I'm wanting to go i7 as well, but also can't justify the need. I haven't been doing any H.264 encoding lately, so with a Q6600 at 3.6GHz and 8GB of RAM, I just don't have a need.
I'm sure I'll do it anyway eventually. Maybe when W7 goes RTM. Greg > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:hardware- > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Naushad, Zulfiqar > Sent: Monday, June 01, 2009 1:45 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [H] Core i7 new computer > > Agreed, > > However, right now I'm seriously considering an i7 920 with 6GB DDR3 > and > a semi-basic mobo. All that would cost me around 500(ish) and would be > a good upgrade from my C2Q 6600. But problem is that I just got the > Q6600 recently (less than a year ago) and I can't justify the expense > right now. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Greg Sevart > Sent: Monday, June 01, 2009 4:52 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [H] Core i7 new computer > > Yeah, and it looks like shortly after i5 is released, Intel plans to > discontinue most if not all of the lower-cost i7's. I expect i7 SKUs to > start at $500+ post i5. The good news is that i5 still appears to be > very > fast. Couple that with i5 P55-based boards that look to be much less > expensive than their X58 i7 counterparts, and i5/P55 could make a very > nice > platform. > > Greg >
