7ms, IPS) | Corsair TX650w | Cooler Master HAF 932 | |
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Really ? What are the desktop stuff according to you ?
Is winrar a desktop stuff for example ? |
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| Intel Core i5 2500t | Gigabyte B75M-D3H | Radeon 5670 1GB | Samsung ULV DDR3-1333 |
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Wow, more of the the bashing for no good reasons.
It is easy. 1 socket for OEM's, and 1 socket for enthusiests. The OEM boards only have to deal with dual channel memory, less power phases, less traces, less layers, lower prices. They can be made cheaper, and don't have to support everything under the sun. (thus avoiding the issue AMD had of some 125 watt CPU's toasting motherboards). Intel wants to also avoid having to have 1 expensive chipset support all chips. How many people here are going to buy a new $50-$100 Biostar motherboard, and slap a Q9650 in it? |
Ænema
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Southbound Pachyderm
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| Intel Core i5 3570k @ 4.5Ghz | ASRock Z77 Pro3 | Powercolor Radeon HD7950 PCS+ Boost | 4x4GB G.Skill Ares 1866Mhz CL9 |
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| Corsair Force 3 120GB | Crucial M4 256GB | Western Digital Black 1TB WD1002FAEX | Seagate Barracuda 3TB ST3000DM001 |
| Hard Drive | Optical Drive | Cooling | Cooling |
| Samsung EcoGreen F4 HD204UI 2TB | Pioneer DVR-220LBKS | Noctua NH-D14 | Scythe Gentle Typhoon 1850rpm |
| Cooling | Cooling | OS | OS |
| Corsair AF140 Quiet Edition | Stock PCS+ Cooler (HD7950) | OpenSUSE Linux 12.3 64bit | Windows 8 Pro 64bit with ClassicShell |
| Monitor | Monitor | Keyboard | Power |
| BenQ G2220HD | Samsung SyncMaster 710v | Ducky Shine II White LED, Cherry Blue | Silverstone Strider Plus 500w |
| Case | Mouse | Mouse Pad | Audio |
| CoolerMaster CM690 II Black and White | Logitech G700 | Razer Goliathus Fragged Extended Speed Edition | ASUS Xonar DX |
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| Intel Core 2 Duo E6700 | Intel DG965SS | ASUS Radeon x700 256MB | G.Skill F2-6400CL5D-4GBNT |
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| Western Digital Scorpio Blue 500GB | LG Blu-Ray Reader/DVD writer combo | Intel Stock 775 Cooler | XMBCBuntu |
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| Sony Bravia 55" TV | Logitech Wireless | FSP 420w | Cheap Beige |
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| Intel Core i3 370M @ 2.4Ghz | Samsung R540 H55 | Radeon HD545v 1GB | 8GB DDR3-1066Mhz CL7 |
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| Corsair Force Series 3 120GB | DVD-RW slimline | Arch Linux x86_86 - LXDE | 15.6" 1366x768 LED Backlit Display |
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| Corsair Force 3 120GB | Crucial M4 256GB | Western Digital Black 1TB WD1002FAEX | Seagate Barracuda 3TB ST3000DM001 |
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| Samsung EcoGreen F4 HD204UI 2TB | Pioneer DVR-220LBKS | Noctua NH-D14 | Scythe Gentle Typhoon 1850rpm |
| Cooling | Cooling | OS | OS |
| Corsair AF140 Quiet Edition | Stock PCS+ Cooler (HD7950) | OpenSUSE Linux 12.3 64bit | Windows 8 Pro 64bit with ClassicShell |
| Monitor | Monitor | Keyboard | Power |
| BenQ G2220HD | Samsung SyncMaster 710v | Ducky Shine II White LED, Cherry Blue | Silverstone Strider Plus 500w |
| Case | Mouse | Mouse Pad | Audio |
| CoolerMaster CM690 II Black and White | Logitech G700 | Razer Goliathus Fragged Extended Speed Edition | ASUS Xonar DX |
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| Western Digital Scorpio Blue 500GB | LG Blu-Ray Reader/DVD writer combo | Intel Stock 775 Cooler | XMBCBuntu |
| Monitor | Keyboard | Power | Case |
| Sony Bravia 55" TV | Logitech Wireless | FSP 420w | Cheap Beige |
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| Logitech Wireless | Onboard | ||
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| Intel Core i3 370M @ 2.4Ghz | Samsung R540 H55 | Radeon HD545v 1GB | 8GB DDR3-1066Mhz CL7 |
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| Corsair Force Series 3 120GB | DVD-RW slimline | Arch Linux x86_86 - LXDE | 15.6" 1366x768 LED Backlit Display |
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| Stock Scissor Keyboard | 90w Power Brick | Samsung R540 | Logitech M305 |
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I would.
