Suggestions for a new PC

[PostmanPot]

Not sure in all honesty, i guess maybe the mobo's are cheap and you get tons of features or something.

I would say though the 955 is over priced but the mobo's is awesome for 1.5k

/watches as the amd fanboys fetch their pitchforks and head towards postman.

Ah. So AMD is only competitive with motherboard pricing.

I would say, what more do you need than a P5Q @ R1258 at PCInt?

 

[Sapphiron]

Hold the boat

You guys all know Core i5 is releasing in 3 weeks. Scuttlebutt has it that some suppliers are already sitting with P55 boards.

The Core i5 750 has near as makes no difference the same performance as the 920 and costs R1000 cheaper.

Power usage is down about 70W on entire PC compared to Core i7 + X58

Also seems to overclock even better than i7 because of the lower power usage.

Core i5 750 should sell for R2200-R2400
ASUS P55 board should sell for R2300-2500

O, and do get a decent power supply. Corsair TX650 should do nicely.

 

[reddevilandy10]

Hold the boat

You guys all know Core i5 is releasing in 3 weeks. Scuttlebutt has it that some suppliers are already sitting with P55 boards.

The Core i5 750 has near as makes no difference the same performance as the 920 and costs R1000 cheaper.

Power usage is down about 70W on entire PC compared to Core i7 + X58

Also seems to overclock even better than i7 because of the lower power usage.

Core i5 750 should sell for R2200-R2400
ASUS P55 board should sell for R2300-2500

O, and do get a decent power supply. Corsair TX650 should do nicely.

Seems to be the case!

http://www.landmarkpc.co.za/store/intel-motherboard-socket-lga1156-c-26_31_651.html

not a terrible price actually!