Hi all, new to these boards and happy to introduce myself as a mid-level-Help-desk-bored-at-work-man.
Have a question on upgrades which I see has been somewhat answered via a quick forum search.
I've been holding off buying the Q6600 (and you all know how hard it is to hold off buying when you have the $$), mainly because of the Q96XX drop in upgrade.
I have a Cheapie Gigabyte DS3L Motherboard, which is supposed to work with the 45nm quads with a Bios update (F6).
My question is:
Should I buy the Q9450 as soon as it becomes available, or wait for the (possible)frenzy price spike to end and pick up another mobo? Considering I wouldn't mind building a second system to give to my gf (if I had one).
-OR- Buy the Q6600 now and craiglist the E6600, anticipating the industry-wide price inflation that I'm smelling?
Thanks and nice to meet you all.
Have a question on upgrades which I see has been somewhat answered via a quick forum search.
I've been holding off buying the Q6600 (and you all know how hard it is to hold off buying when you have the $$), mainly because of the Q96XX drop in upgrade.
I have a Cheapie Gigabyte DS3L Motherboard, which is supposed to work with the 45nm quads with a Bios update (F6).
My question is:
Should I buy the Q9450 as soon as it becomes available, or wait for the (possible)frenzy price spike to end and pick up another mobo? Considering I wouldn't mind building a second system to give to my gf (if I had one).
-OR- Buy the Q6600 now and craiglist the E6600, anticipating the industry-wide price inflation that I'm smelling?
Thanks and nice to meet you all.