So you're suggesting I abandon the P5Q-E and Intel CPU, (read sell off in TG) and buy a Phenom/AM3 board?
I'm pretty sure what you have now will satisfy current needs. Am I right?Why go through all that sell/buy headache again?Core 2 Quads will get cheaper still, and you can still upgrade to that...especially when Core i5 comes out.
Ah, but the defining factor here is MONEY!!!Its not like he DOESN'T already have the parts eh.Tell me, if Netizen1 were to sell those 775 parts as is, would that money thenbe able to purchase a capable Phenom II CPU, AM3 mobo, AND DDR3 RAM?
Any of the following:GIGABYTE GA-MA770T-UD3PMSI 790GX-G65 AM3 AMD 790GXGIGABYTE GA-MA790XT-UD4PMSI 790FX-GD70GIGABYTE GA-MA790FXT-UD5PDepends on your needs. Then if you want to go even cheaper you can consider the AM2+ platform which will run AM3 chips but use DDR2 like myself. I'd recommend the AM3 though as it's more future proofed.
Quote from: W1nTry on May 21, 2009, 10:16:56 AMDepends on your needs. Then if you want to go even cheaper you can consider the AM2+ platform which will run AM3 chips but use DDR2 like myself. I'd recommend the AM3 though as it's more future proofed.But dont go am2+ though, since you'll be doing the very same thing as going 775...investing in a dead platform.
Depends on your needs. Then if you want to go even cheaper you can consider the AM2+ platform which will run AM3 chips but use DDR2 like myself. I'd recommend the AM3 though as it's more future proofed.
I must totally agree with w1n here. 775 is pretty much dead. if prices for parts have to go anywhere its up. As time goes by and the parts get harder and harder to come by, the price is gonna go up, not to mention if you start with a quad in the 775, there's not much futher you can go in terms of upgrading.If you have a 775 system NOW, then more than likey you're not gonna see the need to upgrade. I'd say if you dont want to spring for the i7, hold out for the i5 and if you must, go AM3 (although a good overclocked q6600 will probably beat almost all stock amd cpu's). All these platforms should be around for a while.
Dead platform or not, the performance of a LGA 775 Core 2 Quad system, paired with a killer GPU, speaks for itself. Migrating from that to AM3, in my opinion, is a retrograde step.I hope you have shares in AMD yes, the way you unashamedly plug their lesser performing CPUs. Is it a coincidence that they cost less?
Quote from: Captain Awesome on May 21, 2009, 07:24:07 PMQuote from: W1nTry on May 21, 2009, 10:16:56 AMDepends on your needs. Then if you want to go even cheaper you can consider the AM2+ platform which will run AM3 chips but use DDR2 like myself. I'd recommend the AM3 though as it's more future proofed.But dont go am2+ though, since you'll be doing the very same thing as going 775...investing in a dead platform.I don't know why I say things cause clearly they're overlooked