[elky] Re: Building a PC
- From: Chris Lindh <chrislindh@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: elky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 3 Dec 2009 17:24:40 -0500
The i7 P55 (860, 750) only have 2 channels for ram, the X58 (920, 975,
etc) use 3. The interesting part is using current benchmarks the two
are very close so I'm not sure which I want... it'll probably come
down to the best deal.
It's crazy how much competition there is in the computing world...
just when Intel gets ahead AMD slashes prices to compete on price...
a lot has changed since I considered building a system last ('05)...
but some parts never change: new CPU designs force you to decide
whether you want a good price today or an upgrade path in the future.
On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 5:11 PM, Robert Adams <ladams21@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Microcenter seems to be the place to buy a processor, in the "build
>> your own PC thread" at Slickdeals the first question you answer is "Do
>> you have a Microcenter / Fry's nearby?" Microcenter has the i5-750
>> @$150, i7-860 @$230 and the i7-920 @$200. These prices are well below
>> online prices, and are in-store only. The Fry's in Atlanta are far
>> from me, but if they have a killer deal I'll make the drive.
>
> Not at the Frys here... Also figure in what the motherboard
> and the expensive three packs of memory cost for the i series.
>
>> This chart puts the i5/i7s above any AMD CPUS:
>> http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/best-gaming-cpu,2466-6.html
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>
> About two months ago the i7s were running nearly 1K. Way
> overpriced at the time. I guess they finally figured out what it takes to
> increase sales... Up until recently the AMDs were the best for the $
> especially when overclocked. The i series from intel are very overclockable
> so if you get a good price on them they are a much better deal.
> Though I'll take the top AMD over the i5. I'd always prefer a non
> intel product though.
>
>
>> I want good bang for the buck with an eye towards not upgrading for at
>> least 2-3 years. I bought my Shuttle thinking I would upgrade the CPU
>> and graphics (Athlon 64 3000+ at 1.8 GHz and Radeon X300)... but I
>> never played games so I never needed to.
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> Playing FSX well is the main thing with anything I build. Very
> processor heavy. Almost all other games can offload the processing to the
> video card. Course if I add extra monitors by using other computers they
> don't have to be really fast like the main machine. You still run FSX on the
> other computers but it's only having to generate one view as all the other
> work is done by the main machine. So every monitor has it's own computer.
>
> For you I'd stick with a decent video card and you can get one
> that'll do what you want and a whole lot more for less than $100 these days.
> You can get allot of video card for the $ these days.
>
> I have never had a WD hard drive fail. I have rarely had any
> components fail actually. They become obsolete way before they fail. I also
> turn everything off when it isn't being used. So less of a heat issue over
> time and it takes allot of elec to run computers constantly. I also shut the
> power strip off cause they pull allot even turned off. They need to rest and
> run better on a cold boot...
> I absolutely hate sleep mode......
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> Robert Adams
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