Well it is seems that 790fx + 955 is winning out. Im pretty much convinced. I pretty much only use it for gaming anyway...tho ima stick wif x4 955, considering the price there's no justification for 965.
i just assumed for future-proofing the 1156 would be best, considering its a new socket and all. im only reluctant as its VERY new + cooling options are currently limited (and expensive).
@JrRacin - That is a damn good deal! thing is every time i get somethin imported to china it takes month/month an half to get here. Then if it looks expensive, local customs may try to charge me twice what its worth. Thanks tho.
Well, the 1136/56 sockets
will continue to hold their own for quite a few more years . . . but, then again, so would a C2Q 775.
Thing is, there aren't too many apps yet that fully support quads. At least, as far as games are concerned, most don't support them
properly. Even though a lot of newer games are multi-threaded, they're not fully optimized to make use of the potential.
In terms of software, a lot of
professional level applications do support quads properly - but these are programs typically found in use by those who use them on a daily basis for work . . . programs like Photoshop, Sound Forge, Wave Lab, AutoCAD, etc. Your run-of-the-mill applications don't support such processing power . . . although, that doesn't mean you won't see any benefit at all from a high-end CPU while running these programs (Intel's CPUs are blazing fast at CPU-intensive activities).
So, I mean, if "future-proofing" is a major concern, you could even go with a C2Q setup . . . a Q9650 on an X48 mobo will continue to be relevant for years (I figure), and the only real hardware one would have to address would be the GPU.