if price is not a concern...

SmaJLe

SmaJLe

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Hello,

I've read a lot of discussions about people not being able to choose between E8400 and i7. I have a simple question: if money is not a concern, which is better to buy?

Intel Core i7-920 (2,66GHz)
8MB Smart Cache
4096 MB DDR3 ram 1066 MHz
640 GB Sata harddisk 7200 rpm.
GeForce GTS150 1024/2431 MB

this is the configuration I'm looking at currently. How much should that cost? (I'm not willing to overpay, too ;) )
 
SmaJLe said:
Hello,
I've read a lot of discussions about people not being able to
choose between E8400 and i7. I have a simple question:
if money is not a concern, which is better to buy?

Intel Core i7-920 (2,66GHz)
8MB Smart Cache
4096 MB DDR3 ram 1066 MHz
640 GB Sata harddisk 7200 rpm.
GeForce GTS150 1024/2431 MB

this is the configuration I'm looking at currently. How much
should that cost? (I'm not willing to overpay, too ;) )
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I think you've got some details mixed up.
First, the E8400 is a Core 2 Duo (Dual Core) and would
not be a viable substitute for the i7 Quad Core. You must
mean the Q8400, and again, there's no comparison, the
i7 would be the better choice, if as you say, money is not
a concern.

Anyway, the i7 920 costs:
$288.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115202

As far as RAM is concerned, you won't want to run 4Gigs,
you'll want to run 3 or 6 as the X58 chipset on the Socket
1366 motherboards run in Triple Channel.

If you plan to run a 32bit OS, then I would get this:
CORSAIR DOMINATOR 3GB (3 x 1GB) ($82.00)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145225

For 64bit OS, I would (and I did) get this:
CORSAIR DOMINATOR 6GB (3 x 2GB) ($166.00)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145224

As far as a GeForce GTS150, there's no such thing. I think
you mean GTS250, but I don't know what you mean by
"1024/2431 MB" Maybe onboard GDDR RAM? I've not seen
any with 2Gigs of RAM, only 1. Link below.

Here's a GTS250 with 1Gig onboard GDDR3 RAM:
EVGA 01G-P3-1155-TR GeForce GTS 250 1GB ($149.99)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130469
 
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Thank you for your opinions ;)

Boddagit23, thank you for so much details. I should explain: seems like the shop got mixed up in the description then. I copied that text right from their site :confused:


Anyways, I have a bit better config here:
Intel Core i7 2,66 MHz, 8MB Cache
8 GB DDR3 ram 1066 MHz.
1,64 TB HArddisk 7200 rpm.
GeForce GTX 260 grafik 896/2431 MB


Again, it's what they say in the shop. I'm going there today to get full specifications sheet from them..

I got the lesson about the ram, but how about the graphics? I'd be glad to receive extra opinion ;)

I'd like a computer that would give me couple years of not thinking about upgrades. And as far as I was researching on the net - this could be the thing I need :o :cool:
 
SmaJLe said:
Thank you for your opinions ;)

Boddagit23, thank you for so much details. I should explain: seems like the shop got mixed up in the description then. I copied that text right from their site :confused:


Anyways, I have a bit better config here:
Intel Core i7 2,66 MHz, 8MB Cache
8 GB DDR3 ram 1066 MHz.
1,64 TB HArddisk 7200 rpm.
GeForce GTX 260 grafik 896/2431 MB


Again, it's what they say in the shop. I'm going there today to get full specifications sheet from them..

I got the lesson about the ram, but how about the graphics? I'd be glad to receive extra opinion ;)

I'd like a computer that would give me couple years of not thinking about upgrades. And as far as I was researching on the net - this could be the thing I need :o :cool:
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Everything looks fine, but you've not "gotten" the RAM.

X58 motherboards run Triple Channel.

Choose your RAM in multiples of 3.
3, 6, 9, 12 etc
 
I know :) I just pasted again what the shop offers. I'm not sure yet if I can alter the configuration at shop. If not, I'll just add the ram myself...

btw, does it give much of bad influence running 2/4/ect amount of ram on tripple channel? I don't know much about that deep details... :o
 
SmaJLe said:
I know :) I just pasted again what the shop offers. I'm not sure yet if I can alter the configuration at shop. If not, I'll just add the ram myself...

btw, does it give much of bad influence running 2/4/ect amount of ram on tripple channel? I don't know much about that deep details... :o
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It will slow down the RAM speed by 1/3

You should ask them why they offer Dual Channel kits for a Triple Channel board. What shop is this? Post a link please.
 
There's something strange about that.

I think it's a misprint. It'll probably come with either 3 or 6Gigs.

I've seen it other places online and they confirm my suspicions.
 
If price isn't an issue...

I would spend the money on a solidstate drive. All that CPU is wasted
when you have a 7200rpm. You spend all your time waiting for
programs to load. OK, I'm blowing it out of proportion a little. But in my
experience, that's definitely the case when Windows is booting up.
I launch AVG, Skype, MSN, Winamp, and Firefox on Windows boot, and
that hard-drive spins for a good two minutes getting all of it open.
 
Marcin said:
If price isn't an issue...

I would spend the money on a solidstate drive. All that CPU is wasted
when you have a 7200rpm. You spend all your time waiting for
programs to load. OK, I'm blowing it out of proportion a little. But in my
experience, that's definitely the case when Windows is booting up.
I launch AVG, Skype, MSN, Winamp, and Firefox on Windows boot, and
that hard-drive spins for a good two minutes getting all of it open.
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It's probably that hacked OS you run.

Takes time to get the backdoor trojans loaded too.
 
Bodaggit23 said:
It's probably that hacked OS you run.

Takes time to get the backdoor trojans loaded too.
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lmao. You're a funny stalker. Do you work for Microsoft?
Sounds like you have a stake in the company shares.

But who knows. Maybe you're right. Like I said, bank account
still like I left it - empty :) Credit cards not showing strange
charges.
 
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