775 is going away soon. Just thought I'd let you know. :) Sent via BlackBerry
-----Original Message----- From: DHSinclair <[email protected]> Date: Wed, 03 Jun 2009 13:23:34 To: <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [H] Core i7 new computer James, Thanks for your personal "habitual ritual." I, too, follow your roadmap also. It is interesting that with the latest news about the i5 and i7 direction change, that there are so many i7-level m/b's and cpus still available. As I suspect you do choose to move to i7, I would suggest much homework to get the best service into the future with any new toys at this bleeding edge level. I just finished moving from AMD to Intel c2d E8400/P45/DDR3. The previous AMD machines were going on 10 years old. ATM, my happiness factor is quite high. Well, unless the LGA775 Intel form factor goes away any time soon. I can still look forward to potentially a Quad-core cpu, though I have no idea why I would ever require that much umph.......... :) Best, Duncan James Maki wrote: > 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] > >
