Time for another upgrade... - Page 2

**@ruantec** · May 29th, 2012, 15:03

Don't get me wrong but i see little sense in upgrading right now with such awesome components you have. Your actual PC is a beast in comparison to many here and i'm sure you can play the latest games very well... i personally doubt the upgrade is going to bring you any advantages except for some smaller ones and a big amount of money wasted. I would wait a bit if i would you until the difference between your actual beast and new ones is big enough.

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**SCHUMI_4EVER** · May 29th, 2012, 15:56

I'm not going to tell you not to upgrade. If I had the dough I'd be doing the exact same thing (well not quite, I usually find the Price to performance to longevity ratio is much more favourable a level or 2 down from the absolute best). I did it 4 years ago (well 3.5) and I'm still happy. And the 920 was the weakest of the original i7 bunch.

However I can absolutely 1000% guarantee that during that system's lifetime 16GB will be more than enough. So 32GB is ludicrous, based on how long you kept your current system you'd be lucky to see normal RAM use reach 12GB nevermind the 16 you'll have or 32 you want.

It's definitely time for an SSD though.

And you're going to need a new cooler for the system as well.

One last thing to consider would however be that LGA2011 and Ivybridge represent a tick in Intel's roadmap and next year we'll see a tock (usually meaning a noticeable jump) and you may find yourself quite unsatisfied then and I'd much rather get the tock so honestly I'd wait for that tock.

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Princess Garnet · May 29th, 2012, 19:03

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Originally Posted by DarkSamus

In case your curious, the PSU I have is this one and I will not be ocing the cpu...

That PSU will be fine.

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Originally Posted by DarkSamus

I'm not overly fussy over the amount of cores, but I just thought it might be nice to go with a 6 core cpu with this upgrade

Then skip LGA 2011 for LGA 1155, if anything. It's the same thing you were looking at sans those two cores (the extra PCI Express lanes and quad channel RAM are more of bullet points fluffs than things that will really matter in most uses; not worth paying more for unless you heavily use stuff where it matters).

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One last thing to consider would however be that LGA2011 and Ivybridge represent a tick in Intel's roadmap and next year we'll see a tock (usually meaning a noticeable jump) and you may find yourself quite unsatisfied then and I'd much rather get the tock so honestly I'd wait for that tock.

Ivy Bridge is a tick, yes, but LGA 2011 is not. LGA 2011 is currently only Sandy Bridge (E) right now, and will gain Ivy Bridge (E) later. LGA 1155 is Sandy Bridge and Ivy Bridge.

I put little stock in buying something whether it's a tick or a tock. Just buy what you want, when you want, or you'll be waiting forever. You could always be disappointed by what comes out next. You never know when the next jump will be big or small. Wolfdale was a tick and was a good one. Haswell (the next tock) is rumored to basically follow what Intel has been for a while; integrating more parts into the CPU and increasing the IGP. The days of more and more cores and more and more IPC are slowing. People skipped $150 Sandy Bridges and waited months for more expensive Ivy Bridges that hardly turned out to be faster clock for clock, and run how and don't overclock as well as hoped for, so waiting sometimes doesn't pay off here.

Especially since he's at stock with his Core i7 920, moving to a Sandy Bridge/Ivy Bridge (but not Sandy Bridge E) isn't a total waste. He won't see a miracle jump, no, but those days are over. I went from a Core 2 Duo E8600 to a Core i5 2500K (both at 4GHz) and saw no miracle jump, but it wasn't a total waste (even if the only reason I made the move was because I won the CPU free).

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**SCHUMI_4EVER** · May 29th, 2012, 20:09

Even if you play the waiting game it's still not a total crash and burn since usually the parts you'd decided to skip are slightly more affordable then so there is still some gain.

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**n_w95482** · May 30th, 2012, 04:20

Well, for him there's no waiting since there's money already on the line for his current stuff. I'd go with an LGA 1155 system and an SSD, like Schumi suggested. Unless you're running a few VMs at once, are an avid number cruncher (folding, SETI, etc.), or do lots of video encoding in Quick Sync-incapable software, 1155 is a better deal.

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**SCHUMI_4EVER** · May 30th, 2012, 13:29

Is it still the better deal when you assume he wants to keep it 3+ years though?

