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[Mr Skrunts]

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.   

[Dishevelled Den]

.....you might be looking at another headache there Mr S :-/ :-/

[richardirv]

What are you running now? you gotta ask yourself, is it really necessary?

Is it for gaming?

[Mr Skrunts]

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.

[richardirv]

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 

[Mr Skrunts]

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 

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.

[CaptainZok]

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.

[richardirv]

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?

[Mr Skrunts]

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.

[richardirv]

Well then i'd say go for it. Then sell your Q6600 and old RAM etc. to help pay for the new bits. 

[cem_devecioglu]

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..