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Thread ID: 94545	2008-11-03 09:36:00	LGA775 or LGA1366	WarNox (8772)	Press F1

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716927	2008-11-03 11:00:00	yeah it all comes down to the budget I guess. ddr3 memory isn't cheap either. I think I go for the q9550, since the q9650 is $400 more for not that much more spec wise. Thanks for all your input!	WarNox (8772)
716928	2008-11-03 11:11:00	I would go for Intel Core i7 920 2.66GHz quad core CPU Socket LGA1366 as it is faster then the "older" quads".:thumbs: The good thing about quads is that you can be downloading stuff in the background and at the same time listening to music and email/chatting/surfing the internet and doing work all at the same time without any slow down's or lock-ups as you have enough core's to handle all the work!!!:thumbs: F.Y.I. dual core will get phased out,quad core and more is the future.:):2cents:	memphis (2869)
716929	2008-11-03 11:22:00	[quote=WarNox;723484]yeah it all comes down to the budget I guess. ddr3 memory isn't cheap either. From www.pricespy.co.nz tonight: 1GB DDR3 SDRAM $52.98 2GB DDR3 SDRAM $126.00 4GB DDR3 SDRAM $272.59 Cheap enough!!!:thumbs:	memphis (2869)
716930	2008-11-03 13:42:00	I would go for Intel Core i7 920 2.66GHz quad core CPU Socket LGA1366 as it is faster then the "older" quads".:thumbs: The good thing about quads is that you can be downloading stuff in the background and at the same time listening to music and email/chatting/surfing the internet and doing work all at the same time without any slow down's or lock-ups as you have enough core's to handle all the work!!!:thumbs: F.Y.I. dual core will get phased out,quad core and more is the future.:):2cents: I remember Win98 and doing all that stuff, with specs less than 10% of that. I would never pay the premium for the latest gear, I would either wait for the price to drop or buy 6-16 month equipment for a lot less. You have to be honest with your-self, are you going to notice the difference between a really really nice computer and a really really really nice one?	Rob99 (151)
716931	2008-11-03 15:17:00	I remember Win98 and doing all that stuff, with specs less than 10% of that. I would never pay the premium for the latest gear, I would either wait for the price to drop or buy 6-16 month equipment for a lot less. You have to be honest with your-self, are you going to notice the difference between a really really nice computer and a really really really nice one? Its the year 2008 and soon to be 2009 not 1998!!!Things have changed there are better OS's now,better programes,better games and people are doing different things with their computers now then what they did back in 1998 that require more powerful computers to run on,its called progress the way of the future!!! You have to be honest with yourself not everyone would be happy with what you would be happy with. :):banana:punk	memphis (2869)
716932	2008-11-03 16:38:00	Yes but you also have to realise that most applications do not fully support dual cores much less quad cores. IMO it is better to go for clock speed over number of cores - unless you are planning to do a lot of video editing etc which actually makes use of multiple cores.	Bozo (8540)
716933	2008-11-03 18:29:00	Go to this site. It list's lots of reviews of the new core chips, so you can make up your own mind. http://www.nvnews.net/	McRuff (12291)
716934	2008-11-03 20:42:00	That DDR3 ram is rather cheap, to be honest I didn't even look last night, just assumed :D But then it still comes down to the fact that it is the first chip released and there is only 1 motherboard for it. How smart is it buying the first of something? I agree with whoever said that there is no point buying the very best of something and I really do not think I'll notice the difference. I'll probably go for q9550, rather than e8600 as quad is the 'way of the future' and more and more apps/games will make use of all those cores!	WarNox (8772)
716935	2008-11-03 21:01:00	I dont know how anybody can suggest Dual over Quad anymore.....While the Dual may have a speed advantage, with more and more apps and gaming supporting Quad core, I'd be going for the extra cores....especially with VM's.... You must be in the States to pick up a i7 for $500, your pricing are very much better than our here. IIRC the i7 doesnt have much of an advantage over Penryn, I'd save the bucks and put it on the GPU if gaming...	SolMiester (139)
716936	2008-11-03 21:32:00	That DDR3 ram is rather cheap, to be honest I didn't even look last night, just assumed :D They haven't even been released yet... so the only board on pricespy is the intel reference design. Which is almost certainly rubbish. Toms hardware have just reviewed four other boards from MSI, Asus and Gigabyte, suggest you check it out. Wait until there's a little bit out there before you buy otherwise you're throwing your money away. DDR3 may be cheap, but triple channel DDR3? Have you seen that around? It's going to be expensive.	Thebananamonkey (7741)
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