Upgrading Soon - P45 or P55?

[teddyv]

Hi Folks,

I have a now very aging Epox/AMD 3000-based system, whopping 1g of ram, and it is really getting time to upgrade (though props to Epox, RIP, it is still trudging along like a champ). I am very happy with my dual core Intel laptop and would like to go that way for my next build. Up until a few weeks ago I was thinking of a $500 or so budget for Mobo, CPU, RAM, and OS, I will re-use drives, PS, and GPU. I put together a nice Giga UD3P/8500 planned build - then P55 came out and I am on the fence whether to wait a month or so and go P55 or say screw it and get the P45 now. Seems like pricing is in the same neighborhood.

So, is it worth to wait a month for prices to settle on P55 or just go ahead and pull the trigger on P45?

System will be used for basic stuff like Office 07, light gaming like WOW and UO (already have a 3870), video and music encoding, nothing too taxing and no overclocking.

Thanks!

 

[Absolution75]

P55, P45 uses a dead socket and you don't pay much of a premium for P55

i5 750, should last youa very long time.

 

[Shmee]

ya, but the p45's seem to OC better. if you care about that...grab a gigabyte UD3P and Q9550 E0 and take it to 4.2 GHz and beyond!!

edit, just saw that you arent into that :C Well, in that case the i5 or i7 860 might work pretty well for you, but the 775 should still be almost as good and save you money. Even a stock Q9550 is pretty nice.

 

[Zap]

Originally posted by: Shmee
the i5 or i7 860 might work pretty well for you, but the 775 should still be almost as good and save you money. Even a stock Q9550 is pretty nice.

The prices are almost the same, so I don't see why Q9550 would ever be the better choice unless you were lowballin' the motherboard by going G41 or something cheap like that.

 

[piasabird]

This depends on what kind of processor you want to purchase and if you want to use triple channel DDR3. Seems the new 1156 sockets and processors are fairly high priced, but if you want a fast processor that may be the way to go. Since the actual 1156 socket is smaller there may be more room for a cooler. Maybe the controllers on the 1156 socket CPU's will be better. I wonder if they will start making lower end processors like the E76000 for socket 1156. Maybe a new celeron with hyper threading.

 

[SonnyDaze]

Originally posted by: Zap

Originally posted by: Shmee
the i5 or i7 860 might work pretty well for you, but the 775 should still be almost as good and save you money. Even a stock Q9550 is pretty nice.

The prices are almost the same, so I don't see why Q9550 would ever be the better choice unless you were lowballin' the motherboard by going G41 or something cheap like that.

For the price of a Q9550/Q9400 setup you could go with an AM3 955 (3.2Ghz). That would save you some $$ vs i5/i7 and give you a little bit of longevity on the socket.

 

[heyheybooboo]

Asus EVO AM3 785G ($100) & Phenom II X4 945 ($170)

I don't think s775 is 'dead' but it will limit your future options somewhat a year or 2 from now...

And what looks to be 8 phase power on that Asus Evo kinda screams "run that 945 at stock volts and 3.4GHz" (even though an OC is not of interest to you)

 

[Ben90]

I would personally say get a i5-750, a fairly cheapo p55, and 2x2 gb of ram

Using newegg that would be
210+100+75

You could get some windows 7 action if you like, but honestly if i was forced to go back to xp 64 bit, i wouldnt mind too much, aside from the effects and dx10 (which i barely use) its basically the same thing as vista/7 (except a lot of the UI is waaaaay nicer on xp imho)

 

[RussianSensation]

Intel Core i5 750 Lynnfield 2.66GHz LGA 1156 95W Quad-Core Processor Model BX80605I5750 - Retail
GIGABYTE GA-P55-UD3R LGA 1156 Intel P55 ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail
G.SKILL Trident 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 2000 (PC3 16000) Desktop Memory Model F3-16000CL9D-4GBTD - Retail
Total: $419.97

http://www.newegg.com/Product/...?ItemList=Combo.259309