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| Thread ID: 104282 | 2009-10-22 20:38:00 | i5, i7, 1156, 1366, dual channel, triple channel, I can't decide! | wratterus (105) | Press F1 |
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| 823179 | 2009-10-26 22:30:00 | Thanks battle. I won't be doing any more than a very mild OC, so I don't expect to cook the board. :o | wratterus (105) | ||
| 823180 | 2009-10-26 22:42:00 | Rat, i'd wait a couple of weeks more for the release of MSI Big Bang mobo with the hydra chip, then you can mix your gpus if you like. You also get 2 x pcix16 lanes on the P55 platform. While the 1366 is nice if you need gulftown 12 threaded performance (err not), 8 threaded dual channel with linear gpu scaling will smack the bloomfield platform.... Countdown (event.msi.com) www.msi.com edit... Ocz Indilinx MLC SSD www.computerlounge.co.nz |
SolMiester (139) | ||
| 823181 | 2009-10-26 22:48:00 | Great, thanks Sol. I'd forgotten about the big bang, that does look awesome. It almost seems to good to be true, wonder how they will sort out driver support etc etc. Will wait until they are released and make a decision then. Thanks for the SSD link. |
wratterus (105) | ||
| 823182 | 2009-10-26 23:26:00 | Nup for that sort of price you want the Intel X25-m G2 80gig SSD, its over all faster and has a bit more capacity for same ballpark, not to mention a new tech called Trim. www.anandtech.com www.computerlounge.co.nz |
Battleneter2 (9361) | ||
| 823183 | 2009-10-26 23:34:00 | Thanks battle. I won't be doing any more than a very mild OC, so I don't expect to cook the board. :o btw not sure you read that article fully, its not about OC cooking boards its about poor CPU contact with the 1156 Foxcon socket that the fear "may" also effect stock and mild overclocks long term. |
Battleneter2 (9361) | ||
| 823184 | 2009-10-26 23:39:00 | Nup for that sort of price you want the Intel X25-m G2 80gig SSD, its over all faster and has a bit more capacity for same ballpark, not to mention a new tech called Trim. www.anandtech.com www.computerlounge.co.nz Yes, I just read that article thx.... most systems will undoubtedly do more random read\writes...I didnt see the G2 had come down in price that much!, $50 isnt the much more for 20gb |
SolMiester (139) | ||
| 823185 | 2009-10-27 00:36:00 | Yeah I had that Intel SSD in the build list originally. btw not sure you read that article fully, its not about OC cooking boards its about poor CPU contact with the 1156 Foxcon socket that the fear "may" also effect stock and mild overclocks long term. Yeah I did read it through... thought OC'ing would make the issue a lot worse though? tbh by now if it was a widespread issue I'd expect to see a few more people having it. It obviously isn't right and is caused by bad design, but with the warranties hardware has these days, I'm not super worried. Would like to wait a bit though, see what the manufacturers do about it. |
wratterus (105) | ||
| 823186 | 2009-10-27 01:43:00 | I got a ASUS P6T 1366 and a Core i7 for longevity. I generally keep my computers for 6 years. As opposed to spending every 2-3 years on new ones. I can generally upgrade the components mid-life a couple of times. 1st Computer P133 (1996) -> upgraded to K2-300 (1998) -> RAM to 64 MB (1999) 2nd Computer Athlon XP 1800 (2002) -> Geforce 6600 GT (2005) - > 3 GB (2008) 3rd Computer Core i7 |
KiwiTT_NZ (233) | ||
| 823187 | 2009-10-27 01:56:00 | I got a ASUS P6T 1366 and a Core i7 for longevity . I generally keep my computers for 6 years . As opposed to spending every 2-3 years on new ones . I can generally upgrade the components mid-life a couple of times . 1st Computer P133 (1996) -> upgraded to K2-300 (1998) -> RAM to 64 MB (1999) 2nd Computer Athlon XP 1800 (2002) -> Geforce 6600 GT (2005) - > 3 GB (2008) 3rd Computer Core i7 That may be a very good idea . I'm going to upgrade to X58 + 920 as well and probably have a good few years without upgrading the platform/CPU unlike now . . . . in this year alone I've had 3 CPUs! Plus probably 6GB of DDR3 1600MHz and a 5870 . I reckon the CPU, X58 motherboard and RAM should last me a good few years . The only thing that may need a yearly upgrade is probably the 5870 . In the long run this is probably going to save me money that I would have used to upgrade the CPU and RAM several times in a year . |
qazwsxokmijn (102) | ||
| 823188 | 2009-10-27 02:06:00 | CPU speed has plateaued @ around 3-4ghz for the last 4 yrs, only multiple cores and better IPC has increased speed. A computer can now realistically last you over 5 yrs, which in my opinion, you couldnt do before....There is no way, a XP thoroughbred would last me 6 yrs... | SolMiester (139) | ||
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