Worth waiting for the i5?

Lodikis · 09-09-2009, 02:26 AM **#41**

I was pretty shocked about the costs of the p55 motherboards. The only motherboard that's affordable is Intel's own motherboard (Intel P55 Whitesberg) and the MSI P55 (don't remember the name).

This makes me want to buy a AMD Phenom II 955 Black Edition anyways. Ugh.

CacoFFF · (This post was last modified: 09-09-2009, 04:10 AM by CacoFFF.)

And I thought those would be cheaper. Sad

Seriously, some of the cheapest p55 boards don't even have the PCIe port on 16x.

Oh well, until ASRock makes some weird cheap mobo that can do anything, wait a couple of months or go for AMD platform.

**boogerlad** · (This post was last modified: 09-09-2009, 07:21 AM by boogerlad.)

(09-08-2009, 01:52 PM)Diddy Kong Wrote:
(09-08-2009, 11:24 AM)boogerlad Wrote: Intel e1200 at 2.8ghz
2gb of ram at 700mhz 5-5-5-12 timings
320gb hdd
radeon 4850
scythe mugen 2 and accelero s2.

Nice specs, it looks original
Did you build it yourself?
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Much better than my stock:
Amd Athlon 4050 @2.60GHz (OC)
3.00GB
XFX 9500GT
320GB HD
Currently on Windows Vista (Runs Dolphin Better than XP for some odd reason)

yeah, built it myself in about 30 minutes.

(09-08-2009, 04:38 PM)Iulius Wrote:
(09-08-2009, 06:24 AM)boogerlad Wrote: lies. An i5 will destroy a phenom for price/performance.

funny, today a review on one of the biggest german sites released and found out that 955 is 1% faster then i5 750(or 2% slower with turbo mode).

and thats already with all those useless sse5 benchmarks !

Quote:A nice motherboard like the gigabyte p55-ud2 is 115 canadian.

nice ?

thats one of the cheapest available and nothing is nice about it.

4 phase design, utter bullshit for overclocking and only one full pci-e x16
making the use of a second gpu for gpgpu or physx etc in the future impossible.

good boards for 1156 cost about the double.

link to the review please. Even though it is the cheapest mobo, who needs more than 4 phases? You've been sucked in to marketing with 8,16 and 32 phases. It's not the number that counts. It's the quality. More phases=more current supplied. An 8 phase will give you a theoretical 350watt output, which is more than lynnfield overclocked needs. For most users, single gpu is enough. Even if there were multiple slots, they would be downclocked because lynnfield only has one x16 on die. If it can reach a baseclock of 200mhz and up, then I'm happy.

**THELUKESTIR** · 09-09-2009, 10:24 AM **#44**

imo the 1156 cpu and mobos arent worth it, the i7s that are out now are much better, the i9s will also come out on the 1366 socket so you will be stuck in the past in a year any way

**boogerlad** · 09-09-2009, 10:58 AM **#45**

not worth it eh? i5 750+mobo will set you out at 350, while an i7+mobo = 500 dollars. I9 is slated to be only extreme, so that's 1000 dollars. Not worth it now?

**THELUKESTIR** · 09-09-2009, 11:02 AM **#46**

uh yes, tri channel, hyperthreading all sorts of stuff in the i7, also the i9 will be coming out on the 1366 socket like i said but what are you going to upgrade to on the 1156?

**boogerlad** · (This post was last modified: 09-09-2009, 11:36 AM by boogerlad.)

why would you want to upgrade to a $1000 cpu that's only marginally faster? I bet you that not one person here does any 3d rendering or anything that requires ht. tri channel is near useless if you don't need that bandwidth. You only need that bandwidth when over 4 cores. I agree that the i7 is faster, but it's not worth the money anymore.

**THELUKESTIR** · 09-09-2009, 11:43 AM **#48**

where are you getting this 1000 dollar price point? pics or it didnt happen

**boogerlad** · 09-09-2009, 12:03 PM **#49**

look at the roadmaps that intel themselves have posted. i9 is going to enthusiast, which is at the top of the chart beside i7 965, which is $1000 up. i9 will replace it. Unless intel changed their minds.

**James333** · 09-09-2009, 12:23 PM **#50**

I don't have $1000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 Big Grin