Motherboards don't affect performance, I'd rather get a really good CPU and an average motherboard now, rather than a reasonably good CPU and Reasonably good motherboard due to socket differences, this is making it WAY harder to upgrade, with Intel deciding to get rid of the i7 920 and 940 too, you'll either have to go Core i5 (Gimped, but still fast) then upgrade motherboard AND CPU to go i7, as opposed to AMD, where I can get a Sempron to a Phenom II x4 955 BE in this board. |
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| P4 506 (2.66GHz, NO HT Technology) | Intel D915GLVG | Intel GMA 900 IGP | Hynix 1GB DDR 400MHz |
| Hard Drive | Optical Drive | OS | Monitor |
| Seagate Baracuda 80GB | Sony DVD-RAM 18x | ArchLinux i686 | Acer AC713 17" CRT |
| Keyboard | Power | Case | Mouse |
| iBall Multimedia Keyboard (total_crap) | 600W | iBall Baby Cabinet - SUCKS!!! | iBall Optical Mouse (total_crap) |
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| P4 506 (2.66GHz, NO HT Technology) | Intel D915GLVG | Intel GMA 900 IGP | Hynix 1GB DDR 400MHz |
| Hard Drive | Optical Drive | OS | Monitor |
| Seagate Baracuda 80GB | Sony DVD-RAM 18x | ArchLinux i686 | Acer AC713 17" CRT |
| Keyboard | Power | Case | Mouse |
| iBall Multimedia Keyboard (total_crap) | 600W | iBall Baby Cabinet - SUCKS!!! | iBall Optical Mouse (total_crap) |
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Wow, more of the the bashing for no good reasons.
It is easy. 1 socket for OEM's, and 1 socket for enthusiests. The OEM boards only have to deal with dual channel memory, less power phases, less traces, less layers, lower prices. They can be made cheaper, and don't have to support everything under the sun. (thus avoiding the issue AMD had of some 125 watt CPU's toasting motherboards). Intel wants to also avoid having to have 1 expensive chipset support all chips. How many people here are going to buy a new $50-$100 Biostar motherboard, and slap a Q9650 in it? |
X58 for a few more years
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| CPU | Motherboard | Graphics | RAM |
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| Intel Core i7-980X 4.3GHz (31*138) 1.4v / HT-VT On | Evga Classified 3 X58 | 2x Asus GTX Titan SLI WCed | 3*4GB GSKILL TridentX @ 2200MHz 9-11-11-31-143-... |
| Hard Drive | Optical Drive | OS | Monitor |
| 2* Samsung 840 Pro 128GB RAID0 + 2* WD RE4 500GB | ASUS Black 2MB DVD Burner | Windows 7 Professional 64-bit | HP ZR30W 30" 2560*1600 |
| Keyboard | Power | Case | Mouse |
| Logitech G19 | Corsair AX1200 | CM HAF-942 X | Logitech G700 |
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| Asus Xonar ST | |||
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X58 for a few more years
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| Intel Core i7-980X 4.3GHz (31*138) 1.4v / HT-VT On | Evga Classified 3 X58 | 2x Asus GTX Titan SLI WCed | 3*4GB GSKILL TridentX @ 2200MHz 9-11-11-31-143-... |
| Hard Drive | Optical Drive | OS | Monitor |
| 2* Samsung 840 Pro 128GB RAID0 + 2* WD RE4 500GB | ASUS Black 2MB DVD Burner | Windows 7 Professional 64-bit | HP ZR30W 30" 2560*1600 |
| Keyboard | Power | Case | Mouse |
| Logitech G19 | Corsair AX1200 | CM HAF-942 X | Logitech G700 |
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| Asus Xonar ST | |||
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| i7 920 D0 @ 4.0 Ghz | 1.264v | Gigabyte EX58-UD4P | MSI GTX 680 Twin Frozr OC | 3x2GB G.Skill DDR3 1600mhz |
| Hard Drive | Hard Drive | Optical Drive | Cooling |
| Crucial M4-64GB | WD Caviar Black-1TB | ASUS DRW-24B1ST | Corsair H80 |
| OS | Monitor | Keyboard | Power |
| Windows 7 Pro 64bit | Samsung 245BW 1920x1200 | Logitech G15 | Corsair TX750 |
| Case | Mouse | Mouse Pad | Audio |
| Corsair 500r (White) | Razer DeathAdder | Razer Vespula | Creative X-Fi Titanium HD |
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| Audio Technica AD700 | |||
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| i7 920 D0 @ 4.0 Ghz | 1.264v | Gigabyte EX58-UD4P | MSI GTX 680 Twin Frozr OC | 3x2GB G.Skill DDR3 1600mhz |
| Hard Drive | Hard Drive | Optical Drive | Cooling |
| Crucial M4-64GB | WD Caviar Black-1TB | ASUS DRW-24B1ST | Corsair H80 |
| OS | Monitor | Keyboard | Power |
| Windows 7 Pro 64bit | Samsung 245BW 1920x1200 | Logitech G15 | Corsair TX750 |
| Case | Mouse | Mouse Pad | Audio |
| Corsair 500r (White) | Razer DeathAdder | Razer Vespula | Creative X-Fi Titanium HD |
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| Audio Technica AD700 | |||
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