Waco Posted November 12, 2012 Posted November 12, 2012 I make a game out of it. I don't like losing games. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GENERALCHAOS Posted November 12, 2012 Posted November 12, 2012 Arron Spears will win if he was in this hes the 1 that made me go to the dark side Intel fanboy > GeneralChaos Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrewr05 Posted November 12, 2012 Posted November 12, 2012 The biggest issue with going AMD now is that you'll not only be giving up performance now but it's also likely that the fastest chip you'll be able to drop in in a few years will still be slower than the fastest s1155 chips from Intel today. I figured as much. 1155 is essentially "dead" if you want to call it that for upgrades though. Ivy Bridge is the last new architecture that'll be released for it unless something crazy happens. That said...even a Sandy Bridge based CPU is faster than anything AMD has released up to this point. Like you say though, the Sandy Bridge chips will last me a damn long time, probably longer than this Q660 has, hopefully... Intel socket 2011 isn't even close to being in your budget though....and I was just reading that 1150 is coming out.  I DID say in my first post that this is all speculative, perhaps i'll wait until the next stuff comes out to get even cheaper used hardware?  Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waco Posted November 12, 2012 Posted November 12, 2012 Like you say though, the Sandy Bridge chips will last me a damn long time, probably longer than this Q660 has, hopefully... True. You can always drop in a nice Ivy Bridge quad down the road if you want a massive boost as well. This is especially true if you overclock said IB chip. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spearsar Posted November 12, 2012 Posted November 12, 2012 My 2cent. Andrew if ur a gamer and enjoy overclocking and buying on budget then don't sell out to a crappy i3. It's like a dog eating table scraps from the King. Take any AMD black and tweak your speed on a OC. You will also have way more FSB for gaming. Just be sure buy some memory with headroom.. Also if you already have some sata drives you can do a raid 0 to push out some more performance till you decide to sell ur soul on SSD. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GENERALCHAOS Posted November 12, 2012 Posted November 12, 2012 come to the dark side Andrew the 1090FX gonna come save that money that what im doing Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GENERALCHAOS Posted November 12, 2012 Posted November 12, 2012 there he is Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waco Posted November 12, 2012 Posted November 12, 2012 My 2cent. Andrew if ur a gamer and enjoy overclocking and buying on budget then don't sell out to a crappy i3. It's like a dog eating table scraps from the King. Take any AMD black and tweak your speed on a OC. You will also have way more FSB for gaming. Just be sure buy some memory with headroom.. Also if you already have some sata drives you can do a raid 0 to push out some more performance till you decide to sell ur soul on SSD. "Selling out" with the "crappy" i3 will get him higher performance in games even if he DOES overclock a Phenom II and leaves the upgrade path open for a serious CPU like a Sandy Bridge or Ivy Bridge quad. Â RAID 0 is a waste with HDDs and I don't think it's advisable for any rig (with the exception of people who legitimately need high sustained throughput), let alone a gaming rig. Â Â And before you scream "Intel fanboy" I guarantee I've had more AMD systems in the past 10 years than you. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
El_Capitan Posted November 12, 2012 Posted November 12, 2012 Spearsar is from Texas, of course he'd going to like AMD. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GENERALCHAOS Posted November 12, 2012 Posted November 12, 2012 Arron pc pwnd my BIOSTAR TA990FXE with his 790fx Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spearsar Posted November 12, 2012 Posted November 12, 2012 Spearsar is from Texas, of course he'd going to like AMD. No I just don't care for corporate vampires that feed on the weak. How many socket types has intel had in the last 10 years vs amd? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stonerboy779 Posted November 12, 2012 Posted November 12, 2012 Cheapest upgrade path would have been accepting the free gpu from bosco..... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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