Core i7 920 Vs. Core 2 Quad Q9550

[Chriz]

Both the Core i7 920 and Core 2 quad Q9550 are $319.99 at Newegg. But, the Q9550 is 2.83 Ghz and the i7 is 2.66 Ghz. Which one do you think is faster?

 

[kaioshade]

From every benchmark i have seent he core i7 massacres the q9550.

 

[faxon]

920 hands down. the only question is how much do you want to spend on mobo and ram, and how bad launch bugs are

 

[Borealis7]

there is an "economic" consideration: do you currently have an LGA775 motherboard or an X58 motherboard? do you have DDR2 RAM or 3 sticks of DDR3 for triple channel?

if youre going to buy a whole new system, then yes you could go with i7. but if you already have a P35 and up motherboard with good DDR2 RAM i would go for the Q9550.

if money is no object get a Core i7 Extreme 965!

edit: faxon beat me to it!

 

[BTRY B 529th FA BN]

Yeah, the economy is expected to get worse, so be careful. But, if you can afford it, buy me an i7 also

 

[Chriz]

I'm still on a Pentium 4 Prescott 3.2 Ghz, so nope don't have compatible board or memory. Buying all new equipment, since mine is all 3-5+ years old.

So far all X58 the boards I've seen except the Intel smackover have 3 PCIx16 graphics slots and 2 ethernet ports. I for sure will not use more than 2 graphics slots and 1 ethernet port, so don't want to pay for that extra stuff. I was thinking about going with the Intel, but it only has 3 triple channel memory slots, would be a lot more comfortable with 6. I guess I'll have to wait and hope someone comes out with a board like that.

 

[exar333]

Originally posted by: Chriz
I'm still on a Pentium 4 Prescott 3.2 Ghz, so nope don't have compatible board or memory. Buying all new equipment, since mine is all 3-5+ years old.

So far all X58 the boards I've seen except the Intel smackover have 3 PCIx16 graphics slots and 2 ethernet ports. I for sure will not use more than 2 graphics slots and 1 ethernet port, so don't want to pay for that extra stuff. I was thinking about going with the Intel, but it only has 3 triple channel memory slots, would be a lot more comfortable with 6. I guess I'll have to wait and hope someone comes out with a board like that.

I don't think the Intel board supports SLI (only CF); that's definitely a limitation in my mind in addition the three RAM slots.

 

[OCGuy]

Originally posted by: ExarKun333

Originally posted by: Chriz
I'm still on a Pentium 4 Prescott 3.2 Ghz, so nope don't have compatible board or memory. Buying all new equipment, since mine is all 3-5+ years old.

So far all X58 the boards I've seen except the Intel smackover have 3 PCIx16 graphics slots and 2 ethernet ports. I for sure will not use more than 2 graphics slots and 1 ethernet port, so don't want to pay for that extra stuff. I was thinking about going with the Intel, but it only has 3 triple channel memory slots, would be a lot more comfortable with 6. I guess I'll have to wait and hope someone comes out with a board like that.

I don't think the Intel board supports SLI (only CF); that's definitely a limitation in my mind in addition the three RAM slots.

Cheapest SLI board I have seen:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16813130215


That needs to come down about $100

 

[Chriz]

Originally posted by: ExarKun333
I don't think the Intel board supports SLI (only CF); that's definitely a limitation in my mind in addition the three RAM slots.

Yep, knew that. Not going to use SLI, going to use a dedicated card for PhysX.

 

[kkk60091]

MSI X58 Platinum is the cheapest so far, $220.99

 

[Zap]

Originally posted by: kkk60091
MSI X58 Platinum is the cheapest so far, $220.99

That board does not support SLI.

 

[kkk60091]

Originally posted by: Zap

Originally posted by: kkk60091
MSI X58 Platinum is the cheapest so far, $220.99

That board does not support SLI.

Originally posted by: Chriz


Yep, knew that. Not going to use SLI, going to use a dedicated card for PhysX.

i think this is your answer.