The "More money than sense" test

Zarf · 10 Apr 2011 at 00:15

Still not convinced I need to upgrade my 3Ghz Q6600 yet, certainly not for games.
As far as I can tell unless you're into rendering or encoding there are plenty of better places to spend the upgrade cash to get most impact on your computing experience (peripherals, furniture, audio)

Br4d · 11 Apr 2011 at 14:59

Isnt much point in moving from a i7 (LGA1366) to a i7 (LGA 1155). About 10-15% increase From buying a new Motherboard and CPU

Unless of course you can sell a i7 (LGA1366) and the motherboard for a good amount of money.

shadow_boxer · 11 Apr 2011 at 15:07

Not a chance will I be changing. Happily running @4.3GHz on air.

Having just built a budget gaming rig for my brother (Athlon II [email protected] and 5850) it easily maxes out any games we play @1920x1080 and was amazed at just how good it performs, just shows that you don't need mega bucks for decent gaming PC.

My next upgrade is certainly going to be an SSD, just waiting for slightly larger capacity drives to become a bit more affordable!...although the OCZ Agility 120GB is very tempting!

glenimp617 · 11 Apr 2011 at 16:04

No chance

My i7 930 is awesome

OLDPHART · 17 Apr 2011 at 22:05

shadow_boxer said:
...although the OCZ Agility 120GB is very tempting!...

To shadow-boxer, got one when they first come out a 120GB split 50/50 > OS+progs / games and benchmarks, cracking SSD.

By the way just love my 920 got it upto 4.515 just can't get it stable, might not have the right setting in the Bios apart from CPU volts, or its at its limit, just might drop back to 4.494 and try for stability.

setter · 17 Apr 2011 at 22:11

ssd will be my next purchase. Considering either a 120gb ocz vertex 2 or agility. My current sammy F1 320gb os drive is the single weakest link in my system.

Monster ninja · 18 Apr 2011 at 19:08

still running an athlon x2 6000

with a 5850 i can play most games on full @ 1680x1050 even arma 2

yashiro · 18 Apr 2011 at 19:17

The CPU to have jumped on in recent times was the i7-920. You missed the boat if you didn't grab one.

silversurfer · 18 Apr 2011 at 19:19

Wheres the boat gone?

tried Arma 2 last night on i7 but need a new psu hence switch gfx to nvidia 6800.

It works, its very flexible game on that side. I found dual core to i7 doubled the fps otherwise

setter · 18 Apr 2011 at 19:25

The boat is still in the harbour and fares have dropped.

You can pick up an i7 setup relatively cheap now secondhand.

boxerboy · 18 Apr 2011 at 19:52

I just got my very first Intel from years of having AMD, sandybridge i7 2600k. Very impressed

(think i have more money than sense lol)

trisp · 18 Apr 2011 at 20:15

I swapped from a i7 860 setup to a i7 2600k setup (problem with cpu) and i have found quite a few improvements in performance but it wasnt a noticeable jump like the jump between the q6600 to i7 860.

throdgrain · 18 Apr 2011 at 20:24

I've just bought an i7 Sandy, not arrived yet, but then I'm upgrading from a Conroe, so I reckon I deserve it

AndyOcUK · 18 Apr 2011 at 21:01

johny dolan said:
I swapped from i7 930 with amd 5970 + 5870 to 2600k and amd 6990 so yeah more money than sense lol.

By the way those that say going sandy if you have i7 is ****** sandy is loads faster.

not as fast as my 990 X

JeffyB · 18 Apr 2011 at 21:09

AndyOcUK said:
not as fast as my 990 X

Which is nearly as fast as kitfit's 990x

sorry couldn't resist

Great competition in the cpc thread if anyones not seen, 5ghz 990x's beating the 5.5ghz 2600's

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18259741

ToxicTBag · 18 Apr 2011 at 21:11

+1 yup am going to give sandy bridge a try and ditch my i7 , just waiting on OcUk's new delivery company to get there bums in gear Dx Secure customer services is pants by the way

johny dolan · 18 Apr 2011 at 23:00

AndyOcUK said:
not as fast as my 990 X

£500 more and

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/142?vs=287

Speed · 18 Apr 2011 at 23:12

johny dolan said:
£500 more and

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/142?vs=287

Thats a 980x. Even so I think we can say that AndyOcUK has passed (or failed! :confused:

) the "More money than sense" test!

AndyOcUK · 20 Apr 2011 at 10:10

Speed said:
Thats a 980x. Even so I think we can say that AndyOcUK has passed (or failed! ) the "More money than sense" test!

au contraire .......

its an ES

Speed · 20 Apr 2011 at 13:35

AndyOcUK said:
au contraire .......

its an ES

LOL!