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HEH GUYS BEEN SURFING YOUR FORUM FOR QUITE A WHILE BUT HAVE NEVER POSTED, SO HERE GOES!
NEED HELP CHOOSING NEW INTEL BUILD CHIPSET. I HAVE JUST RECENTLY COMPLETED MY FIRST AMD BUILD THAT i HAVE HAD FOR ABOUT 6MONTHS. MY SPECS ARE:
CASE: FT01
MB: ROG XHAIR IV FORMULA
CPU: [email protected]
GPU: 2 X 5850 XF
MEM: 8GB GSKILL
HD: WD RAPTOR 150GB, 4 X SAMSUNG F3 1TB
I WOULD LIKE TO PASS THIS MACHINE ONTO MY SON AND BUILD MYSELF A NEW INTEL MACHINE FROM THE GROUND UP.
HOWEVER I AM A BIT CONFUSED ON THE RIGHT CHIPSET TO FOLLOW:
1155 SOCKET CPU'S ARE GREAT BUT THE MB CHIPSETS ONLY PROVIDE 1 X16 PCIE LANES IN XF. TO ME THAT IS SO OLD TECH. THE 1366 SOCKET LOOKS THE WINNER BUT THEY ARE DUE TO BE PHASED OUT BY WHAT I AM NOT SURE, SHOULD I WAIT FOR THE REPLACEMENT. ALSO NOT SURE IF I WANT ANOTHER 6 OR 8 CORE MACHINE AS IT PROVIDES NO ADVANTAGES THAT I HAVE SEEN TO DATE. I THINK THE QUAD CORES ARE THE WAY TO GO FOR AT LEAST THE NEXT 2 - 3YEARS.
I NEED HELP DECIDING, I AM SO LOOKING FORWARD TO STARTING A NEW INTEL BUILD AROUND THE NEW CORSAIR 600T.
SORRY FOR THE LONG POST....
NEED HELP CHOOSING NEW INTEL BUILD CHIPSET. I HAVE JUST RECENTLY COMPLETED MY FIRST AMD BUILD THAT i HAVE HAD FOR ABOUT 6MONTHS. MY SPECS ARE:
CASE: FT01
MB: ROG XHAIR IV FORMULA
CPU: [email protected]
GPU: 2 X 5850 XF
MEM: 8GB GSKILL
HD: WD RAPTOR 150GB, 4 X SAMSUNG F3 1TB
I WOULD LIKE TO PASS THIS MACHINE ONTO MY SON AND BUILD MYSELF A NEW INTEL MACHINE FROM THE GROUND UP.
HOWEVER I AM A BIT CONFUSED ON THE RIGHT CHIPSET TO FOLLOW:
1155 SOCKET CPU'S ARE GREAT BUT THE MB CHIPSETS ONLY PROVIDE 1 X16 PCIE LANES IN XF. TO ME THAT IS SO OLD TECH. THE 1366 SOCKET LOOKS THE WINNER BUT THEY ARE DUE TO BE PHASED OUT BY WHAT I AM NOT SURE, SHOULD I WAIT FOR THE REPLACEMENT. ALSO NOT SURE IF I WANT ANOTHER 6 OR 8 CORE MACHINE AS IT PROVIDES NO ADVANTAGES THAT I HAVE SEEN TO DATE. I THINK THE QUAD CORES ARE THE WAY TO GO FOR AT LEAST THE NEXT 2 - 3YEARS.
I NEED HELP DECIDING, I AM SO LOOKING FORWARD TO STARTING A NEW INTEL BUILD AROUND THE NEW CORSAIR 600T.
SORRY FOR THE LONG POST....
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