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Silenus · May 30th, 2012, 13:50

My advice to anyone buying a PC nowadays.
Get a SSD.

I will not build another rig without one from now on.

@Schumi.
DS always builds like he wont get to do it for a long time, then a short time later he does it again.
I don't think it's been that long since he got the last one.

Anyways that's his money. He will just get new parts not really a big jump in performance against his last one.

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**SCHUMI_4EVER** · May 30th, 2012, 14:08

I'm pretty sure he'll keep this system longer. He's been working his way up from a decent high-range system to the top and this definitely is the top aside from the recently upgraded graphics card. Also he wanted to put 32GB RAM in there, there's no way you put that much RAM in a system you're only going to keep for a year or two.

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DarkSamus · May 30th, 2012, 14:24

Indeed Schumi!

Keep up the great debating guys, its giving me tonnes of food for thought.

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**SCHUMI_4EVER** · May 30th, 2012, 15:09

By the way I'd rather get this case
http://www.umart.com.au/pro/products...id=2&sid=46707

Oh and make sure the RAM is 1.5v and not 1.65v (in other words your old RAM can't be used, well it can but it's out of spec and not recommended)

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**n_w95482** · May 30th, 2012, 15:54

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Is it still the better deal when you assume he wants to keep it 3+ years though?

I believe so. LGA 1155 isn't suddenly going to turn into **** once Haswell comes out.

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**SCHUMI_4EVER** · May 30th, 2012, 15:57

Of course not, but the extra cores and hyperthreading of LGA2011 may help over LGA1155 down the line. Especially if you're just going to assume Haswell won't offer anything extra.

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Xianrad · May 30th, 2012, 19:39

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I believe so. LGA 1155 isn't suddenly going to turn into **** once Haswell comes out.

I have an old Pentium 4 computer that runs pretty well, even though it is from 2002. I use it as a back up.

Old computers are not really unuasable when new ones come out.

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Princess Garnet · May 30th, 2012, 22:52

I'm typing this from a Pentium III and 512MB RAM. It doesn't do a whole lot, but LGA 1155 will still be capable three years from now. Three years used to be the mark where it was starting to age from being very good (and five years was really old), but that old three year mark seems to have been pushed back to five years now since increases have relatively slowed. My old Core 2 Duo E8600 would still be kicking and, to me, still high end if I still had it.

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I'd go with an LGA 1155 system and an SSD, like Schumi suggested.

I thought I was the one to suggest an LGA 1155 system? Everyone else was just saying the upgrade he proposed wasn't worth it.

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**SCHUMI_4EVER** · May 30th, 2012, 22:55

SSD was my suggestion

And yes LGA1155 will still pack a punch, LGA2011 will pack and even greater punch though that's closer to whatever will be out 3 years from now than LGA1155 will be. That's my point.

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Princess Garnet · May 30th, 2012, 22:58

The SSD was, yes. That's why I just mentioned the LGA 1155 suggestion. I would have initially suggested an SSD too, but I thought he already had one.

There's no point in getting LGA 2011 given it's cost, and the longevity excuse isn't really much of one either. The longevity is more than negated by the extra cost. What he saves will likely be able to get him a new CPU, board, and RAM faster at that point.

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**SCHUMI_4EVER** · May 30th, 2012, 23:03

Ok fair enough.
But you also have to remember though he's coming from Nehalem, not a quad-core, all LGA1155's are quads. Granted that perhaps doesn't change quite so much in real world performance, but he's accustomed to 6 real cores and 6 fake cores so less would at least partially feel like a downgrade. And perhaps he's actually done stuff (encoding) that made use of all 6 cores so he'd notice and perhaps regret the core reduction.

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Princess Garnet · May 30th, 2012, 23:04

A Core i7 920 is a quad core with Hyper-threading. There's also quad cores with Hyper-threading on LGA 1155.

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**SCHUMI_4EVER** · May 30th, 2012, 23:07

0_o I always thought Nehalem i7s were hexacores for some odd reason, nevermind that point then.

Yeah then a i7-2600K would indeed be his best choice.

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DarkSamus · May 31st, 2012, 00:46

I haven't considered a SSD guys because currently with all my software installed my OS drive is 260GB full.

