Santa Drives a Brown Truck

[tinmann]

It's always give you a good feeling to see the Brown UPS truck arrive. Today I got my Seasonic X750, a Corsair Sata 6G upgrade kit, a Light-on dvd burner with lightscribe, Intel Core i7 920 D0 and some odds and ends my Corsair 800D needed that were missing when I bought the case used.
http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t84/tinmann8/IMAG0044.jpg

This would have almost completed my build, lacking only a new HDD
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136533

And A GPU
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130610

But in mid-stream I have decided to change directions. I am not longer going to use the Asus P6T6 WS motherboard or the Corsair XMS3 DDR3 @1333. I have opted to go with this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813188069 andhttp://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145321

I can get a re-certified http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813188090 but the new has a limited life time warranty and I quite sure I'm not going to be using liquid nitrogen in the near future.
I'd really appreciate any DDR3 1600 ram recommendations.

 

[genghiskron]

i didnt know they still sold 920's

 

[tinmann]

i didnt know they still sold 920's

I guess you have to look. Amazon, Ebay, forums
Example 1
http://cgi.ebay.com/Intel-Core-i7-920-2-66GHz-BRAND-NEW-BOX-Processor-/130560082009?pt=CPUs&hash=item1e65fcc059

Examples 2-48
http://computers.shop.ebay.com/CPUs-/164/i.html?_nkw=core+i7+920&_catref=1&_dmd=1&_dmpt=CPUs&_fln=1&_sop=12&_trksid=p3286.c0.m282

Thanks for the ..........HELP

 

[lp231]

Why you buy outdated stuff? A Core i5 SNB will conk the hell out of that 920 and it's cheaper.

 

[tinmann]

I actually wanted a LGA 1366. And if you think a core i7 920 is outdated, you probably believe the eater bunny lays chocolate eggs. If I had wanted Sandy bridge I sure wouldn't have gone with the Core i5, Id have gone to a i7 2600k. But I got what I wanted not what you or anyone else would have me get. I actually considered buying an LGA 1155 but elected not to and go with LGA 1366 . What will you think of Sandy when Ivy shows up?

I hope this answers "you" question

 

[lp231]

When IVY bridge shows up, people with LGA 1155 can easily do is first update bios, pop in the new CPU and viola. Happy, happy, happy!
You on the other hand can't, LGA 1366 is a dead platform, Core i7 900 series are done, finish, poop! Only ones who like bragging rights will go for some idiotic Extreme Edition with 6 cores that cost a arm and a leg. And yet a Core i7 2600k can smoke the ganja out of it for 1/4 of the price. Intel can't let that happen so they make a 990X.
In the past Extreme Edition is for their unlock multiplier now a low cost CPU have the same exact feature such as the Core i5 2500K and Core i7 2600K.
In a few months (around November or so) Intel may release a new socket Sandy Bridge-E, the replacement for LGA 1366. It will house single or 2-way CPUs in quad channel ram.
Ivy Bridge will be build on 22nm and it's the first for their new Tri-Gate 3D technology.

 

[tinmann]

I must apologize if any discussion I made on how to spend my money has conflicted with the way you see things but that's something I guess I'm just going to have to live with. As far as X58 being dead that comes as good news, I should be seeing the Gulftown 980x prices plummet any day now. I started this build just to upgrade from a socket 775 and I'm quite pleased with the results but you have no idea how much it pains me that "you" are displeased with the choices I made. So feel free to send me, at your expense the parts that you feel I should have purchased and I will gladly toss all my efforts aside. And in your honor I will gladly name my new project after you. "Project SandyBrige Troll". Deal?

 

[genghiskron]

sorry. heres some good ddr3 1600:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231458

 

[tinmann]

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