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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: Mr Skrunts on 30 July 2009, 16:12:57
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Anyone got one, what do you reckon, or is it worth waiting a while longer.
Looked though a lot of the boards and if any I reckon I would go for a Gigabyte GA-EX58-Extreme Intel X58 (Socket 1366) with a 920 (retail) and 6gb of ram.
Would appreciate anyone's thought's. :y
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.....you might be looking at another headache there Mr S :-/ :-/
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What are you running now? you gotta ask yourself, is it really necessary?
Is it for gaming?
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What are you running now? you gotta ask yourself, is it really necessary?
Is it for gaming?
Yes, mostly for gaming.
I have actually done quite well in using this machine I have at the moment for the last 3 years. Ok, it's had 3 video card upgrades, numerous hard drive combinations, on arround its 4 th case, 2nd Monitor, tried different DVD inc Litescribe (Uggghhhhh)
So yes, i reckon it's time.
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Are you maxed out with your graphics card right now ie, GTX295. I'm guessing you will have Socket 775?
I'm running a Q6600 with a 8800GTX and thats still holding its own, if I were to upgrade now i'd just put a 295 in.
When games a too advanced for the Q6600 and GTX295 then go for i7 imho :y
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Are you maxed out with your graphics card right now ie, GTX295. I'm guessing you will have Socket 775?
I'm running a Q6600 with a 8800GTX and thats still holding its own, if I were to upgrade now i'd just put a 295 in.
When games a too advanced for the Q6600 and GTX295 then go for i7 imho :y
I have both of those, but the board that has the Q6600 has packed up, and my current board wont run that CPU
I tried to get a Gigabyte GA-EP45-DQ6 Intel P45 but the supplier has it on the clearence rack, and wont confirm the manufacrurers warranty on it, is advertised as clearance they then classed it as B grade when I challenged them. Thier warranty is only 14 days and possibly only DOA.
I have considered an Asus striker Extreme to run the Q6600, but then for the same money I can have the i& Extreme board, so maybe you can see where I am heading.
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What are you running now? you gotta ask yourself, is it really necessary?
Is it for gaming?
Yes, mostly for gaming.
I have actually done quite well in using this machine I have at the moment for the last 3 years. Ok, it's had 3 video card upgrades, numerous hard drive combinations, on arround its 4 th case, 2nd Monitor, tried different DVD inc Litescribe (Uggghhhhh)
So yes, i reckon it's time.
Sounds like Trigger's brush. ;D
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I can see what you mean now, and if thats the case then why not. But I wouldn't of thought you'd get a decent i7 and Extreme board for the same price as just an Extreme for Socket 775 if that what you ment?
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I can see what you mean now, and if thats the case then why not. But I wouldn't of thought you'd get a decent i7 and Extreme board for the same price as just an Extreme for Socket 775 if that what you ment?
775 v 1366 = arround the same board cost.
i have all the other bits inc 4 x PC 8500 mem so the tri channel memory isnt a consideration at this point, so it's just the extra for the CPU.
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Well then i'd say go for it. Then sell your Q6600 and old RAM etc. to help pay for the new bits. :y
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when the subject is about games..there's no limit in hardware..
however I doubt that new games use full features of i7 :-/
I think checking game sites with board compatibilites is a good idea.. :y