Going to the dark side?

czaja74 · 17th July 2006, 12:06 PM

I was thinking about changing to Intel setup but looks like current mobos doesnt support SLI. Well maybe it does but if so I would keep my graphic cards.
LANPARTY UT NF4 SLI-DR Venus
FX-60 @ 3GHz on air (will put WC this week)
2GB OCZ PC4000 Gold GX XTC
2x Asus 7900GTX
Soundblaster X-FI Extreme Music
2x 150GB Raptors RAID 0
PP&C 1KW PSU
DVD-ROM- DVD-RW
Dell 2407" LCD

New system:
Core 2 Duo E6700
ASUS S775 P5B Deluxe
2GB DDR2
GeForce 7950 GX2
I would like some opinions on that.

DarkStyle · 17th July 2006, 12:47 PM

Cant go wrong with a Conroe. Only thing that will put people off is the money required to buy both a new motherboard and decent memory (this would cost somewhere between 400/500 dollars alone).

eluu · 17th July 2006, 1:40 PM

Ummmm...why upgrade? Your current system is more than enough..

MrRand0m · 17th July 2006, 2:40 PM

Upgrading from AMD to Intel...... the very definition of an oxymoron.

Danske · 17th July 2006, 3:23 PM

You probably wont feel much performance going from a FX 60(@3ghz), but there definatly will be some increase.

timmay556 · 17th July 2006, 3:52 PM

Picks... Or it didn't happen...
We need pick

Dezza Bot · 17th July 2006, 4:07 PM

My opinion would be wait for sli mobos adn see how they stand up in the market

monoxide- · 17th July 2006, 5:04 PM

stay with what you have now and see how conroe pans out,
im not into all the hype at the moment, just upgraded my pc now.
im just gonna see what happens in another 6 months.

nai · 17th July 2006, 5:53 PM

That system is more than enough for today's applications and it must have cost you a packet too , personally I won't upgrade for another year until thay have multicored , low-powered CPUs , SATA3 ; affordable , cool running DirectX10 graphics and FB/ DDR3 RAM .
But again , if habitual upgradings turn you on , then why not ?

nai · 17th July 2006, 5:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by czaja74

I was thinking about changing to Intel setup but looks like current mobos doesnt support SLI. Well maybe it does but if so I would keep my graphic cards.
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FX-60 @ 3GHz on air (will put WC this week)
Dell 2407" LCD
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If you decide to upgrade , can I buy these from you.

mantaray · 17th July 2006, 7:36 PM

Nah, I'm staying with AMD all the way, especially with the new price drops from the 24th-very yummy.

czaja74 · 17th July 2006, 11:39 PM

Well we all know what it is like. See new thing and

I want it. Impulse I gues. I had a second thought and yea you are right guys. Vista with DX10 on the way and who knows what will happen in 2007 or 2008. Decided to put WC on and keep it till I will really have to upgrade. Also I dont know what sort of problems new CPU might have so better hang on few months...

czaja74 · 17th July 2006, 11:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nai

If you decide to upgrade , can I buy these from you.

Nope not a screen worked too hard and too long to get it. Not to mention time spent convincing misus ...

Pazu · 18th July 2006, 7:39 AM

Given your system, you would most likely do better if you wait for K8L, and/or even the quad-core cpus.

17th July 2006, 12:06 PM	#1
czaja74 Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Mill Park Posts: 185	Going to the dark side? I was thinking about changing to Intel setup but looks like current mobos doesnt support SLI. Well maybe it does but if so I would keep my graphic cards. LANPARTY UT NF4 SLI-DR Venus FX-60 @ 3GHz on air (will put WC this week) 2GB OCZ PC4000 Gold GX XTC 2x Asus 7900GTX Soundblaster X-FI Extreme Music 2x 150GB Raptors RAID 0 PP&C 1KW PSU DVD-ROM- DVD-RW Dell 2407" LCD New system: Core 2 Duo E6700 ASUS S775 P5B Deluxe 2GB DDR2 GeForce 7950 GX2 I would like some opinions on that.

17th July 2006, 3:52 PM	#6
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17th July 2006, 5:04 PM	#8
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17th July 2006, 5:53 PM	#9
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17th July 2006, 12:47 PM	#2
DarkStyle Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 651	Cant go wrong with a Conroe. Only thing that will put people off is the money required to buy both a new motherboard and decent memory (this would cost somewhere between 400/500 dollars alone).

17th July 2006, 1:40 PM	#3
eluu Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 1,054	Ummmm...why upgrade? Your current system is more than enough..

17th July 2006, 2:40 PM	#4
MrRand0m Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 2,817	Upgrading from AMD to Intel...... the very definition of an oxymoron.

17th July 2006, 7:36 PM	#11
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17th July 2006, 11:39 PM	#12
czaja74 Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Mill Park Posts: 185	Well we all know what it is like. See new thing and I want it. Impulse I gues. I had a second thought and yea you are right guys. Vista with DX10 on the way and who knows what will happen in 2007 or 2008. Decided to put WC on and keep it till I will really have to upgrade. Also I dont know what sort of problems new CPU might have so better hang on few months...

18th July 2006, 7:39 AM	#14
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