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ae86trueno

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Hi all,

I'm planning to upgrade my system. Last night I put a quick list for my next system:
*CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550
*CPU Cooler: Thermalright Ultra 120 eXtreme
*Motherboard: NVIDIA nForce 790i Ultra SLI
*RAM: G.SKILL 4GB kit (2GB x 2) DDR3-1600 (PC-12800) CL7-7-7-18
*V.Card: GeForce GTX 260 SLI
*PSU: Silverstone Strider ST1000-NV 1000W Modular ATX12V

A bit of my background, I prefer to build new system that can last for at least 5 years. My current system I build when Athlon 64 (Clawhammer) come out.. can't remember when was that. Since then I just upgrade the graphic card from 4400 to 6600gt because the 4400 died and just replacing whatever parts that died.
Before my current system I was using AMD 700 and Geforce 256 so Im more familiar with AMD system than Intel. I'm kind of lost track of recent hardware. I haven't been following much of the current stuff since I got my current system. So I need advice whats good system to build and prefer to keep it for hopefully another 5 years time :eek: Thanks all.
 

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if you want you build to last another 5 years, I recommend waiting til the end of next month for Intel to release thier bloomfield processors. Starting price for a 2.66 bloomfield CPU is gonna be around $325 and is suppose to be about 20% faster than the $1500 qx9770. The bloomfield cpus will be using a new socket(lga1366) so buying a lga775 socket system now would not be upgradable. The 1366 socket motherboards are gonna be about the same price as the 790i board you looking at getting now.
 

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if you want you build to last another 5 years, I recommend waiting til the end of next month for Intel to release thier bloomfield processors. Starting price for a 2.66 bloomfield CPU is gonna be around $325 and is suppose to be about 20% faster than the $1500 qx9770. The bloomfield cpus will be using a new socket(lga1366) so buying a lga775 socket system now would not be upgradable. The 1366 socket motherboards are gonna be about the same price as the 790i board you looking at getting now.

+1.

Just wait for the new socket, so then your computer will be future proof.
 
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Yea, wait until Bloomfield/Deneb hit the market ;)
 

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wow quick reply. thanks guys, I will postpone then. I guess I will wait until the bloomfield/deneb and see how it goes from there.
 

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I am waiting as well for Nehlam.
 

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yep, but normally when new architecture come out, I think its better to wait until the bugs to be ironed out first. I will wait until few months after its debut and see from there.

By the way, anyone using Samsung 275T monitor? any opinion on this monitor? I read several reviews from internet but want opinion from end-user. I play game occasionally but I do quite a number photography editing too.
 
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yep, but normally when new architecture come out, I think its better to wait until the bugs to be ironed out first. I will wait until few months after its debut and see from there.

I'm planning on the samething. I'll be upgrading the Bloomfield around christmas time.


By the way, anyone using Samsung 275T monitor? any opinion on this monitor? I read several reviews from internet but want opinion from end-user. I play game occasionally but I do quite a number photography editing too.

sorry, no experience with samsung monitors
 

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I'm planning on the samething. I'll be upgrading the Bloomfield around christmas time. sorry, no experience with samsung monitors
3 months after Bloomfield out? Hopefully by that time the bugs will be ironed out (if there is any)
 
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3 months after Bloomfield out? Hopefully by that time the bugs will be ironed out (if there is any)

Well I'd upgrade faster if my system wasn't as good as it is now. Honestly, I think my system could "keep up" for easily for another 18 months, but that would cut back on how much I could get for selling it.
 
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