I was PM'd about this thread and thought I'd drop a line in
I do love how good PC's have got, I mean I have had my i7's now for nearly 3 years (sadly probably only used them getting close to a year...) and I think that they are still doing me proud.. True they are clocked high ish, as they are both clocked to over 4.4Ghz for everyday usage but then, why not??
I've wondered about upgrading to the newer Sandy Bridge 25/600K systems and then the newer 3930K and now the 'newer' 3740k' or whatever it is but the thing in even with TRI SLI 580's (all stock clocked I may add) and 3 30" Dell panels (I am tempted to get another two as I have another one sat in my house mates room.....) to feed at 7680 x 1600, I see no need whatsoever!!
Every game I play and put in either of the i7 rigs works without a fuss, without slow down and I just have no reason to upgrade. I did have a few times where I bought a few new graphics cards and sold them on afterwards as I wasn't able to use them because I still didn't have the systems built (long story) but when the 3Gb 580's came out I snapped them up..
I was gutted when Nvidia only put 2Gb of ram on the 680, granted yes they are releasing the 4Gb versions, but why didn't they do that in the first place?? Its their flagship card, it should have all the bells and whistles as far as I'm concerned.. At the moment, from the 580's I think the 7970's appear to be the better way to go..
As for the prices, I thought we where already ripped off enough over in the UK as it is but damn.....
But again, best PC out there?? Very much doubt it. Higher clocked, more graphics cards, more ram and goodness knows what else in peoples rigs making mine just a bit of a PC Chips setup in comparison I'm sure....