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    Turn on Intel Matrix Storage Raid cache automatically?

    bump. anyone? I need this too.
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    i7 920 or 965

    Thanks all for the replies. Will post back here when I decide..
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    i7 920 or 965

    Thank you for this. Do you have a link or can tell me which site? I must have not seen this particular comparo. I was looking at drystone and wetstone and crap like that trying to get idea for floating point speed since my app is mainly doing math.
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    i7 920 or 965

    Zap, You are correct on the HT. Duh. I have been starring at monitors looking at code for about 3 days now and wasn't thinking, clearly. As for the Wolfdale. Interesting idea. My E6850 maxed at around 3.51Ghz (where it is now) for my 'comfort level' on 24x7 stability. Do you really...
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    i7 920 or 965

    Thanks IDC. Yes actually I am very well versed in raid, I was VP Eng/Ops for many years at a leading raid manufacturer. I do want some X25's but right now are out of my budget and not necessary to my app, just to my ego. Thanks again.
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    i7 920 or 965

    Yes the 6850 is a dual core. The optimizations I run are very math intensive, floating point, integer, etc. Based on what I've read, i7 offers a significant advantage over C2D/C2Q in this specific arena. I could throw in a C2Q into my current system but if I can get another 50% from i7 I...
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    i7 920 or 965

    IDC, My drives are fine (RAID 0, around 185MB/sec) -- I am CPU limited. Let me re-iterate that while time IS money, I in fact DO have a budget so I am willing to throw down for new memory, new mainboard, and new CPU... I am having a hard time determining if it is worth an extra $700...
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    i7 920 or 965

    I currently have an E6850 3.0ghz overclocked to 3.51. I run large optimization jobs on my system which peg it at 100% cpu for hours, days, sometimes a week solid on end. I very much need a faster CPU. But, money is an object (not unlimited budget) so I know I am buying a i7 but I don't know...