I am might get this I7 Rig but how much is it better is it against my amd 6400be

[subaru_swift]

Hi all i have the rig listed below in my sig.
& i think amd will not pull some super cpu out of there mad labs in jan. so i am thinking about getting this I7 rig this week =
Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Zotac GeForce GTX 280 AMP 1024MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) -Retail £299.99
(£352.49)
Intel Core i7 920 2.66Ghz (Nehalem) (Socket LGA1366) - Retail £226.99
(£266.71)
Corsair 6GB DDR3 XMS3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz (3x2GB) Triple Channel DDR3 (TR3X6G1600C9 ) £224.99
(£264.36)
Asus P6T Deluxe Intel X58 (Socket 1366) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard £209.99
(£246.74)
Coolermaster RC-1100 Cosmos S "Sport" Silent Full Tower Case £152.99
(£179.76)
Enermax Galaxy 1000W EGX1000EWL ATX2.2 Modular PSU £144.99
(£170.36)
Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Gamer 7.1 Sound Card - OEM (30SB073000002) £44.99
(£52.86)
2 Western Digital Caviar Black 500GB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (WD5001AALS) £87.98
(£103.38) for 2.
Sony NEC Optiarc AD-7201S 20x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer Lightscribe ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
(£17.61)
Sub Total : £1,407.90
VAT is being charged at 17.5% VAT : £246.38
Total : £1,654.28

but i love my amd rig but i play games & do a lot of music & some video editing now for work & my clients, so time is money haha.

but how much quicker will the I7 be all told.... ?.

cheers

 

[subaru_swift]

forgot to say my monitor is a asus 22" ws at 1680 x1050.

i will get some better cooling & a better hard drive when i can afford, but this is a early x-mas & b'day from me haha.

 

[tibbsey]

SO SO SO much quicker.




At a guess.

 

[fester]

I would not be in too much of a hurry and wait and see if PhenomII is as good as some early reports suggest an you can use your ddr2 ram and not forced in to expensive ddr3. Only a few more of weeks and hopefully some of the bleeding edge tax will be reduced.

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17945145

 

[Deleted member 77746]

People certainly know how to waste money. Over the current rig you have n your sig you would be probably throwing away £1300.

 

[Bengaboy]

Would be a hell of a let quicker my friend - only thing is, I wouldnt go for it at this current moment at time.

I know you probably have the "gawwwwwd, I have money and need to spend it!!" bug, but put that aside and wait a while until i7 is out for a little bit longer and therefore the components are a lot, lot cheaper.

Also wait until phenom II is out before making a decision and by that time the i7 prices will have gone down anyway

Just my opinion though.

 

[OneTime]

Money to burn idd Bengaboy.
If although your looking for future proofing...i7 seems to be the way to go currently.
If not...wait for Denab...new AMD cpu. Then you get the best of both worlds, brand new tech and AMD

 

[richyb_safc]

Just something to think about when suggesting people wait until prices drop...

I bought a 4870x2 the week they came out, I checked the price of the exact same card a few days ago and it was £110 more expensive. This is obviously due to the exchange rate with the dollar, and obviously will not happen all of the time, but its just something to think about, waiting is not always the best thing to do! unless of course, you wait until the technology is obsolete!

 

[Kalpsn2000]

Just something to think about when suggesting people wait until prices drop...

I bought a 4870x2 the week they came out, I checked the price of the exact same card a few days ago and it was £110 more expensive. This is obviously due to the exchange rate with the dollar, and obviously will not happen all of the time, but its just something to think about, waiting is not always the best thing to do! unless of course, you wait until the technology is obsolete!

This is, as you said, to do with the £ becoming weaker against the $. The Q9550 is about £35 more expensive now then it was when i bought it around 1-2 months ago.

Prices will come down though, as long as the £ does not get even weaker.