build or sell?

[VirtualLarry]

Bought a Q9550 some time ago at MC, along with a Gigabyte X48-DS5 from Newegg, and some A-Data DDR2-800 at Frys. Been sitting on my shelf.

Should I build it and keep it? Build it and sell it? Or just sell the parts (still nib)?

(I had a pair of these sets of parts, but I sold one already.)

 

[OILFIELDTRASH]

A Q9550 is a nice step up from a Q6600. What Do you use your computers for?

 

[Blastman]

So … you're buying computer parts and they're just sitting on the shelf?

Larry … Larry … … we need to have a talk. 🙂

I would probably sell it if you can. You already have a quad core at 3.6Ghz. Save the money for a future upgrade to an i5-750 or an i7 on a 1156 M/B.

 

[Visaoni]

I would probably sell it if you can. You already have a quad core at 3.6Ghz. Save the money for a future upgrade to an i5-750 or an i7 on a 1156 M/B.

I agree. If you really needed the power of a Q9550 you probably would have built it by now. Sell it and save the money for when you really do need an upgrade.

 

[Blastman]

When comparing the clock for clock performance, the 9450 2.66 12MB does not outperform the Q6600 2.4 6MB by that much when the ~ 11% difference in clock rate is factored in … Anand benches

Minimum upgrade in my view really would be an i5-750, or better yet, an i7-860 (4 cores + hyperthreading).

 

[LoneNinja]

I see you already have 3 systems, and one of them with a 3.6Ghz Q6600. Unless you actually have some need to build another system, I woudl just sell the parts. Either buy an I7 later this year, or look into Sandybridge next year.

 

[OBLAMA2009]

you already have 3 old systems. you should sell the cpu online for more than you paid for it and get i7 930

 

[AzN]

I would stick that q9550 into your setup and sell everything else.

 

[jihe]

I would stick that q9550 into your setup and sell everything else.

probably easier to sell the q9550 and fetch more cash too.

 

[Dark Shroud]

I would sell it for new and use the money for a newer build. You could probably wait until Sandy Bridge next year to build a new system at this point.

 

[0roo0roo]

its value melts away on the shelf🙂

 

[VirtualLarry]

Yes, I have slight "hoarding" issues. I buy more computer parts than I really need. (I bought SIX of those combos from MC. One 720BE, one 555, and some 630s. But I'm building the AMD rigs and attempting to sell them.)

 

[Soulkeeper]

since socket 775 is essentially dead upgrade-wise, here's another vote toward selling it.
Still fast enough to where you might be able to get some reasonable money for it.