If we are talking price concerns and future upgrades, I can see your point on waiting and concentrating on the upcoming i5 cpu. The fallacy in this philosophy FOR ME is I rarely upgrade within a socket type. The one time I did upgrade, I now feel I spent too much to upgrade a socket 939 (at its end of life) single core AMD64 3700 to an Opteron 185. It gave the system new life, but cost $235 for an "obsolete" chip.
I usually build a system and use it for several years and then build a new system from scratch (at least, mb, cpu, and ram) as much from want as necessity as the technogies change. So I may spend a little more now for an X58 mb, i7 920, and DDR3, but the investment will cover me for the next couple of years till the new next best thing. Only potential pitfall is if the cpu fails (and I have not ever had a cpu fail) and having to spend an arm and leg to replace. In the meantime, I have a (for the time being) state of the art system. The happiness factor has to be worth SOMETHING! Jim Maki [email protected] > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > Basically, i7 is going to be re-branded as the "high end" and as such > boards and cpu prices will remain very high. > > Going the i5 route will give a considerably cheaper future > upgrade path. > > -----Original Message----- > From: James Maki > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] > > > With the recent announcement on i7 and i5, I wouldn't even > > consider an i7 anymore. > > > > Not good news either for those of us who jumped on the i7 bandwagon > > early :( > > I'm a bit confused by this comment. My understanding is that the i5 is > inferior to the i7 and aimed at budget computing. Am I missing > something? > > Jim Maki > [email protected]
