Jumping Ship (Maybe)

paradisiac · 17 Jun 2011 at 10:16

ok, reference my small budget thread i have been looking around and thought maybe i could jump ship and go to SKT1155.
what im thinking is :
ASRock Fatal1ty P67 Performance
PENTIUM G620 SK1155 2.6GHZ DUAL CORE
comes to around £159.

then i can build up my old mobo and cpu in a new case and then maybe sell that for £150+ which would then fund a 2500k upgrade.

or am i just being silly and would be better making do with what i have until BD comes out?

EDIT : only looks like that mobo has 1 PCI-E slot

Lemin · 17 Jun 2011 at 11:11

Id wait if i was u, your rig is still good for a while yet (imho)

paradisiac · 17 Jun 2011 at 11:15

Lemin said:
Id wait if i was u, your rig is still good for a while yet (imho)

thats what the missus says, and so far i havent found anything it struggles too much with. just really fancy a change, had it now for a good few months and well, just feel like something is missing. i would normally just stuck a quad or hex core cpu in, but with BD on the way that seems like a waste. everyone is rating the 2500k very highly, so it kinda makes me feel thats the way to go. but a little part of me thinks 'if i wait and BD is cheap and awesome, everyone that got inpatient and moved to SB must be regretting it' but then it could suck and i have delayed for nothing. or with AMD it might never come out

my biggest fear is the PENTIUM G620 SK1155 2.6GHZ DUAL CORE will be a lot worse than my current cpu, and i get stuck with it for months trying to shift my old hardware.

atmax1 · 17 Jun 2011 at 11:30

I think BD got put back because it couldn't compete with the new intel cpus? I read it somewhere I don't know if it's true.... But you should get what your happy with and just stick with for a while, If your pc does everything you want it to at speeds your happy with then why change? Though I cant talk.. I went from i7 920 to i7 2600k lol but I'm happy with the change..

paradisiac · 17 Jun 2011 at 11:36

atmax1 said:
I think BD got put back because it couldn't compete with the new intel cpus? I read it somewhere I don't know if it's true.... But you should get what your happy with and just stick with for a while, If your pc does everything you want it to at speeds your happy with then why change? Though I cant talk.. I went from i7 920 to i7 2600k lol but I'm happy with the change..

thing is, im not happy with what i have

it does what i want, most of the time, but i do get it go mental for about 5mins where everything goes stuttery. and i know its an X2 with a possible faulty/unstable core unlocked.

cant see why you would put back something that cant compete, as the competition will only get stronger over time, surely you would release asap, get some hype sales and then work on getting some improved chips out. all AMD are doing is forcing more people to consider switching to intel.

Hagar · 17 Jun 2011 at 12:03

Sell your existing processor and dare I say it 4 -8 Gb 1333 ram, get a 955BE or 1055T to keep you going until BD or a next major upgrade. Your 890FX should cope and you know you have the PCIe slots, it also may be BD compatible after a bios update.

andy.

olivier renault · 17 Jun 2011 at 12:47

atmax1 said:
I think BD got put back because it couldn't compete with the new intel cpus? I read it somewhere I don't know if it's true.... But you should get what your happy with and just stick with for a while, If your pc does everything you want it to at speeds your happy with then why change? Though I cant talk.. I went from i7 920 to i7 2600k lol but I'm happy with the change..

Engineering samples, Llano priority, whatever :/ Don't listen to the trolls, peeps should stop making comments on leaked materials and dubious sources before talking rubbish.

In your case, I would save until I have the money for the at least the guts (CPU + mobo + RAM). BTW that mobo should do tri-fire / tri-sli.

paradisiac · 17 Jun 2011 at 12:58

olivier renault said:
BTW that mobo should do tri-fire / tri-sli.

ASRock said:
Expansion / Connectivity
Slots
- 1 x PCI Express 2.0 x16 slot
- 3 x PCI Express 2.0 x1 slots
- 3 x PCI slots

from their site, maybe the pro/extreme models do

atmax1 · 17 Jun 2011 at 13:29

olivier renault said:
Engineering samples, Llano priority, whatever :/ Don't listen to the trolls, peeps should stop making comments on leaked materials and dubious sources before talking rubbish.

