THIS WEEK ONLY 28TH JULY

[dmxdex2020]

The drop in prices on the 5970s are making it more viable on a single 480 as the difference is less than 100 pounds on the 2 cheapest. Shame ati still cannot produce a decent driver.

 

[FMTopfan]

have to say it's an absolute waste getting the QX unless ur pushing over 4GHz as nearly all Q6600s do 3.2 and a lot do up to 3.6-3.8GHz with a few cherry picked ones doing over 4GHz, at less than a third of the price!

U'd be mad to buy the new extreme chip when the standard ones clock to 4-4.2GHz on air easily unless ur into benchmarking and LN2 cooling.

Not totally mad, just into doing a lot of Photoshop/video rendering so the emphasis was more on more cores at the time for 24/7 use. I could have had the Q6600 but back then, I knew nothing about overclocking (changing the multiplier for a beginner was easier than changing fsb, volts, ram, etc to get started). And back then, the aim was more at reaching 3.6GHz on air max, got close at 3.5GHz. Aiming for 4GHz was purely for watercooling as a few online friends tried it on air and gradually killed the cpu.

We all know that oc'ing the i7 range is an easy 4GHz and soon it will easier with the Intels Sandy Bridge coming later this year. It would be an ideal time before the VAT increase too.

I do take your point onboard about getting similar performances at higher clocks and saving a few quid along the way than spending loads again. Thats why I'm now considering bundles from OCUK such the Krypton Extreme i7 930 @4.20GHz, I couldn't get the clock that high myself running 24/7.