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| Thread ID: 100749 | 2009-06-19 08:36:00 | Just toying with an upgrade | JJJJJ (528) | Press F1 |
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| 783612 | 2009-06-19 11:55:00 | damn i wish i had enough.... lol thats worth my whole computer even though ive just spent $670 on peripherals and hardware... | ZapperBoy10647 (11988) | ||
| 783613 | 2009-06-19 12:57:00 | There is also a very good chance it will work, Vista and 7 are getting quite good at that. | Rob99 (151) | ||
| 783614 | 2009-06-19 21:06:00 | Even if you were to sell it here no one would probably have enough money for the CPU! :crying (yes......I'm so Jealous) Core i7 requires RAM in triples, not pairs. So it would be Board, CPU and RAM. And you could try seeing if it will allow a driver update on the existing Windows install, ASUS is pretty good at that working. If not, a reinstall could be done if it didn't like it. You can re-use all your other parts OK. Core i5 is coming......... |
pctek (84) | ||
| 783615 | 2009-06-19 21:16:00 | (yes......I'm so Jealous) Core i5 is coming......... That's what worries me. When? Probably a week after I buy i7 |
JJJJJ (528) | ||
| 783616 | 2009-06-19 22:17:00 | I would also say there is a very high likelihood of you not needing to start the HDD afresh. I have been impressed with the ability of Windows to pick up the new drivers needed. Give it a go, certainly. | linw (53) | ||
| 783617 | 2009-06-19 23:34:00 | That's what worries me. When? Probably a week after I buy i7 From what I understand, Core i5 is going to be a lot cheaper, but the higher end i7 is still going to be the big daddy. i5 only does dual channel RAM aswell I think, not triple. If you bought a lower end i7, you might be annoyed. But if you get a behemoth 3.2 or something, you will still rule the roost, you'll just need to fork out some serious coin. But intel being intel and my history of predictions, they will more than likely do the opposite of what i've just said. |
wratterus (105) | ||
| 783618 | 2009-06-19 23:36:00 | That's what worries me. When? Probably a week after I buy i7 Nah Core i7 rules. i5 is for those of us with less money. I'd go i7 if I could afford it. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 783619 | 2009-06-19 23:55:00 | As the name suggests....I reckon i5 would be like the failure of a little brother to the i7. | qazwsxokmijn (102) | ||
| 783620 | 2009-06-20 01:06:00 | I hope I can keep my ram. Currently have 4 gigs 0f DDR 3 1600. I notice the 1366 has ram speed listed as 1300. Will the 1600 be OK? I was hoping to get away without reformating hard disk. Just a bios flash Will I have switched motherboards before and kept the same hard drive and O/S build. Which regards to the operating system, you need to change the motherboard chipset, IDE, SATA, PCI Bridge etc driver that are for your old board into generic drivers so that the generic driver load when started for the 1st time on the new board. The 2nd thing is o/s re-activation. Now as I use Volume Licensing, I havent had to worry about this, but with a RTL\OEM license you may need to do the phone thing and do some sweet talking.... On another note, Lynfield has been released by Intel, which is the I7 little brother. One of the little trick lynfield has over Nethlam is its turbo mode, where if only 1 or 2 cores are active within a program, it will automaticly clock up 4 bins. Lynfield comes in a few flavours, I7, up to 4 cores and turbo mode, and I3, up to 4 cores and no turbo. The new CPU's are actually smaller, have a different pin layout, AND the cruncher.....be probably 75% of the I7 cost. You are only losing triple channel RAM and HT on i5 I will be looking into this for an upgrade myself.... |
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