Hi again, guys.
I've had a long think about it. At some stage I will upgrade to the i7 920, mainly for future-proofing purposes. Because I'm making a PC for not only Dolphin, but for modern PC games as well, I don't want to buy a reasonable dual core which I will end up having to replace to keep up with current gaming trends in less than a years time.
However, because my Phenom II 940 suits me just fine for everything apart from Dolphin and PCSX2, I don't feel any urgent need to upgrade any time soon (I tried the variable benchmark for Resident Evil 5 again and I was getting a very pleasing 50-60fps with everything at max. I don't know what changed but I'm anticipating RE5 now!), besides the fact that rene said that the 920 would be discontinued for the mainstream i5 model.
The thing is replacing the motherboard, the RAM and the CPU is a lot of money. So, I was thinking of just buying the CPU and then waiting on the RAM and Motherboard to come down in price or when I get more money. Am I right to believe that compatible motherboards and DDR3 x 3 sticks of RAM will stay in the market long after the i7 920 gets discontinued? Because I heard they are changing the slot (ugh!) for the i5 from the i7.
Cheers in advance. I know I ask a lot of questions .
-Flea
I've had a long think about it. At some stage I will upgrade to the i7 920, mainly for future-proofing purposes. Because I'm making a PC for not only Dolphin, but for modern PC games as well, I don't want to buy a reasonable dual core which I will end up having to replace to keep up with current gaming trends in less than a years time.
However, because my Phenom II 940 suits me just fine for everything apart from Dolphin and PCSX2, I don't feel any urgent need to upgrade any time soon (I tried the variable benchmark for Resident Evil 5 again and I was getting a very pleasing 50-60fps with everything at max. I don't know what changed but I'm anticipating RE5 now!), besides the fact that rene said that the 920 would be discontinued for the mainstream i5 model.
The thing is replacing the motherboard, the RAM and the CPU is a lot of money. So, I was thinking of just buying the CPU and then waiting on the RAM and Motherboard to come down in price or when I get more money. Am I right to believe that compatible motherboards and DDR3 x 3 sticks of RAM will stay in the market long after the i7 920 gets discontinued? Because I heard they are changing the slot (ugh!) for the i5 from the i7.
Cheers in advance. I know I ask a lot of questions .
-Flea
CPU: AMD Phenom II x4 940 3.0GHz
MOBO: MSI DKA790GX
RAM: OCZ Reaper HPC Edition 4GB
GPU: NVIDIA GTX 285 1GB
HDD: Western Digital VelociRaptor 300GB + Maxtor 1TB External
OS: Windows Vista Home Premium 64-Bit
MOBO: MSI DKA790GX
RAM: OCZ Reaper HPC Edition 4GB
GPU: NVIDIA GTX 285 1GB
HDD: Western Digital VelociRaptor 300GB + Maxtor 1TB External
OS: Windows Vista Home Premium 64-Bit