Hey guys - from what I've read, the 920 is a great chip. Looks like 4ghz+ is doable with good cooling.
I've been running a Q9650 @ 4.2ghz on water (see sig) for the last year and have been pondering an upgrade to an i7 system. I do alot of blu-ray -> 720p/1080p encoding and gaming. Looking at stock benchmarks on tomshardware, it looks like there's a big enough perf difference (esp w/ hyperthreading) between the Q series and i7 to warrant an upgrade - plus it's just been too long since I've done a new build
So I'm trying to figure out something here - everywhere I've read people have said "oh just oc a 920 and you'll mop the floor w/ a stock 960". Okay that's fine.
But I haven't been able to find any info on whether a 960 would oc higher than a 920 or vice versa. Any significant advantage w the 960 aside from higher stock clocks?
So I'd like to get your insights on that - I'd rather not waste $589 on something that isn't going to have any advantages over a $200 - $300 cpu right.
Otherwise, components I've sort of chosen right now are ...
Asus P6X58D mobo
12 GB GSkill Trident 2000mhz DDR3 (cas 9 ...12 gb cas 8 gets pricey)
Swiftech Apogee XT waterblock (I'll take suggestions here...)
Thanks guys!
I've been running a Q9650 @ 4.2ghz on water (see sig) for the last year and have been pondering an upgrade to an i7 system. I do alot of blu-ray -> 720p/1080p encoding and gaming. Looking at stock benchmarks on tomshardware, it looks like there's a big enough perf difference (esp w/ hyperthreading) between the Q series and i7 to warrant an upgrade - plus it's just been too long since I've done a new build
So I'm trying to figure out something here - everywhere I've read people have said "oh just oc a 920 and you'll mop the floor w/ a stock 960". Okay that's fine.
But I haven't been able to find any info on whether a 960 would oc higher than a 920 or vice versa. Any significant advantage w the 960 aside from higher stock clocks?
So I'd like to get your insights on that - I'd rather not waste $589 on something that isn't going to have any advantages over a $200 - $300 cpu right.
Otherwise, components I've sort of chosen right now are ...
Asus P6X58D mobo
12 GB GSkill Trident 2000mhz DDR3 (cas 9 ...12 gb cas 8 gets pricey)
Swiftech Apogee XT waterblock (I'll take suggestions here...)
Thanks guys!