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Davidh373

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I wouldn't get a 9xx unless you're doing 3d rendering... kinda a step up from a C2 Q, but a 8xx would be a little better in games and video encoding, which are the most widely used imo. Going to an i7 from any of the Core2 Quads is not significant enough of an upgrade for the price. Aside from that, all processors you'll find out today are running on dead sockets (AMD and Intel) so considering you are a gamer and probably have decent performance, I would wait on the chipset upgrade until Q1, when you'll either be able to get Sandy Bridge, or get the processor you're looking at for half the price (I'd get the 930, 970 [6 core], or 980X [6 core] if I got any 9xx series from intel. The in-betweens aren't worth the price hikes). If you have the upgrade fever, get a 90GB SSD for apps, although the 25nm SSDs are coming out Q1 as well. You're best off waiting really, but if you must, get SSD.
 
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Jules

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Hmm. so the 8xx is better for gaming? why is that? Main reason for upgrading is because newegg is offering me 12months no interest till the 31st of October.
 
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The i5-7xx and i7-8xx have a more effective Turbo Boost.

And for gaming, the extra logical cores in the i7-8xx don't help much, if at all. Heck, few games make use of 4 cores. It'll be quite a while before games start needing more.
 
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Jules said:
Main reason for upgrading is because newegg is offering me 12months no interest till the 31st of October.
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LOL, so it is not a computing reason that's driving this upgrade. Newegg marketing ropes in another one :)
 
Davidh373

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I just think with all the new stuff coming out around the holidays, it seems foolish to make an upgrade from quad core to quad core. It will be faster but again, performance would not be enough for me to justify an upgrade.

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/76?vs=144

as you can see, you only gain what... 2-6 FPS in most things? I realize it's non-overclocked, but you have to consider you are paying $500 to replace CPU, MoBo, and Ram to get a return of 4 fps average... That isn't justified imo. By the time your financing is called by newegg you'll be able to get a faster chip with (likely) more cores.
 
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Jules

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Davidh373 said:
I just think with all the new stuff coming out around the holidays, it seems foolish to make an upgrade from quad core to quad core. It will be faster but again, performance would not be enough for me to justify an upgrade.

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/76?vs=144

as you can see, you only gain what... 2-6 FPS in most things? I realize it's non-overclocked, but you have to consider you are paying $500 to replace CPU, MoBo, and Ram to get a return of 4 fps average... That isn't justified imo. By the time your financing is called by newegg you'll be able to get a faster chip with (likely) more cores.
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Link shows a i5 650. Looks like you have a point. Ill just hold out for now.
 
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