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Topic: Upgrading in the next week or two.

Kordirn Title: Pirate Prince Posts: 23,453 Registered: Apr 19, '04 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 23,192 User ID: 915,876	Subject: Upgrading in the next week or two.
	Since bulldozer seems to be a flop I guess I am going I7. My friend keeps telling me to wait, but my pc really doesn't play bf3 well at all. Mainly I want this pc so I can game with high settings, and hopefully stream gaming as well. No set budget as long as I am getting good performance for money. Is the 2600k worth the 100 dollars over the 2500k? I am leaning towards this so far: I7-2600k Radeon 6990 Want solid state for my boot drive at least. Not sure what ram, or mobo to get so recommendations would be nice. -----signature----- ooOooo oOoOO OOo
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Ravynmagi Title: Moderator Posts: 29,978 Registered: Dec 23, '01 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 29,452 User ID: 572,278	Subject: Upgrading in the next week or two.
	Regarding 2500K vs 2600K. Tiny bit more clock speed, larger cache, and Hyper Threading support. Some people say they can feel the difference Hyper Threading makes with Windows 7. shrug I'm uncertain if it's worth the extra $100. Might not be the best bang for the buck, but I think I would probably get it. Regarding the 6990. AMD's 4870x2 gave me ulcers from all the driver issues with that dual GPU card. And that 6990 price is still pretty crazy (card is popular with bitminers, so sells well). Unless you are planning to quad-fire at some point, I'd probably just buy to 6950 or 6970 cards instead. AMD cards are a bit noisy so you might want to look for one with better third party cooler on it. Though stock 6950s could have their shaders unlocked, not sure if that's still possible. And regarding buying now vs waiting. Sandy Bridge-E and the X79 chipset comes in November. This is a replacement of the high end Core i7-9xx and X58 products. Sandy Bridge-E will be similar to current Sandy Bridge chips, but with quad channel memory support, larger cache, and no graphics core. An entry level Core i7-3820 will cost about $300, but expect the first X79 motherboards to also be very pricey. The mainstream Sandybridge and Z68 products get a node shrink in early 2012, called Ivy Bridge and Z77. CPU architecture is not changing, but the graphics core is said to be much better. There are some improvements to power management as well. Z77 will finally include native Intel USB 3.0 support. Unless you need a heavy duty motherboard with lots of PCI-E lanes (such as you ARE going to quad-fire two 6990s for example) or want an expensive 6 core processor (starts at $600), I probably would not wait for Sandy Bridge-E. Ivy Bridge and Z77 sound nice, but it's an unknown number of months away and the CPU is just a die shrink, so probably not worth waiting for either. -----signature----- (none)
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Lonestar_1 Posts: 4,224 Registered: Aug 26, '04 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 3,775 User ID: 960,112	Subject: Upgrading in the next week or two.
	What is your current rig? -----signature----- http://gimpchimp.etilader.com/display.php?user=lonestarr 3500+ solo kills & Lone Enforcer WAR - IronRock Dest- Energist, Moogabooga SWTOR - KV - Energist, Moogabooga
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RF_YWG Title: Pot-bellied Biker Posts: 2,495 Registered: Sep 23, '06 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 2,487 User ID: 1,173,129	Subject: Upgrading in the next week or two.
	I noticed this morning that Rage is using all 8 'cores' on my 2600K. Six seem to be carrying the bulk of the work, but all 8 are showing definite activity. First game I've seen do that, and I have no idea if any others in the near future will take advantage of HT, though. Just some food for thought. -----signature----- â€œAll truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them.â€ - Galileo
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