Hefemeister
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gulftown 32nm is going to be 1366 released mid 2010.
Future proofing is an oxymoron. Don't blink, because i7 will become "old" within a year. Core 2 Quad 3.0ghz is still a very respectable processor, and with the savings, you can buy a larger monitor. The only times you may notice a difference, is if you're doing some hardcore encoding.
i7 is actually not futureproof in the sense more chips won't be mad for socket 1336l.
Future proofing is an oxymoron. Don't blink, because i7 will become "old" within a year. Core 2 Quad 3.0ghz is still a very respectable processor, and with the savings, you can buy a larger monitor. The only times you may notice a difference, is if you're doing some hardcore encoding.
You could easily overclock a q6600 to 3ghz it doesn't have to be stock 3ghz. But it's true, good mobo's (p6t/tpowerA) will set you back mid $200. And ddr3 ram has seen a huge decrease in the last 6 months or so, it is very affordable now, i.e ocz plat's or gskill Pic2q 3.0 =$325
i7 920 = $280
but when you factor in the mobo and the ram, ya you can save some with the c2q, not a whole lot tho, because chances are if your buying a $325 cpu, your not getting a cheapo mobo/ram.
you would be silly not to get i7 over the 3.0 c2q at this point.
yeah the performance per clock they have is amazing, but i still wouldn't mind having a q6600 at 3.6ghz, you could still game at max on a 22 incher with a respectable graphics card in most games. I guess the real selling point for the i7 is not gaming but apps performance. Man this p4 is slow!If you check out 3dmark06 cpu scores, a 2.9GHZ clocked i7 is roughly equal to a score of a Q6600 clocked at 3.8GHZ.
I realize cpu scores dont tell the full story but its an indication.
i7 is actually not futureproof in the sense more chips won't be mad for socket 1336. i5 will be coming out and so will a new chipset from intel.
Future proofing is an oxymoron. Don't blink, because i7 will become "old" within a year. Core 2 Quad 3.0ghz is still a very respectable processor, and with the savings, you can buy a larger monitor. The only times you may notice a difference, is if you're doing some hardcore encoding.