I have been avoiding getting one until 512GB SSD's are priced lower.

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May 29th, 2012, 15:03	#21
@ruantec Crazy GFX coder Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Dominican Republic/Austria Posts: 8,113	Don't get me wrong but i see little sense in upgrading right now with such awesome components you have. Your actual PC is a beast in comparison to many here and i'm sure you can play the latest games very well... i personally doubt the upgrade is going to bring you any advantages except for some smaller ones and a big amount of money wasted. I would wait a bit if i would you until the difference between your actual beast and new ones is big enough. __________________ Current development tools: Visual C++.net, Visual C#.net Visual VB.net, Visual Webdeveloper.net Bloodshed Dev C++, Borland C++ Visual Basic 6

May 29th, 2012, 15:56	#22
SCHUMI_4EVER Hackin 'n Slashin Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Most-expensive-Internet-on-the-Planet Land : South Africa Posts: 26,399	I'm not going to tell you not to upgrade. If I had the dough I'd be doing the exact same thing (well not quite, I usually find the Price to performance to longevity ratio is much more favourable a level or 2 down from the absolute best). I did it 4 years ago (well 3.5) and I'm still happy. And the 920 was the weakest of the original i7 bunch. However I can absolutely 1000% guarantee that during that system's lifetime 16GB will be more than enough. So 32GB is ludicrous, based on how long you kept your current system you'd be lucky to see normal RAM use reach 12GB nevermind the 16 you'll have or 32 you want. It's definitely time for an SSD though. And you're going to need a new cooler for the system as well. One last thing to consider would however be that LGA2011 and Ivybridge represent a tick in Intel's roadmap and next year we'll see a tock (usually meaning a noticeable jump) and you may find yourself quite unsatisfied then and I'd much rather get the tock so honestly I'd wait for that tock. __________________ Intel Core2Quad Q9550 (2.83Ghz stock) \| ASUS P5Q \| 2x2GB Transcend JetRam DDR2-800 \| ASUS ENGTX260\HDTP\896M \| Windows Vista Home Premium 64bit SP1 The Champ has retired but may his Legacy live on FOREVER !!!! No$GBA DS FAQ 2.0 Get it right fools! The glass is HALF-EMPTY, not half-full!!! !!! WARNING: Emulation requires a brain !!! WARNING: Emulation =/= Piracy !!!

May 29th, 2012, 20:09	#24
SCHUMI_4EVER Hackin 'n Slashin Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Most-expensive-Internet-on-the-Planet Land : South Africa Posts: 26,399	Even if you play the waiting game it's still not a total crash and burn since usually the parts you'd decided to skip are slightly more affordable then so there is still some gain. __________________ Intel Core2Quad Q9550 (2.83Ghz stock) \| ASUS P5Q \| 2x2GB Transcend JetRam DDR2-800 \| ASUS ENGTX260\HDTP\896M \| Windows Vista Home Premium 64bit SP1 The Champ has retired but may his Legacy live on FOREVER !!!! No$GBA DS FAQ 2.0 Get it right fools! The glass is HALF-EMPTY, not half-full!!! !!! WARNING: Emulation requires a brain !!! WARNING: Emulation =/= Piracy !!!

May 30th, 2012, 04:20	#25
n_w95482 Gone Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: California Posts: 6,336	Well, for him there's no waiting since there's money already on the line for his current stuff. I'd go with an LGA 1155 system and an SSD, like Schumi suggested. Unless you're running a few VMs at once, are an avid number cruncher (folding, SETI, etc.), or do lots of video encoding in Quick Sync-incapable software, 1155 is a better deal. __________________ Later.

May 30th, 2012, 13:29	#26
SCHUMI_4EVER Hackin 'n Slashin Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Most-expensive-Internet-on-the-Planet Land : South Africa Posts: 26,399	Is it still the better deal when you assume he wants to keep it 3+ years though? __________________ Intel Core2Quad Q9550 (2.83Ghz stock) \| ASUS P5Q \| 2x2GB Transcend JetRam DDR2-800 \| ASUS ENGTX260\HDTP\896M \| Windows Vista Home Premium 64bit SP1 The Champ has retired but may his Legacy live on FOREVER !!!! No$GBA DS FAQ 2.0 Get it right fools! The glass is HALF-EMPTY, not half-full!!! !!! WARNING: Emulation requires a brain !!! WARNING: Emulation =/= Piracy !!!

