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From: Daffy Duck on 11 Nov 2009 16:25
I have C2D E6850 running at 3.4GHZ with 4GB of DDR2 ram. Will going to
i7 860 with 4GB DDR3 give me much of a performance boost? I will OC the
cpu but not by a lot. I only do mild to medium OC so I don't have to get
into exotic cooling solutions and don't need to up the cpu or ram
voltage. Let's say I ran the i7 860 at 3.4GHZ too, clock for clock how
much faster is the i7 compared to my C2D E6850?
From: Daffy Duck on 12 Nov 2009 11:32
Daffy Duck wrote:
> I have C2D E6850 running at 3.4GHZ with 4GB of DDR2 ram. Will going to
> i7 860 with 4GB DDR3 give me much of a performance boost? I will OC the
> cpu but not by a lot. I only do mild to medium OC so I don't have to get
> into exotic cooling solutions and don't need to up the cpu or ram
> voltage. Let's say I ran the i7 860 at 3.4GHZ too, clock for clock how
> much faster is the i7 compared to my C2D E6850?

As a service to anyone else considering the same question:

Read this and then decide.

http://www.legionhardware.com/document.php?id=857&p=0

The article has me convinced to buy i5 750 instead of i7 860 because it
is a better bang-for-buck upgrade. Ordered i5 750 ($219.99 CAD), Asus
P7P55D LE mb ($149.99 CAD), and G.Skill Ripjaw CAS7 2x2GB DDR3
1600($128.49 CAD, splurged a bit here and could have ordered lesser ram
for $90.00 CAD).
From: peter on 12 Nov 2009 19:29
Being Canadian and looking to buy some new parts may
I ask where you purchased...those prices are pretty good from what
I've seen.

peter

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"Daffy Duck" <DD(a)invalid.invalid> wrote in message
news:9MWKm.29254$%j4.28180(a)newsfe18.iad...
> Daffy Duck wrote:
>> I have C2D E6850 running at 3.4GHZ with 4GB of DDR2 ram. Will going to i7
>> 860 with 4GB DDR3 give me much of a performance boost? I will OC the cpu
>> but not by a lot. I only do mild to medium OC so I don't have to get into
>> exotic cooling solutions and don't need to up the cpu or ram voltage.
>> Let's say I ran the i7 860 at 3.4GHZ too, clock for clock how much faster
>> is the i7 compared to my C2D E6850?
>
> As a service to anyone else considering the same question:
>
> Read this and then decide.
>
> http://www.legionhardware.com/document.php?id=857&p=0
>
> The article has me convinced to buy i5 750 instead of i7 860 because it is
> a better bang-for-buck upgrade. Ordered i5 750 ($219.99 CAD), Asus P7P55D
> LE mb ($149.99 CAD), and G.Skill Ripjaw CAS7 2x2GB DDR3 1600($128.49 CAD,
> splurged a bit here and could have ordered lesser ram for $90.00 CAD).

From: Jim on 13 Nov 2009 07:12
Not much. Another 5870 would be better use of $.


From: Wile E. Coyote on 13 Nov 2009 12:28
peter wrote:
> Being Canadian and looking to buy some new parts may
> I ask where you purchased...those prices are pretty good from what
> I've seen.
>
> peter
>
newegg.ca

If you bundle the mb and cpu together they give you $15.00 off.

Yesterday I also ordered Seasonic S12 850w PSU for $139.99 (after $20.00
mail in rebate) and Noctua NH-U12P SE2 cpu heatsink/fan for $79.99 from
NCIX.com. I read the article at legion hardware on how to OC the i5 750
to 4.2GHZ so bought the same hardware they used to try and achieve the
same OC.
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