Well, it all started in the hot deals thread...

[blackangst1]

...and I innocently clicked on the buydig thread for the Samsung SSD's. And I thought about it. Damn. These are a good price.

I had been toying with the idea of upgrading my SSD for awhile, and thought, its only $144. Ordered a new drive. That was 2 days ago.

Then I started doing some research. I wanted to bitlocker FDE my C: drive this time, and looked up some stats. My current CPU doesnt support AES NI. Shit.

Then I was thinking about the new Samsung drive. Its SATA3. Looked up my current mobo...its SATA2. Shit.

D😀😀:

But then....

😀😀😀

It all started with an SSD upgrade, and now its a full blown upgrade. LOL. Thank God wifey is understanding 😀

Old gear:
i7 930 CPU
MSI X58 Pro-E mobo
Intel X25-M 80GB SSD
6GB triple channel memory

New gear:
i7 3770S CPU
MSI Z77A-G43 mobo
GSkill Sniper Series 8GB memory
Samsung 830 128GB SSD

Biggest reason for all the upgrade? Native AES NI support for encryption, toggle TRIM on the SSD, and SATA3. My old system was certainly no slacker, but I suspect I'll see a pretty good increase in speed and response.

 

[T_Yamamoto]

Why the S CPU?
And answer the questions in the sticky

 

[blackangst1]

Why the S CPU?
And answer the questions in the sticky

Lower power consumption.

edit: What questions in what sticky? Only ones I saw were for questions about "what should I buy" type threads.

 

[lehtv]

Yep, that's the one. I think T_Yamamoto figured you hadn't bought the stuff yet... because you didn't indicate that in the OP.

Why do you want lower power consumption at the expense of performance? The regular i7 3770 already consumes much less power than i7 930.

 

[mfenn]

Go ahead and cancel that S processor if you can. Most people misunderstand the purpose of the S and T lines. They are NOT intended to decrease your overall power usage. In fact, an S or T will use more power to complete a given task because it violates the race to idle principle. What they are intended for are cooling-limited application where you just cannot dissipate the power used by a full-TDP processor (i.e. not a desktop PC).