short sighted?

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Hi Guys.

I'm new the forum I see a lot of quesions about what to build... So hopfully this has a slightly different slant on it...

I'm *rocking* and X2 4200 which i built about 3 years ago. I'm not much of a gamer, but i tend to multi task a LOT! bit of photoshop, some video transcoding, (I'm likly to continue to run some VMs localy.)

I find my self in need of a machine to run as a server. Virtuals wont cut it any more. I was planning on buying an Atom, but i've decided to put this money towards a new main rig and retire mine to running as a server, as im finding it more and more sluggish.

I think i'd be happy with a Q6700 based C2Q system with 8GB of ram. i'll only need PSU + MOBO + RAM + Proc + cooler + case + cheapestGFX for my 3rd monitor(only :D) I think i can get that for 400 to 500.

I'll reuse my 9800GT, HDDs, Monitors, etc.

Am i being short sighted not spending the extra now and going to I7?

I'm confident that the power would be enough for the moment, but I guess with this setup i'll have no room to upgrade in a year or so...
If i went down the i7 i guess the mobo / ram is a little more future proof?


Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance.
Tony
 
Hi and welcome, yeah youre right in what you've alluded to, if you can afford the extra Id recomend going i7, but if youre on a budget then stick to the set up you mentioned earlier, but as you say it'll be dead re any future upgrade path
 
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