May 30th, 2012, 13:50	#27
Silenus Pilgrim Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Hyperion Posts: 6,897	My advice to anyone buying a PC nowadays. Get a SSD. I will not build another rig without one from now on. @Schumi. DS always builds like he wont get to do it for a long time, then a short time later he does it again. I don't think it's been that long since he got the last one. Anyways that's his money. He will just get new parts not really a big jump in performance against his last one. __________________ DELL XPS 13 ULTRABOOK ...Mis sueños son mentiras que algun día dejarán de serlo...

May 30th, 2012, 14:08	#28
SCHUMI_4EVER Hackin 'n Slashin Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Most-expensive-Internet-on-the-Planet Land : South Africa Posts: 26,399	I'm pretty sure he'll keep this system longer. He's been working his way up from a decent high-range system to the top and this definitely is the top aside from the recently upgraded graphics card. Also he wanted to put 32GB RAM in there, there's no way you put that much RAM in a system you're only going to keep for a year or two. __________________ Intel Core2Quad Q9550 (2.83Ghz stock) \| ASUS P5Q \| 2x2GB Transcend JetRam DDR2-800 \| ASUS ENGTX260\HDTP\896M \| Windows Vista Home Premium 64bit SP1 The Champ has retired but may his Legacy live on FOREVER !!!! No$GBA DS FAQ 2.0 Get it right fools! The glass is HALF-EMPTY, not half-full!!! !!! WARNING: Emulation requires a brain !!! WARNING: Emulation =/= Piracy !!!

May 30th, 2012, 14:24	#29
DarkSamus PC game modder Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Brisbane Australia Posts: Mail You Dummy _______________________ Posts: 5,898	Indeed Schumi! Keep up the great debating guys, its giving me tonnes of food for thought. __________________ Do you play PC RE5, RE6 or SSF4AE but hate that the button mappings uses XBOX360 buttons? Try my Resident Evil 5, Resident Evil 6 or Super Street Fighter 4 Arcade Edition Playstation button mods! As far as handhelds go, well, I get the Nintendo one. Because I'm not an idiot.

May 30th, 2012, 15:09	#30
SCHUMI_4EVER Hackin 'n Slashin Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Most-expensive-Internet-on-the-Planet Land : South Africa Posts: 26,399	By the way I'd rather get this case http://www.umart.com.au/pro/products...id=2&sid=46707 Oh and make sure the RAM is 1.5v and not 1.65v (in other words your old RAM can't be used, well it can but it's out of spec and not recommended) __________________ Intel Core2Quad Q9550 (2.83Ghz stock) \| ASUS P5Q \| 2x2GB Transcend JetRam DDR2-800 \| ASUS ENGTX260\HDTP\896M \| Windows Vista Home Premium 64bit SP1 The Champ has retired but may his Legacy live on FOREVER !!!! No$GBA DS FAQ 2.0 Get it right fools! The glass is HALF-EMPTY, not half-full!!! !!! WARNING: Emulation requires a brain !!! WARNING: Emulation =/= Piracy !!!

May 30th, 2012, 15:57	#32
SCHUMI_4EVER Hackin 'n Slashin Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Most-expensive-Internet-on-the-Planet Land : South Africa Posts: 26,399	Of course not, but the extra cores and hyperthreading of LGA2011 may help over LGA1155 down the line. Especially if you're just going to assume Haswell won't offer anything extra. __________________ Intel Core2Quad Q9550 (2.83Ghz stock) \| ASUS P5Q \| 2x2GB Transcend JetRam DDR2-800 \| ASUS ENGTX260\HDTP\896M \| Windows Vista Home Premium 64bit SP1 The Champ has retired but may his Legacy live on FOREVER !!!! No$GBA DS FAQ 2.0 Get it right fools! The glass is HALF-EMPTY, not half-full!!! !!! WARNING: Emulation requires a brain !!! WARNING: Emulation =/= Piracy !!!