Sorry if I came across like that but I ant trolling, Just saying what I got told.. Why I went on to say about keeping the setup he has as its a good rig... and Unless you do video editing all the time there isn't much point of a upgrade..

Your always think what if the new lot of cpus are better when they come out, but if you think like that you will never upgrade as I think there new cpus every one or two years?

But The upgrading to a x6 sounds good unless you want a complete change and want to go 1155.

paradisiac · 17 Jun 2011 at 13:33

atmax1 said:
Sorry if I came across like that but I ant trolling, Just saying what I got told.. Why I went on to say about keeping the setup he has as its a good rig... and Unless you do video editing all the time there isn't much point of a upgrade..

Your always think what if the new lot of cpus are better when they come out, but if you think like that you will never upgrade as I think there new cpus every one or two years?

But The upgrading to a x6 sounds good unless you want a complete change and want to go 1155.

i just think an X4 or X6 will not be value for money as once BD comes out its value will drop. my issue with going 1155 is i dont know how much i would get for my old bits and how long it would take to sell, so could be stuck with a pentium 1155 for a few months, which if its performance is worse than by X2 555 unlocked to try core then i will have a few months or maybe longer regretting it

atmax1 · 17 Jun 2011 at 13:40

Sounds like you should wait a few months and save, then make your mind up when BD is out and by then the 1155 may be a bit cheaper? or the BD maybe better and well priced?

paradisiac · 17 Jun 2011 at 13:50

i cant find a direct comparision for the G620 and X2 555BE

did find this though. and from BF:BC2 its not too bad :

olivier renault · 17 Jun 2011 at 14:42

paradisiac said:
from their site, maybe the pro/extreme models do

Looks like I was looking at the wrong model. I would expect a 'Fatality' endorsed mobo to be for hte enthusiasts. The one I was looking at was £150. Would have been weird if it didn't support SLI at that price point!

atmax1 said:
Sorry if I came across like that but I ant trolling, Just saying what I got told.. Why I went on to say about keeping the setup he has as its a good rig... and Unless you do video editing all the time there isn't much point of a upgrade..

I didn't mean you, but the people who just mouth off a product before having any concrete numbers. Even some sites are so biased, I would take some of their views with a bucket of salt.

Don't believe numbers from AMD or Intel either. Only a full independent review will tell us how good it is.

Your always think what if the new lot of cpus are better when they come out, but if you think like that you will never upgrade as I think there new cpus every one or two years?

But The upgrading to a x6 sounds good unless you want a complete change and want to go 1155.

CPUs better get better, overwise who'd bother

I would also go with 1155 rather than 1100T. Or Bulldozer but that's still speculations, and some time away. You seem to have a decent system still, so I suppose you could wait a while building up bigger budget. I wouldn't buy a gimped, interim CPU anyway.

paradisiac · 17 Jun 2011 at 14:47

olivier renault said:
CPUs better get better, overwise who'd bother I would also go with 1155 rather than 1100T. Or Bulldozer but that's still speculations, and some time away. You seem to have a decent system still, so I suppose you could wait a while building up bigger budget. I wouldn't buy a gimped, interim CPU anyway.

yeh, the thing is, im terrable at saving :rolleyes:

if i got a reasonalbe mobo and cheap cpu, i can then build my old stuff in a new case and all, sell that and upgrade cpu. then i will have a spare 1155 cpu for testing or maybe sell it on.
it could turn out that the G620 is a lot better than my X2 anyway so i could then but the money from the old pc sale when it sold towards something else like bigger drives so i need less of them, an SSD or a 2500k or maybe a 2600k i really dont know what my old stuff would sell for.

paradisiac · 17 Jun 2011 at 19:13

pretty sure i have made my mind up now.
i am thinking of selling the 890FX and X2 555BE in a cheap case, 2GB ram, cheap gfx, a smallish hdd, dvd drive and either win7 or vista to fund a 2500k or 2600k depending on how much it sold for. so whilst im waiting for that to sell i want to get a skt1155 mobo that will run my current gfx cards and ram. ideally have a few usb 3.0 sockets too. would also need a cheap cpu, the G620 seems like the only one that will allow me to have a good enough budget for a motherboard. ideally i wanted the Z68-Extreme4, but this takes me over my budget. so open to suggestions.
budget is £160 give or take £5.