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Upgrade Advice

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joshua13

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I have an EVGA 680i SLI and an e6600. I need to upgrade the Mobo/Ram/CPU for various reasons (I can't upgrade the CPU to Q9650 anyways). I need a motherboard manufacturer with good support.. which is why I originally picked EVGA.

Which is a smarter upgrade path? The i7 build costs $100-$200 more than the Q9650, and mostly depends on the ram. I do plan to overlock this one.. my 680i was never stable with any overclock..

Q9650
Intel P45 vs EVGA 780i A1
4 GB DDR2 1066 Ram

VS

Core i7 920
EVGA x58 A1
6GB DDR3 1600 Ram

I have read this article: http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/intel/showdoc.aspx?i=3461&p=3

So what do you think.. is the price worth the future possibility or is it smarter to just get the lower end system?
 
if you can afford it then go for i7, the prices of ddr3 ram are dropping fast, and obviously its the best there is right now.

a P45 board will be perfect for that quad if you decide to stick to socket 775, just depends how much money you feel like spending :D
 
i7, since your board isn't quad-capable. No point in keeping the same socket.
 
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