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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

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

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

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?