Hi All,
775?! Wow, that's an old one. I'm stuck in a bit of a dilemma at the moment. I have a 775 (I believe it's a conroe e6600) with 4 gig RAM home built computer from way back in 2006 that's done me quite well the last 5 years. It's the best computer I've ever owned. I love it. The past few months I've been seriously contemplating building a new PC. I held off building an X58 system because I figured I'd wait for Sandy Bridge to come around full-swing. In January I decided to hold off again for just a month or two to see if certain sets of software were going to upgrade to take full advantage of Sandy Bridge software, I figured I'd begin my build in March when this certain software would be released.
Then the infamous SATA issues came to light and everything with SB is on hold/getting fixed. Ok, no problem, but seeing that all of this has happened, I figured I'd do a few things. What do you all think/recommend for the options below?
1. Build a new SB system in a month or so when the fixed/replaced hardware is released. I'm thinking I'll build an ASUS P8P67 Evo with a 2600K, 8 gigs of RAM (Corsair XMS, my favorite) probably an AMD 58xxish video card, etc. Ideally, I'd like it to last nearly 5 years like my current build has lasted me.
2. Build an X58 system, probably with an i7 950 but I might cough up the dough for a 990X - then plan to use this build for at least 5 years (I personally think this might be the worst idea of the 3)
3. Buy perhaps a Q9505 or even a Q8400 to have as a intermediary. It's a 775 processor, a quad core, not too expensive, and maybe(?) be able to hold me over for a year, at which point I'll probably build a 2011-based system (one or so year from now). I wonder if I'd need to upgrade my Asus P5B-deluxe BIOS to recognize one of these processors (for OS reasons I'd rather not upgrade my BIOS at this time).
I'm leaning toward 3 since, as I've already waited a few months, perhaps it would be best to get a quad-core now to get the benefit of having one, and to curb my computer which is just now starting to get a bit sluggish, and wait until I can build a super-fast SB system that runs on the 2011 socket? I don't know if that's a good idea, so I suppose my main question is, is 3 a good idea?
Some more details on me: I'm not a big gamer, though I do on occasion. I am a big music, audio, photo and video editor and I like having a solid number of applications open. I use multiple operating systems but don't do much virturalization. I also use my computer, on occasion, as a file server and SSH server, in which case I occasionally "dial in" to work on various projects and begin video encodings.
Thanks in advance for any help or advice!
775?! Wow, that's an old one. I'm stuck in a bit of a dilemma at the moment. I have a 775 (I believe it's a conroe e6600) with 4 gig RAM home built computer from way back in 2006 that's done me quite well the last 5 years. It's the best computer I've ever owned. I love it. The past few months I've been seriously contemplating building a new PC. I held off building an X58 system because I figured I'd wait for Sandy Bridge to come around full-swing. In January I decided to hold off again for just a month or two to see if certain sets of software were going to upgrade to take full advantage of Sandy Bridge software, I figured I'd begin my build in March when this certain software would be released.
Then the infamous SATA issues came to light and everything with SB is on hold/getting fixed. Ok, no problem, but seeing that all of this has happened, I figured I'd do a few things. What do you all think/recommend for the options below?
1. Build a new SB system in a month or so when the fixed/replaced hardware is released. I'm thinking I'll build an ASUS P8P67 Evo with a 2600K, 8 gigs of RAM (Corsair XMS, my favorite) probably an AMD 58xxish video card, etc. Ideally, I'd like it to last nearly 5 years like my current build has lasted me.
2. Build an X58 system, probably with an i7 950 but I might cough up the dough for a 990X - then plan to use this build for at least 5 years (I personally think this might be the worst idea of the 3)
3. Buy perhaps a Q9505 or even a Q8400 to have as a intermediary. It's a 775 processor, a quad core, not too expensive, and maybe(?) be able to hold me over for a year, at which point I'll probably build a 2011-based system (one or so year from now). I wonder if I'd need to upgrade my Asus P5B-deluxe BIOS to recognize one of these processors (for OS reasons I'd rather not upgrade my BIOS at this time).
I'm leaning toward 3 since, as I've already waited a few months, perhaps it would be best to get a quad-core now to get the benefit of having one, and to curb my computer which is just now starting to get a bit sluggish, and wait until I can build a super-fast SB system that runs on the 2011 socket? I don't know if that's a good idea, so I suppose my main question is, is 3 a good idea?
Some more details on me: I'm not a big gamer, though I do on occasion. I am a big music, audio, photo and video editor and I like having a solid number of applications open. I use multiple operating systems but don't do much virturalization. I also use my computer, on occasion, as a file server and SSH server, in which case I occasionally "dial in" to work on various projects and begin video encodings.
Thanks in advance for any help or advice!