- Jun 7, 2005
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So in July of 2008 I built myself a new rig:
Q9450
Asus P5Q-E
4GB RAM (Gskill)
ATI 4870 512MB
Vista Ultimate 64
Been pretty much rock-solid stable since I built it, really nice PC. But time marches on, and I recently upgraded the 4870 to a 5870. I also went from a 19" Mistubishi CRT to a 24" Dell panel. Now I'm seeing some decent deals on CPU's at Microcenter and I'm pondering upgrading that too: I'm just wondering if it's worth it.
Microcenter has the Q9550 on sale for $180, a damn good price, but it looks to be only 6% faster than what I'm running...
They also have the Core i7 920 on sale for $199, also a nice deal. If I went that direction though I'd need a new MB and RAM. I'd probably also make the jump to Windows 7 at that point. With everything I want that would add up to a $700 upgrade.. pricey. I'm guessing that I'd see a 20%-30% increase from that.
Anyhow I'm not planning on doing anything anytime soon, so I figured I'd see what some other people thought.
Q9450
Asus P5Q-E
4GB RAM (Gskill)
ATI 4870 512MB
Vista Ultimate 64
Been pretty much rock-solid stable since I built it, really nice PC. But time marches on, and I recently upgraded the 4870 to a 5870. I also went from a 19" Mistubishi CRT to a 24" Dell panel. Now I'm seeing some decent deals on CPU's at Microcenter and I'm pondering upgrading that too: I'm just wondering if it's worth it.
Microcenter has the Q9550 on sale for $180, a damn good price, but it looks to be only 6% faster than what I'm running...
They also have the Core i7 920 on sale for $199, also a nice deal. If I went that direction though I'd need a new MB and RAM. I'd probably also make the jump to Windows 7 at that point. With everything I want that would add up to a $700 upgrade.. pricey. I'm guessing that I'd see a 20%-30% increase from that.
Anyhow I'm not planning on doing anything anytime soon, so I figured I'd see what some other people thought.