What's Your Next CPU Upgrade?

Bio Hazard · October 2nd, 2009, 09:37 AM

I think, i'll go towards a Core i7.Never heard of Core i9 though.

LAV · October 31st, 2009, 11:10 AM

Now I can buy only Athlon II X3 435

Jimmyha6 · October 31st, 2009, 10:14 PM

Currently on a Q6600, and don't expect to upgrade until a hugely notable performance jump takes place and the Q6600 just doesn't cut it anymore.

ceatc0 · December 19th, 2009, 11:58 PM

I have just completely upgraded my box to Xeon E5520 so hopefully it can last longer...Not sure after few years the socket 1366 is still usable. But I will look forward to 8 cores or 16 cores CPUs in the future coz I think the current one should give me 3-5 years working time. (gaming is not the main point for this box tho)

--> My last computer was a Pentium 4 2.4GHz used for about 5 years already...

bigal · December 20th, 2009, 09:49 PM

If I really had more money, I would wait until the core i9, I already went $75 over my budget, I like the i7 920 because of how it can overclock. Hopefully the core i9 processors will be compatible with my motherboard (socket LGA 1366; X58) so that I can upgrade in about 3 years to the core i9. I would like that, but if I have to buy new RAM and motherboard than I would just forget about it. Will the core i9 processors be compatible with my motherboard and RAM? Well technically it should be compatible with my RAM if it with my motherboard.