Anyone upgrading to or already running intels core i5?

samstar1412

samstar1412

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Basically what the title says:
Has anyone here jumped on intels new core or are you holding off for more mobos etc..?
If they bring out dual 16x PCIe chipsets I'll being picking one up for my buil later this year. Just thought I would ask to see if anyone couldn't wait and made the leap. The i5-750 has had similar benchmark results as the i7-920 so it could be great bang for the buck especially if you can overclock.
 

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The specs are nice, but the cost is prohibitive, so Ill stay with what I have for now... :p
 

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I'm going to wait until next year, the price should come down by then.
 

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Tews said:
The specs are nice, but the cost is prohibitive, so Ill stay with what I have for now... :p
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jfar said:
I'm going to wait until next year, the price should come down by then.
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Very good points, I don't think they are officially released here in Aus but you can get them on various websites for around $330au for i5-750, compared to around $400au for i7-920. So hopefully the prices come down. I was reading a review/benchmark on a site that i can't seem to find so i can't post a link but it even beats the i7-920 in some games and apps etc.. Because of the fact it has no hyperthreading, so each thread doesn't have to share its core with another and wait to execute its command.
 

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Hello samstar1412.


HERE is a thread with some good references, have a look.
 

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I currently have an AMD Phenom X4 9950 and I'm perfectly happy with it for now, but I will admit the Core i5 looks tempting, if I could justify buying more parts for a newer build, but I can't, as I only built this machine in February. Maybe a year from now.
 

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Tews said:
The specs are nice, but the cost is prohibitive, so Ill stay with what I have for now... :p
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The price is alot better than the big core i7s...

Had a look at newegg and I saw a MB ($100) + Corei5 ($200) + RAM (Under $100)

Around $400...it won't be that cheap with the i7 builds...
 

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I think I'm going to hold off until pricing comes down as well. My current setup works fine for now.

@ KazeNoKoe23.. wow.. another Calgarian on this board. Weird. :D
 

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MaDDN3ss said:
I think I'm going to hold off until pricing comes down as well. My current setup works fine for now.

@ KazeNoKoe23.. wow.. another Calgarian on this board. Weird. :D
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Wow, small world. :D

Glad to know there's another Calgarian here who loves Windows 7. ;)
 

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MaDDN3ss said:
I think I'm going to hold off until pricing comes down as well. My current setup works fine for now.

@ KazeNoKoe23.. wow.. another Calgarian on this board. Weird. :D
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KazeNoKoe23 said:
MaDDN3ss said:
I think I'm going to hold off until pricing comes down as well. My current setup works fine for now.

@ KazeNoKoe23.. wow.. another Calgarian on this board. Weird. :D
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Wow, small world. :D

Glad to know there's another Calgarian here who loves Windows 7. ;)
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Oh my, :shock: we're being overrun! j/k welcome guys! ;)
 

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