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[Tweakin]

Spent the entire last week looking at the pro's and con's of the i7, Quad or E8xxx Series.

I rulled out the i7 as I will wait for the full 32nm implementation and hopefully some mature boards and bios configurations.

Quad also went out the door as I don't do that much video editing that I need a dedicated v-12 under the hood, nor the electrical bills that go along with it.

So, I ended up with a basic e8500 on a Gigabyte board, some GS Kill memory...not an arm and a leg for cost and should be ample to play my games, itunes, homework and anything else....

Let the floodgates open, am I wrong?

 

[Duvie]

Do you plan on Ocing? Possibly a E7300 or something may have been better for the price versus the E8500, but you do loose a bit of the L2 cache....

I dont think you did wrong....Some games can use quad, a lot do not....buy what fits with your uses

 

[Flipped Gazelle]

Originally posted by: Duvie
Do you plan on Ocing? Possibly a E7300 or something may have been better for the price versus the E8500, but you do loose a bit of the L2 cache....

I dont think you did wrong....Some games can use quad, a lot do not....buy what fits with your uses

Yup, games are finally beginning to take advantage of quad, but dual core is still plenty powerful enough for the near future.

That said, the difference in your electric bill - comparing quad and dual - would only be a few dollars per year.

I'm curious to see how much of a difference you will notice between the e6750 in your sig vs the new e8500.

 

[OCGuy]

Nice chip, enjoy :thumbsup:

 

[Denithor]

Originally posted by: Tweakin
Let the floodgates open, am I wrong?

Yes. Here's why:

Originally posted by: Flipped Gazelle
I'm curious to see how much of a difference you will notice between the e6750 in your sig vs the new e8500.

The answer: almost none. I went from an e6400 @ 3GHz to the e8400 in my gaming rig @ 3.6GHz and see almost no difference at all. Certainly wasn't worth the $200 it cost me to upgrade.

I'm waiting for 32nm Westmere also. A cool-running quad should be a real improvement versus a dual and those should clock up even better.

EDIT: Plus, by the time Westmere is released the motherboards to support it should be cheaper, as will DDR3. And more games will probably support quads by then as well.

 

[Tweakin]

Originally posted by: DuvieI'm curious to see how much of a difference you will notice between the e6750 in your sig vs the new e8500.

You and me both...if it's not what I expect, then I will likely return it for a Q9550 and hope for 3.6. I had a Q6600 (two actually), and on the abit IP-35E it just didn't seem as snappy at 3GHz compared to my e6750 at 3.5.

I think the Gigabyte board will offer some better vdrop and vdroop, and with the lower latency memory should be slightly snappier...but in the long run, there is nothing wrong with the e6750!

I'm also thinking about a 1GB 280GT...might add some thrills in games over my 512MB 8800 GT SC.

 

[sgrinavi]

The q9950's that I have seen easily go 3.6 on P45 and x48 boards

With the price drop I think it's the new sweet spot

 

[demiurge3141]

I think what you have now is fine. A dual would be a waste of money.

 

[Tweakin]

Originally posted by: demiurge3141
I think what you have now is fine. A dual would be a waste of money.

The e6750 is actually my boys toy...he was running an old Athlon 3200+...needless to say he is stoked silly.