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From: Bob Donald on 1 Mar 2010 11:46
I used this very page when agonizing over whether to get the 860, 920 or
q9550 when building this system 2 weeks ago. I ruled out the 920 when I saw
the scores compared to the price increase on the mobo alone. Funny that
the 920 is priced lower than the 860 now. The 860 vs q9550 was a bit more of
a fight price wise, but the $$$ were so negligble that it was a no brainer
to spend the extra 30 or so bux and go with the latest technology <actually
cost less than the q9550 cuz the board was on clearance>. If I could have
used my old memory I probably would have gone the q9550 route, but I wanted
8 gigs and all I had laying around were 1 gig ddr 2, so memory price was
neck in neck also. Speaking of that, which memory did you go with? I went
with this :

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145285&cm_re=corsair_ddr_3_1600-_-20-145-285-_-Product

Microcenter had a $30 rebate at the time, so again, no real price difference
between the 860 or q9550 system comparison. I dont have the system up and
running ATM <building 2 other systems so the kvm is tied up> but the w7
score was 7.6 on mem., proc was 7.9, HDD was 6.1 with a wd 500, vid was
gaming 5.1 and business 5.5 with a geforce 210.


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> With my new i5 on the way, I thought I'd look for some comparisons.
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From: Here In Oregon on 1 Mar 2010 15:01

"Glennbo" > With my new i5 on the way, I thought I'd look for some
comparisons.

The majority of people overclock the 920 right off the bat thirty to forty
percent on air. Its architecture was made for this. Also the futuristic
motherboards for them will support the next generation of 6 core CPUs
(Gulftown) with 12 cores via hyperthreading.

From: Steve L. on 1 Mar 2010 15:37
Glennbo <vdrumsYourHeadFromYourAss(a)cox.net> wrote in
news:Xns9D2E64CE2AAB8BrownShoesDontMakeIt(a)188.40.43.245:

>
> With my new i5 on the way, I thought I'd look for some comparisons.
>
> http://images.anandtech.com/graphs/corei7860_091709181820/20070.png
> http://images.anandtech.com/graphs/corei7860_091709181820/20078.png
> http://images.anandtech.com/graphs/corei7860_091709181820/20080.png
> http://images.anandtech.com/graphs/intellynnfieldlaunch_090409000254/19
> 893.png
> http://images.anandtech.com/graphs/corei7860_091709181820/20083.png
>

That i5 looks like it's in the sweet spot for price/performance
From: Here In Oregon on 1 Mar 2010 17:06

"Glennbo" > Yep, dem mobos is mo' money too. For me at least, when I buy a
mobo, I
> always get a CPU and RAM too, and they stay together. I haven't upgraded
> a CPU by itself for a *LONG* time, because then I end up with a perfectly
> good CPU or mobo.

I get your drift.

From: Here In Oregon on 1 Mar 2010 18:27
"Glennbo" <vdrumsYourHeadFromYourAss(a)cox.net> wrote in message >
> Last time I upgraded a CPU, I went from a PIII 600Mhz to a PIII 1000Mhz.
> Right after doing it I thought, "now I need a mobo and RAM for this
> perfectly good PIII 600Mhz chip". I don't even consider upgradability
> when buying any of those items any longer, and when I upgrade a system,
> it leaves me with enough components to upgrade another system, which
> leaves me with enough components to . . . Well, you get the idea. ;)

Totally. I look forward to hearing about your new computer in Reaper. When
do you get it? Thursday?
Do you have a power supply and case to put it in? Are you going to run
Win764 on it? Inquiring minds want to know this stuff Mr. Brew Ha ha. Me
thinks of Adrian Belew just now. Will you drink a fresh brew before you
test the waters since I got your drift earlier???

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