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is it time to move to the i7 920

widnesjohn

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will i see much perfomance difference as i do a lot of rendering and 3d intensive work that eats a lot of ram
i was going to just upgrade my motherboard but i think i might move straight to a i7 set up to save money so i dont hv to upgrade in 6 months when i decide i want an i7
this is my shopping list
Intel Core i7 920 D0 Stepping £204.99 inc VAT
Asus P6T SE Intel X58 (Socket 1366) £143.99 inc VAT
Powercolor ATI Radeon HD 4890 1024MB GDDR5 £126.99 inc VAT
Dell UltraSharp 2209WA 22" Widescreen LCD Monitor £194.99 inc VAT
not sure on ram but will be buying 3x2gb

this was my old shopping list b4 thing about i7
Powercolor ATI Radeon HD 4890 1024MB GDDR5 £126.99 inc VAT
Asus P5Q Pro Turbo Intel P45 £89.99 inc VAT
Dell UltraSharp 2209WA 22" Widescreen LCD Monitor £194.99 inc VAT
4x 2 gb ram
 
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Well your new spec has lost some ram am I reading that right??

the i7 should deal with your situation better BUT why the change is it really that slow?

EDIT: should read your sig! Well the RAM will help but I would try and wait for the i5 many people on here appear to believe that when its released the i7 will drop in price! I dont think it will drop that much but maybe a little. What programs do you use?
 
sorry they are both my shopping lists i forget to say that the bottom 1 was my first list b4 i though about i7 sorry my bad. no my system isnt that slow but im going to hv to upgrade motherboard, ram and graphics card so thought it might save me so cash in the long run and i will be buying this b4 the end of this month
 
Intel i5 processor and DX11 Cards. In a couple of weeks will be released. If someone else can specify the correct date then that would be much more appropriate. I'm currently on hold for these components for my next rig, will be considering i5 or AM3 route but waiting on reviews.
 
widnesjohn said:
will i see much perfomance difference as i do a lot of rendering and 3d intensive work that eats a lot of ram
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To be honest I'd take this bit of what you said and am reasonably confident the i7 920 with triple channel ram will be better for your needs than any i5 variant released this year.
Why would he be worried about DX11 cards if his prime use of his system isn't gaming?
 
Have you overclocked the Q6600 at all? You haven't specced a cooler in your list - so I'm guessing you haven't OC'd the Q6600 either. It might be better to buy a decent cooler and give it a reasonable overclock, and buy a couple of gigs more RAM.

Then, if you're seriously into rendering, wait for i9 next year sometime and upgrade then, as they'll be 6 core CPUs. The i9's will run on the same socket as the current i7s so you could still go down the i7 route and just upgrade the CPU to an i9 later.

Really depends on your budget, but for rendering I'd tend to be looking at i7 and/or i9 and not i5.
 
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Have you overclocked the Q6600 at all? You haven't specced a cooler in your list - so I'm guessing you haven't OC'd the Q6600 either. It might be better to buy a decent cooler and give it a reasonable overclock, and buy a couple of gigs more RAM.

Then, if you're seriously into rendering, wait for i9 next year sometime and upgrade then, as they'll be 6 core CPUs. The i9's will run on the same socket as the current i7s so you could still go down the i7 route and just upgrade the CPU to an i9 later.

Really depends on your budget, but for rendering I'd tend to be looking at i7 and/or i9 and not i5.
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yeah i just got a stock cooler with it and i did attempt to overclock it to 2.8 but was unstable and i think it was due to the motherboard and its the only time of the year were im able to upgrade my system and i have about 700 quid to use.
i was just thinking if im gonna move to the i7 series i might as well move now then later to future proof my self for another and save some cash next year
 
Well if it's your last chance to upgrade til next year (and you can't save the cash) - I'd be tempted to go i7 with a view to i9 maybe this time next year.

But if you're going for a 920 it's the same clock speed as your Q6600 - so you'll see an improvement but it won't be that significant. How about getting a decent cooler and OC'ing the 920 at least to 950 speeds.
 
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Well if it's your last chance to upgrade til next year (and you can't save the cash) - I'd be tempted to go i7 with a view to i9 maybe this time next year.

But if you're going for a 920 it's the same clock speed as your Q6600 - so you'll see an improvement but it won't be that significant. How about getting a decent cooler and OC'ing the 920 at least to 950 speeds.
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yeah i was gonna but to about 3ghz i dont wanna push my processor too far and how far are they pushing overclocks with them and i think the i7 will be around for a few years
 
I've not run the i7 on stock cooler - I have a Prolimatech Megahalem - but for 3ghz I'd guess that might be possible on the stock cooler - hopefully some one who has tried it can confirm.

A lot of people are getting 3.5-4.0ghz on 920s, with many people getting higher than that - so 3.0ghz should be a walk in the park for you :)

If you don't want to overclock yourself - why not check out one of the bundles?
 
yeah im gonna go with an aftermarket cooler but i dont wanna push it too far i dont wanna kill my processor but i might try to 3.5 i just wanna a system thats fast and future proof
 
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