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Initialised · Apr 20, 2010, 01:47 AM

As much as I've been tempted to splash out on i7 and now Phenom II x 6 I kind of feel the same way about my Q6600. A cooling upgrade for some extra OC headroom, another 4870 or X2, a Q9650 or an SSD would be of more immediate benefit than anything but a full 1366 platform upgrade and even then there's not much point until there are sensibly priced 6-core CPUs.

For people with AM2(+)/3 boards who don't overclock this is great as it may filter down to your board and provide a bonus performance boost.

System Name:	Red Mist
Processor:	i7 920 @ 3.67GHz
Motherboard:	P6T Deluxe
Cooling:	XSPC Delta (Chrome), Black Ice GTS280
Memory:	3x4GB GSkill Ripjaws
Video Card:	7970
Hard Disk:	Totalling ~ 2.8TB, Samsung 250GB 840 for OS
Optical Drive:	LG BD
CRT/LCD Model:	22" Fujitsu + 50" FullHD Samsung PDP
Case:	Modded Cosmos 1000 (Ferrari Red metalic)
Sound Card:	Soundblaster Z
PSU:	Antec TPQ 850
Benchmarks:	World First 4890 Crossfire Data. Highest scoring E2160 & E4600 on CPC Leaderboard. Highest AirCool

Apr 20, 2010, 01:47 AM	#15
Initialised Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 245 (0.14/day) Thanks: 7 Thanked 32 Times in 26 Posts System Specs	As much as I've been tempted to splash out on i7 and now Phenom II x 6 I kind of feel the same way about my Q6600. A cooling upgrade for some extra OC headroom, another 4870 or X2, a Q9650 or an SSD would be of more immediate benefit than anything but a full 1366 platform upgrade and even then there's not much point until there are sensibly priced 6-core CPUs. For people with AM2(+)/3 boards who don't overclock this is great as it may filter down to your board and provide a bonus performance boost.