thinking of building a new intel system what do you think

[n-ster]

lol ... then you def. didn't ask tpu how to do it

[trt740]

Originally Posted by n-ster

lol ... then you def. didn't ask tpu how to do it

don't need to I've done both and then some. Not a fan of making my case into a oven.

[trt740]

Originally Posted by n-ster

lol... again though... THAT MOBO DOESNT DO SLI OR XFIRE

board supports crossfire only.

[Paulieg]

OK Tom, here's my thoughts....I've considered this myself. i7 is very tempting until you look at the costs involved to buy the good i7 hardware. The 920 will cost you $270, a GOOD i7 board will run you $240+ and a decent set of DDR3 1600 will run you $120+. When I weighed what it costs to upgrade, I just couldn't do it. Not when the PII is rivaling Q9550's. Just not worth it right now in my opinion. Take that with a grain of salt though, tomorrow I may turn around and go completely i7. It's just the way of the hardware addict

Tom, are you just looking for another fix/challenge? I DARE you to give water cooling a shot. That will only cost $200, it's fun, challenging at first, and will serve you well on several future builds.

[trt740]

Originally Posted by Paulieg

OK Tom, here's my thoughts....I've considered this myself. i7 is very tempting until you look at the costs involved to buy the good i7 hardware. The 920 will cost you $270, a GOOD i7 board will run you $240+ and a decent set of DDR3 1600 will run you $120+. When I weighed what it costs to upgrade, I just couldn't do it. Not when the PII is rivaling Q9550's. Just not worth it right now in my opinion. Take that with a grain of salt though, tomorrow I may turn around and go completely i7. It's just the way of the hardware addict

Tom, is you're just looking for another fix/challenge. I DARE you to give water cooling a shot. That will only cost $200, it's fun, and will serve you well on several future builds.

yes and I will, Will you my computer after my wife kills me. It's a lot harder to hide a water cooler, than a new motherboard , chip and ram lol!! I feel like a crack head. to the untrained eye a computer is a computer. That goes to show you that if ya didn't know better ya wouldn't know what the heck you are using, these rigs are all fast as hell. The truth is I couldn't tell you this wasn't my old Qx9650 at 4.0ghz, with a Rampage mother board and 4 gb of DDR2 1200 if I didn't look. Heck Phenoms feel faster sometimes.

[Paulieg]

Originally Posted by trt740

yes and I will, Will you my computer after my wife killed me. It's a lot harder to hide a water cooler, than a new motherboard , chip and ram lol!! I feel like a crack head. to the untrained eye a computer is a computer. That goes to show you that if ya didn't know better ya would know what the heck you are using, these rigs are all fast as hell.

Bah, that's no excuse. My entire water cooling setup fits in my case..

Honestly, I'll probably give i7 or i5 a shot in a few months, after the motherboards drop in price. They are ridiculous right now.

[trt740]

Originally Posted by Paulieg

Bah, that's no excuse. My entire water cooling setup fits in my case..

Honestly, I'll probably give i7 or i5 a shot in a few months, after the motherboards drop in price. They are ridiculous right now.

Thats intel for ya. How do ya like that 280 gtx look at my old score in 3dmark06 and that wasn't with physics, and was using old ass drivers.

[Paulieg]

Originally Posted by trt740

Thats intel for ya. How do ya like that 280 gtx look at my old score in 3dmark06 and that wasn't with physics, and was using old ass drivers.

YHPM

[trt740]

Originally Posted by Paulieg

YHPM

I Pmed ya back

[n-ster]

I am also thinking of buying a i7 rig... since a month actually, and I wanted to wait for am3 to come out for comparasion... but I am willing to wait if it'll save me enough money but how long do I have to wait?