Sometime in the next year (so, NOT immediately), I'd like to upgrade my system. I'd like to upgrade to an eight core system. I do know I'd be able to make use of all eight cores.
Presumably, I'd need a motherboard that supports two quad-core CPUs. It should also support at least 8 GB of RAM. Additionally, I need at least one 16x PCIe and a 4x PCIe slot, though I'd much prefer at least two 16x PCIe slots with sufficient separation. I'm not planning on running SLI, though I do currently have an 8800 GTX video card and a 3Ware 9650 PCIe-4 RAID card (along with seven hard drives) that I'd be bringing over.
I'm really not overly concerned as to whether I'd go AMD or Intel for the CPUs, though I'd prefer to stay away from the $1000 CPUs.
Now, I'm pretty sure there's nothing like this now. Any pointers to what I should keep my eye on for sometime in 2008?
Presumably, I'd need a motherboard that supports two quad-core CPUs. It should also support at least 8 GB of RAM. Additionally, I need at least one 16x PCIe and a 4x PCIe slot, though I'd much prefer at least two 16x PCIe slots with sufficient separation. I'm not planning on running SLI, though I do currently have an 8800 GTX video card and a 3Ware 9650 PCIe-4 RAID card (along with seven hard drives) that I'd be bringing over.
I'm really not overly concerned as to whether I'd go AMD or Intel for the CPUs, though I'd prefer to stay away from the $1000 CPUs.
Now, I'm pretty sure there's nothing like this now. Any pointers to what I should keep my eye on for sometime in 2008?
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