Which option For Future Proof

[Clairvoyant]

Ok the wife won £1000 on Bingo last night. Yep £1000

She Said at first if I win a £1000 (full house) I will give you half.

Well now its down to £400 (Cant complain)

So which option would be best

Or Wait till Jan 08

AMD Route

AMD Phenom Quad Core 9500+ (Socket AM2) - Retail £144.99 (£170.36) (Could save £10 to £20 on this)

OCZ 4GB (2x2GB) PC2-6400C5 Dual Channel Vista Gold Series DDR2 (OCZ2G8004GK) £79.99 (£93.99)

MSI K9A2 CF AMD 790X (Socket AM2) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £54.99 (£64.61)

Sub Total : £279.97
Shipping : £8.25
17.5% VAT : £50.44
Total : £338.66


Intel Route

Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "Energy Efficient SLACR 95W Edition" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - OEM £136.99 (£160.96)

OCZ 4GB (2x2GB) PC2-6400C5 Dual Channel Vista Gold Series DDR2 (OCZ2G8004GK) £79.99 (£93.99)

Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3P (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £77.99 (£91.64)

Sub Total : £294.97
Shipping : £8.25
17.5% VAT : £53.06
Total : £356.28

 

[BillytheImpaler]

Will you be overclocking? Come January the 45nm Intels should be out which should, at least, drop current quad prices. It's always cheaper to wait.

 

[Clairvoyant]

Will you be overclocking?

Too Right I will. Free Speed.

 

[BillytheImpaler]

Then if you want to buy now, you'll need some PC2-6400 so as not to limit your CPU overclock too much.

 

[Clairvoyant]

New RAM ADDED

 

[BillytheImpaler]

Looks good. It's either the Intel now or an Intel in January. Take your pick.

 

[valerian]

Ok the wife won £1000 on Bingo last night. Yep £1000

She Said at first if I win a £1000 (full house) I will give you half.

Well now its down to £400 (Cant complain)

So which option would be best

Or Wait till Jan 08

AMD Route

AMD Phenom Quad Core 9500+ (Socket AM2) - Retail £144.99 (£170.36) (Could save £10 to £20 on this)


OCZ 4GB (2x2GB) PC2-6400C5 Dual Channel Vista Gold Series DDR2 (OCZ2G8004GK) £79.99 (£93.99)

MSI K9A2 CF AMD 790X (Socket AM2) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £54.99 (£64.61)

Sub Total : £279.97
Shipping : £8.25
17.5% VAT : £50.44
Total : £338.66


Intel Route

Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "Energy Efficient SLACR 95W Edition" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - OEM £136.99 (£160.96)

OCZ 4GB (2x2GB) PC2-6400C5 Dual Channel Vista Gold Series DDR2 (OCZ2G8004GK) £79.99 (£93.99)

Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3P (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £77.99 (£91.64)

Sub Total : £294.97
Shipping : £8.25
17.5% VAT : £53.06
Total : £356.28

ive got that quad core, no noticeable gain over my e6600, in real time applications, im sure that someone using many, many programs gains here, not me, apart from a damn sight more heat, needs a mega cooler, my e6600 was frozen in comparison


i would wait for the 45nm