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Br4d · 23 Nov 2010 at 16:48

Hi People,
I was thinking about upgrading my PC. (Current Specification is in my signature). I was looking at the i7 950 3.06Ghz because it looks like a real bargain after the massive price reduction a few months ago.

Is it worth buying the i7 950 system now or waiting for socket 2011?/1155?

Below is a basic outline of the specification.
All parts are from the OcUK website.

I7 950.
Gigabyte X58A-DS5
Gigabyte GTX 460 Super OC
Corsair 6GB Dominator C8 1600mhz Ram
Corsair 650w Modular PSU
OCZ 120Gb Bigfoot Vertex 2E SSD
Samsung F3 1Tb HDD

Thanks

RJC · 23 Nov 2010 at 16:51

How urgently do you need to upgrade, your current system still looks fairly good!

Welcome to the forums

In regards to your spec, have a look at the Asus Sabertooth:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-429-AS&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=1692

Br4d · 23 Nov 2010 at 16:54

Thanks RJC,

It's more of an Urge if I'm honest, I've had the system about two years, Brought from OcUK and built by myself, would I notice A huge difference in performance?

Br4d

Br4d · 23 Nov 2010 at 16:55

Double Post :/ aha

Br4d

Liampope · 23 Nov 2010 at 17:10

Not a huge difference, no. You'd notice a much bigger difference for much less spend if you stuck in a quad, overclocked it, and upgraded to a better GPU than a 460 - like 6870 (or wait a few weeks for 69xx), 470, or 480. Then wait till the new stuff just round the corner before upgrading mobo/cpu/ram.

RJC · 23 Nov 2010 at 17:10

In gaming probably not, but overclock your cpu for small performance increase.

Link below shows your cpu against the i5 760.

cobblers!!!

Liampope · 23 Nov 2010 at 17:14

RJC said:
In gaming probably not, but overclock your cpu for small performance increase.

Link below shows your cpu against the i5 760.

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/147?vs=191

No it dont! In before the ninja edit

RJC · 23 Nov 2010 at 17:17

Liampope said:
No it dont! In before the ninja edit

Ha ha

Br4d · 23 Nov 2010 at 18:01

aha

I Just looked and it seems to be a bit better, not overwhelming though.

What about Just windows in general and normal non-gaming tasks?

Also im not sure about that Sabertooth Board (Didnt see that part of the post Before :O )
Im a Gigabyte Fan boy for some reason

Br4d

RJC · 23 Nov 2010 at 18:08

Ignor the link, when doing it I scrolled a bit to far and put the AMD six core on there

The Asus Sabertooth gets good reviews from various reviews sites

Br4d · 23 Nov 2010 at 18:11

RJC said:
Ignor the link, when doing it I scrolled a bit to far and put the AMD six core on there

The Asus Sabertooth gets good reviews from various reviews sites

on the link i changed it to my CPU vs the i5 then compared, the i5 is faster but not lightyears faster.

Would buying the SSD Give me that extra boost worth having for the money?

RJC · 23 Nov 2010 at 18:14

Oh yes

Just upgraded my laptop to the 120gb OCZ vortex 2 and I use the 60gb in my main system as the boot drive and common used programs. Rest goes on the Samsung f3 1 tb drive.