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dude86   11-11-2008 at 12:11:31 PM

Hi all

I plan to upgrade my MB, CPU and RAM. The options that I have are as follows:

Core 2

MB - Asus Intel striker 2 extreme
CPU - Intel 2.83 quad q9550
RAM - 4Gb OCZ Reaper DDR3 1333MHz

Core i7

MB - Intel X58So SmackOver Retail pack
CPU - 2.66 Intel i7/Nehalem 920
RAM - 6Gb Corsair DDR3-1333 XMS 3

Which of the above would give me better performance. I know that Nehalem is supposed to be 25% faster but I cannot afford the 2.93 Intel i7/Nehalem 940 and that is the only MB available here for the Nehalem at the moment. Your input would be highly appreciated.

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o1die   11-11-2008 at 01:24:40 PM
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What do you have now? You may be fine for awhile until core i7 prices drop a little. And I wouldn't buy ddr3 now unless you're paying about $40 a gig, which is a good price.

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col-p-todd   11-11-2008 at 01:49:15 PM
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As o1die said if you have a decent system now and can hold off a bit for core i7 to drop do that.

But otherwise i would go with i7, why get old tech when you can get new tech, since you would already be getting ddr3 for the 775 build.
I would however recommend you wait for a better mobo for the i7 so you can get something similar to the Asus Intel striker 2 extreme
mobo. (rampage 2 extreme).

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wahjahka   11-13-2008 at 12:56:18 AM
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col-p-todd wrote :

As o1die said if you have a decent system now and can hold off a bit for core i7 to drop do that.

But otherwise i would go with i7, why get old tech when you can get new tech, since you would already be getting ddr3 for the 775 build.
I would however recommend you wait for a better mobo for the i7 so you can get something similar to the Asus Intel striker 2 extreme
mobo. (rampage 2 extreme).


the i7 requires new everything so if you have the money then buy it

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peaks   11-13-2008 at 03:53:42 PM
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i7's also overclock like b****es :)

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wahjahka   11-13-2008 at 04:34:51 PM
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peaks wrote :

i7's also overclock like b****es :)


are you saying its bad, i see the *** word but then you have a smiley, so i dont know if your saying its a good/bad thing haha
i heard the overclocking was crippled but they were planning on fixing it


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peaks   11-13-2008 at 05:11:24 PM
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lol no I'm saying its good. Didn't hear anything about the ocing being crippled. I heard one person overclocked a 2.66GHz to around 4.0GHz..which is pretty cool!!!

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wahjahka   11-14-2008 at 12:34:51 AM
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peaks wrote :

lol no I'm saying its good. Didn't hear anything about the ocing being crippled. I heard one person overclocked a 2.66GHz to around 4.0GHz..which is pretty cool!!!


impressive, i read a review that o/c was crippled on tomshardware but i cant find it, however, yes its fast and they did some changes with the o/c

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peaks   11-14-2008 at 11:19:31 AM
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So it just the case that they cost a lot of money, and the fact that you would also have to upgrade your MoBo and RAM to accommodate!

@Wahjahka : On a side not...lol we seem to be having pretty much the same conversation on two threads

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wahjahka   11-14-2008 at 05:54:31 PM
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peaks wrote :

So it just the case that they cost a lot of money, and the fact that you would also have to upgrade your MoBo and RAM to accommodate!

@Wahjahka : On a side not...lol we seem to be having pretty much the same conversation on two threads


haha yea, its an expensive upgrade due to all the stuff you NEED to buy, and yes it would appear that way haha

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