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System Name | not very good (wants throwing out window most of time) |
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Processor | xp3000@ 2.17ghz pile of sh** /i7 920 DO on air for now |
Motherboard | msi kt6 delta oap /gigabyte x58 ud7 (rev1.0) |
Cooling | 1 green akasa 8cm(rear) 1 multicoloured akasa(hd) 1 12 cm (intake) 1 9cm with circuit from old psu |
Memory | 1.25 gb kingston hyperx @333mhz/ 3gb corsair dominator xmp 1600mhz |
Video Card(s) | (agp) hd3850 not bad not really suitable for mobo n processor/ gb hd5870 |
Storage | wd 320gb + samsung 320 gig + wd 1tb 6gb/s |
Display(s) | compaq mv720 |
Case | thermaltake XaserIII skull / coolermaster cm 690II |
Audio Device(s) | onboard |
Power Supply | corsair hx 650 w which solved many problems (blew up) /850w corsair |
Software | xp pro sp3/ ? win 7 ultimate (32 bit) |
Benchmark Scores | 6543 3d mark05 ye ye not good but look at the processor /uknown as still not benched |
so guys and gals i had planned on getting the i7 980x in the first place, just that when i bought my motherboard i didn't know whether i could just plug the 980x in and it would work,or whether i'd need the i7 920 first, simply because of not knowing which bios the motherboard would ship with, so i ordered the i7 920 to be on the safe side, now i've not overclocked the i7 920 as i prefer things to run at stock (ye ye i'm boring get over it ), so it might be up for sale soon
but here's my problem at this moment in time the i7 980x is for sale at £749.16 (lowest price in the uk) or about 1168.16 US$ which admitedly isn't cheap,
but as anyone from the uk will know our vat rate is going up from 17.5% to 20% on the 4th january, which will add another £15.94 or 24.85 US$ making it £765.10 or 1 193.02 US$ which admitedly isn't much but more than i'm happy to pay
thing is i've heard a rumor that with sandy bridge coming out in february the 980x should get a price drop,
but how much of a price drop do you guys think it'll be ?
so should i just get one and forget about the small price change "that might come about" in february
or should i wait untill the newer 990x comes out, now obviously i've no idea how much the 990x will be
what would you guys do ?
but here's my problem at this moment in time the i7 980x is for sale at £749.16 (lowest price in the uk) or about 1168.16 US$ which admitedly isn't cheap,
but as anyone from the uk will know our vat rate is going up from 17.5% to 20% on the 4th january, which will add another £15.94 or 24.85 US$ making it £765.10 or 1 193.02 US$ which admitedly isn't much but more than i'm happy to pay
thing is i've heard a rumor that with sandy bridge coming out in february the 980x should get a price drop,
but how much of a price drop do you guys think it'll be ?
so should i just get one and forget about the small price change "that might come about" in february
or should i wait untill the newer 990x comes out, now obviously i've no idea how much the 990x will be
what would you guys do ?