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Nefertiti

Nefertiti

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So my motherboard packed up in the last week :mad: and it was recommended that I rather just upgrade to the new i5 or i7 setup. (I had a Q9450 and 775? motherboard before that).

So options I have is.
  • buy an ssd for my notebook to tie me over until the upgrade
  • just upgrade already

What is making me hesitant in just buying anything right now...

The newer SSD's are coming out, so I am hoping the vertex 2 or g.skill phoenix would come down in price. My notebook is a year old, so adding the newest ssd's to it would be a waste. Should I wait maybe? or is waiting for the price to come down just wishful thinking?

If I go for the full upgrade, I would like to do it properly. There is the new LGA2011? processors coming out, that would support 6 cores and up. The high end processors tend to be quite pricey but rumour has it that the price might not be so bad. Should I wait? Yea, I know technology always changes, but I want to get something that would last me at least 3 years. So it needs the latest SATA III, usb 3 and anything else coming along now and in good quantities. 2 of the latest SATA ports wont cut it if I want to do raid.

I wouldnt worry about the specs being an overkill in my case. I make good use of the resources I got :D.

if you were in my position, what would you do? would you wait or which option would you go for?
 
Replace the motherboard and get the ssd

Problem solved. I would rather have a q9450 with an ssd than a i5 or i7 with a 7200rpm drive. What is the machine going to be doing?
 
killadoob said:
Replace the motherboard and get the ssd

Problem solved. I would rather have a q9450 with an ssd than a i5 or i7 with a 7200rpm drive. What is the machine going to be doing?
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Do you still get motherboards supporting the q9450? I got feedback that the motherboard would cost me thousands to replace. But then I did have extra requirements like either onboard video or to run dual video cards (not in sli mode though and well I am willing to forfet the video card options). I do coding mostly (sometimes in virtuals). So ram and harddrive speed more important for me.
 
Nefertiti said:
So my motherboard packed up in the last week :mad: and it was recommended that I rather just upgrade to the new i5 or i7 setup. (I had a Q9450 and 775? motherboard before that).

So options I have is.
  • buy an ssd for my notebook to tie me over until the upgrade
  • just upgrade already

What is making me hesitant in just buying anything right now...

The newer SSD's are coming out, so I am hoping the vertex 2 or g.skill phoenix would come down in price. My notebook is a year old, so adding the newest ssd's to it would be a waste. Should I wait maybe? or is waiting for the price to come down just wishful thinking?

If I go for the full upgrade, I would like to do it properly. There is the new LGA2011? processors coming out, that would support 6 cores and up. The high end processors tend to be quite pricey but rumour has it that the price might not be so bad. Should I wait? Yea, I know technology always changes, but I want to get something that would last me at least 3 years. So it needs the latest SATA III, usb 3 and anything else coming along now and in good quantities. 2 of the latest SATA ports wont cut it if I want to do raid.

I wouldnt worry about the specs being an overkill in my case. I make good use of the resources I got :D.

if you were in my position, what would you do? would you wait or which option would you go for?
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You won't get native USB3 till Bulldozer comes out. I say wait a month to see what Bulldozer does. Save up. You'll be able to get yourself a juicy 8core. Also with AMD you know they don't release a new socket every six months.
 
Qwikslver said:
You won't get native USB3 till Bulldozer comes out. I say wait a month to see what Bulldozer does. Save up. You'll be able to get yourself a juicy 8core. Also with AMD you know they don't release a new socket every six months.
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I'd prefer Intel, however I'll keep my mind open and check some stats when it comes out.
 
Nefertiti said:
Do you still get motherboards supporting the q9450? I got feedback that the motherboard would cost me thousands to replace. But then I did have extra requirements like either onboard video or to run dual video cards (not in sli mode though and well I am willing to forfet the video card options). I do coding mostly (sometimes in virtuals). So ram and harddrive speed more important for me.
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Well rectron has these two MB's on their price list so any dealer buying from them might be able to assist...

GIGABYTE® G41M-COMBO: G41 & ICH7 Chipset - Socket LGA775, 1333MHz FSB - Supports: Celeron, Pentium Dual Core & Core 2 Series (price incl: +- R520)
GIGABYTE® G41MT-S2P: G41 & ICH7 Chipset - Socket LGA775, 1333MHz FSB - Supports: Celeron, Pentium Dual Core & Core 2 Series (price incl: +- R455)

So i do not know where the thousands come from as you were told...

Remember these are prices from the initial supplier so the dealer will most propably add another 20% or so to the price...
 
AcidT said:
Well rectron has these two MB's on their price list so any dealer buying from them might be able to assist...

GIGABYTE® G41M-COMBO: G41 & ICH7 Chipset - Socket LGA775, 1333MHz FSB - Supports: Celeron, Pentium Dual Core & Core 2 Series (price incl: +- R520)
GIGABYTE® G41MT-S2P: G41 & ICH7 Chipset - Socket LGA775, 1333MHz FSB - Supports: Celeron, Pentium Dual Core & Core 2 Series (price incl: +- R455)

So i do not know where the thousands come from as you were told...

Remember these are prices from the initial supplier so the dealer will most propably add another 20% or so to the price...
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I think they were looking at replacing the motherboard with the exact same specs as what I had, and it could have included memory upgrade as well.

Im looking at the motherboards you suggested now... looks promising.
 
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