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    So is a 7 year old X58 system obsolete. Lets get some numbers and see.

    Only for a dirty mind :) It only means condition / to condition, but you can twist it to mean dirty stuff :P
  2. R

    So is a 7 year old X58 system obsolete. Lets get some numbers and see.

    It depends on how you see it. While it's likely the 1070 won't perform at its absolute best, with GTX 980 and 970 SLI setups running fine on X58, I doubt you'll be disappointed by its performance. It's what I'm planning to plant into my X58 once the prices go down a bit and manufacturers throw...
  3. R

    So is a 7 year old X58 system obsolete. Lets get some numbers and see.

    Let me also share my X58 related experience with you. I am still rocking an now ancient i7 920 C0/C1 on a despicable Zotac X58-SLI-A-E motherboard (probably one of the weakest and most problematic X58 implementations - having no real OC capabilities and tons of issues with RAM, no Xeon support...
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