Upgrading soon

[Zantheus]

Well I decided I am going to do a complete overhaul of mah system with my tax return this yr other then my GPU and PSU cause I upgraded them a few months ago...I jus need opions on CPU...

I have always been an AMD guy never Intel excep back in the day...I am going to be going quad, $$ wont be an issue, but my question is Intel or AMD?? Any advice is appreciated

[Trooper110]

Intel Core i7 if you can afford it, Core2Quad if not. Even the lower cost/spec Intels completely blow any AMD chips out of the water currently. I used AMD for all my past builds as well, except the very most recent one.

[Zantheus]

Yea I have been looking around this morning and have come across these...

CPU http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applicatio...sku=CP1-I7-940

Mobo http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applicatio...&sku=A455-2854

HD 2 of these http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applicatio...Sku=TSD-1500AS

RAM http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applicatio...841&CatId=4093

I have a 8800gtx oc2 as my GPU and I jus need to find good case for the gear

[Trooper110]

Looking good Zantheus...my only question...what OS are you using? If it's a 64 bit you may want to upgrade to 6GB of RAM with 2GB in each DIMM

[Apache Warrior]

Newegg.com - ASUS P6T DeluxeOC Palm LGA 1366 Intel X58 ATX Intel Motherboard - Intel Motherboards
Newegg is cheaper.

I have this board except it is a Core2 Quad and love it.
Newegg.com - ASUS Rampage II Extreme LGA 1366 Intel X58 ATX Intel Motherboard - Intel Motherboards
It is an overclockers dream.
Apache

[Zantheus]

Looking good Zantheus...my only question...what OS are you using? If it's a 64 bit you may want to upgrade to 6GB of RAM with 2GB in each DIMM

Yea I changed mah mind on ram and updated in the list

Newegg.com - ASUS P6T DeluxeOC Palm LGA 1366 Intel X58 ATX Intel Motherboard - Intel Motherboards
Newegg is cheaper.

I have this board except it is a Core2 Quad and love it.
Newegg.com - ASUS Rampage II Extreme LGA 1366 Intel X58 ATX Intel Motherboard - Intel Motherboards
It is an overclockers dream.
Apache

Im Canadian prices Apache and I dont pay customs on it if I get it from here

[Duke{CLR}]

That's looking good Z.

[juneau]

Few questions.

When do you next plan to upgrade (roughly)?
Do you video/audio encode?
Have you seen this wonderful thread about Seagates current problems?
http://forums.seagate.com/stx/board/...thread.id=3283
Good case = Lian Li. Don't go Raidmax or any of that other fluff.

[Zantheus]

Few questions.

When do you next plan to upgrade (roughly)?
Do you video/audio encode?
Have you seen this wonderful thread about Seagates current problems?
http://forums.seagate.com/stx/board/...thread.id=3283
Good case = Lian Li. Don't go Raidmax or any of that other fluff.

I am upgrading the week of March 3rd as that is when I will get mah tax return...Thx for the link to the forums Juneau...seems how ur an IT guy what would u suggest as alternates??

[WalkinTarget]

Somebody clue Trooper in on how to reply to the PM I sent him over a week ago !

Best CPU bang for the buck = Q6600 or a 7200 OC'd to hell -n- back.

Best GPU bang for the buck = 4850 (or to splurge a 4850x2).

[Zantheus]

Somebody clue Trooper in on how to reply to the PM I sent him over a week ago !

Best CPU bang for the buck = Q6600 or a 7200 OC'd to hell -n- back.

Best GPU bang for the buck = 4850 (or to splurge a 4850x2).

Q6600 ist what Im lookin for....it "lower" end Quad....I have 800GTX OC2 as my GPU so that will do me good for awhile until they come out with something better then their latest release of the 9800 series

[juneau]

I am upgrading the week of March 3rd as that is when I will get mah tax return...Thx for the link to the forums Juneau...seems how ur an IT guy what would u suggest as alternates??

I meant after this upgrade. Reason why i asked, and the question about video encoding is that nothing really takes advantage of Quad Core. It maybe useful if things pick up in say the next 12-18months but anything after that will probably require more power than your Q6600 can give. I suggest the 7200 as WT stated or something in the 8XXX range if you're not overclocking friendly.

HDD's i pretty much swear by WD. However Samsungs offerings are quite good right now.

[Zantheus]

Ill check out the WD drives.... and when it comes to CPU..... after I overclock the crap out of the Intel Core i7 940 Processor BX80601940 - 2.93GHz, I think it will be able to take me a few years into the newer high demand stuff...still shopping around though....I have a month to gather your opinions and do some research on my own before I make a decision

[Apache Warrior]

Sorry, I forgot you were Canadian.
But, you should check out the Rampage board.
Apache

[Zantheus]

Case wise I took ur advice Juneau and am lookin at http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applicatio...073&CatId=1842

Ill check out that board Apache