May 30th, 2012, 22:55	#35
SCHUMI_4EVER Hackin 'n Slashin Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Most-expensive-Internet-on-the-Planet Land : South Africa Posts: 26,399	SSD was my suggestion And yes LGA1155 will still pack a punch, LGA2011 will pack and even greater punch though that's closer to whatever will be out 3 years from now than LGA1155 will be. That's my point. __________________ Intel Core2Quad Q9550 (2.83Ghz stock) \| ASUS P5Q \| 2x2GB Transcend JetRam DDR2-800 \| ASUS ENGTX260\HDTP\896M \| Windows Vista Home Premium 64bit SP1 The Champ has retired but may his Legacy live on FOREVER !!!! No$GBA DS FAQ 2.0 Get it right fools! The glass is HALF-EMPTY, not half-full!!! !!! WARNING: Emulation requires a brain !!! WARNING: Emulation =/= Piracy !!!

May 30th, 2012, 22:58	#36
Princess Garnet From Love and Limerence Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Ohio Posts: 6,555	The SSD was, yes. That's why I just mentioned the LGA 1155 suggestion. I would have initially suggested an SSD too, but I thought he already had one. There's no point in getting LGA 2011 given it's cost, and the longevity excuse isn't really much of one either. The longevity is more than negated by the extra cost. What he saves will likely be able to get him a new CPU, board, and RAM faster at that point. __________________ "The heart has it's reasons that reason knows nothing of."

May 30th, 2012, 23:03	#37
SCHUMI_4EVER Hackin 'n Slashin Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Most-expensive-Internet-on-the-Planet Land : South Africa Posts: 26,399	Ok fair enough. But you also have to remember though he's coming from Nehalem, not a quad-core, all LGA1155's are quads. Granted that perhaps doesn't change quite so much in real world performance, but he's accustomed to 6 real cores and 6 fake cores so less would at least partially feel like a downgrade. And perhaps he's actually done stuff (encoding) that made use of all 6 cores so he'd notice and perhaps regret the core reduction. __________________ Intel Core2Quad Q9550 (2.83Ghz stock) \| ASUS P5Q \| 2x2GB Transcend JetRam DDR2-800 \| ASUS ENGTX260\HDTP\896M \| Windows Vista Home Premium 64bit SP1 The Champ has retired but may his Legacy live on FOREVER !!!! No$GBA DS FAQ 2.0 Get it right fools! The glass is HALF-EMPTY, not half-full!!! !!! WARNING: Emulation requires a brain !!! WARNING: Emulation =/= Piracy !!!

May 30th, 2012, 23:04	#38
Princess Garnet From Love and Limerence Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Ohio Posts: 6,555	A Core i7 920 is a quad core with Hyper-threading. There's also quad cores with Hyper-threading on LGA 1155. __________________ "The heart has it's reasons that reason knows nothing of."

May 30th, 2012, 23:07	#39
SCHUMI_4EVER Hackin 'n Slashin Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Most-expensive-Internet-on-the-Planet Land : South Africa Posts: 26,399	0_o I always thought Nehalem i7s were hexacores for some odd reason, nevermind that point then. Yeah then a i7-2600K would indeed be his best choice. __________________ Intel Core2Quad Q9550 (2.83Ghz stock) \| ASUS P5Q \| 2x2GB Transcend JetRam DDR2-800 \| ASUS ENGTX260\HDTP\896M \| Windows Vista Home Premium 64bit SP1 The Champ has retired but may his Legacy live on FOREVER !!!! No$GBA DS FAQ 2.0 Get it right fools! The glass is HALF-EMPTY, not half-full!!! !!! WARNING: Emulation requires a brain !!! WARNING: Emulation =/= Piracy !!!

May 31st, 2012, 00:46	#40
DarkSamus PC game modder Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Brisbane Australia Posts: Mail You Dummy _______________________ Posts: 5,898	I haven't considered a SSD guys because currently with all my software installed my OS drive is 260GB full. I have been avoiding getting one until 512GB SSD's are priced lower. __________________ Do you play PC RE5, RE6 or SSF4AE but hate that the button mappings uses XBOX360 buttons? Try my Resident Evil 5, Resident Evil 6 or Super Street Fighter 4 Arcade Edition Playstation button mods! As far as handhelds go, well, I get the Nintendo one. Because I'm not an idiot.