WHICH i7

Hi Guys

I purchased an ASROCK X58 Extreme mainboard, 3 sticks of 1866 mhz Dominator memory. Now Im going to use my current cards that are in my system now which is 2 ATI 4870's in crossfire and the drives are a Velociraptor and two Black WD 1TBS.

All I do is play Supreme commander Forged Alliance and Starcraft 2 when it comes out.

My question is which processor will i put in it.

When I look at the I7, I see a 950 3.06 ghz and that costs $680 Aust. Then the 975 Extreme 3.33ghz jumps to $1300.

I know speed is improtant for games (or so Ive been told) but would the extreme be worth the extra money for playing games, or would you go for the 950 and overclock it.

Thanks Trev

i7-920. They perform very well, and OC very well. For the price difference, the small bump in performance you get with the 950 and 975 extreme is an extravagant waste if you ask me.

EDIT: If you really want to spend a lot of money, buy the 920 and some 5850's or 5870's from ATI.

MY vote also for the i7 920.
It is very powerful CPU and anything more expensive is simply waste of money.


You can get 920 to 975 levels with OC anytime!

920

...and this way if you end up with extra cash you still want to spend, consider an SSD for your OS partition or a better/second GPU. Either of these would make a MUCH bigger difference than a 920 to a 950 or a 975.

Ok

This SSD, Would I put the OS and games on it and keep the WD 1 TB's for storage. Also, if I got the I7-950 are they good overclockers like the 920.


Thanks
Trev

Personally, I like the i7 960. If I were to build a new rig, that would be the CPU I'd use. That or a decently clocked Xeon.