What is everyone buying ????

Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhh, you meant in the NEAR future :D

An E4300 or E4400.

The quad core Penryns won't do very well if everyone goes for Q6600 now.
Suckers....
 
the 3500+ im using now is sloooooooooooooooooooow, theres no way im gonna use this crap until next yr, so

q6600
ip35 pro
2gb of ram (dunno what brand yet, any suggestions?)
8800gts
thermaltake armor

gonna try to overclock it :D
 
i have my shopping cart all ready to purchase.the only thing left is the cpu.

Dont think quad will really have a benefit until next yr. and then penryn will be released.

im thinking

E6750 / E6800
 
Looking for Q6600 or Xeon equivalent, b/c I'm a CoreWhore.

BadAss E6300 will retire to HTPC duty. Anyone got $20 for a Celery 331? :^)

-bZj
 
Qew sixteh' six' hun to the gee zerooo liek am burnin' wit' nero, dawg. Betta recognize. For seriously doh, if I can't get dat G0 on lockdown ASAP, gunna hafta busta e6850, ya hur me. Microsoft Word. Peace out! :p
 
Just got my Tuniq Tower off xoxide :) fixing to slam that bad boy on my 6400 and overclock
 
if i buy somethign, itll be Q6600! .. then i should be good for awhile lol

Penryn quad will make me buy a new mobo so i think ill stick with Q6600 :D
 
onebelo said:
if i buy somethign, itll be Q6600! .. then i should be good for awhile lol

Penryn quad will make me buy a new mobo so i think ill stick with Q6600 :D
Click to expand...

True. I believe that the mobo choice is now more crucial than the cpu one since i've seen the cpu price cuts and in a week or two v'll know whether to go with the 1066 FSB or the 1333 FSb which brings me back to my statement that mobo choice is more crucial.
I am personally waiting on a X38 mobo which will carry my 6300 till penryn is mianstream.
 
well, i made myself a deal not to buy "unneccesary" hardware till years end, so ill try and not buy a new CPU right now... (i do have the money, but spending 300 bucks on a cpu for a machine which runs 2-8 hours per week max...)

but else, i would have gotten either a x3210 or q6600, currently in the process of recoding some DVDs, and just the idea that putting in a different chip could instantly almost halve my encode time....
 
umgill45 said:
True. I believe that the mobo choice is now more crucial than the cpu one since i've seen the cpu price cuts and in a week or two v'll know whether to go with the 1066 FSB or the 1333 FSb which brings me back to my statement that mobo choice is more crucial.
I am personally waiting on a X38 mobo which will carry my 6300 till penryn is mianstream.
Click to expand...

Will the 680i boards be ok for Penryn? I was hoping it would last me longer than one bloody year.

EDIT: NM I did a search for the win and the 680i boards will support Penryn with a BIOS update, or at least that is what EVGA are saying about their boards.
 
DrFreeze said:
well, i made myself a deal not to buy "unneccesary" hardware till years end, so ill try and not buy a new CPU right now... (i do have the money, but spending 300 bucks on a cpu for a machine which runs 2-8 hours per week max...)

but else, i would have gotten either a x3210 or q6600, currently in the process of recoding some DVDs, and just the idea that putting in a different chip could instantly almost halve my encode time....
Click to expand...

EEEK just found a local shop selling Q6600s for 240 euros :eek: too bad they dont carry Xeons, cause if they could sell me a x3210 for >200, i doubt i would have been able to resist
 
I'm looking to pickup a E6750, too bad I can't find one at my preferred online retailers...

Anyone know if Fry's is stocking them for a decent price yet?
 
Q6700! If newegg is selling it at 12:01AM tonight I'm buying it then. Tomorrow if not.
 
ferr said:
Q6700! If newegg is selling it at 12:01AM tonight I'm buying it then. Tomorrow if not.
Click to expand...

if i may ask, why a q6700? according to price roadmaps it should cost twice what a q6600 will cost

im just interested to see why, maybe im missing something
 
I just got delivered to my door yesterday an E6750. Now waiting on my GA-P35-DS3R
:D
 
DrFreeze said:
if i may ask, why a q6700? according to price roadmaps it should cost twice what a q6600 will cost

im just interested to see why, maybe im missing something
Click to expand...

Mostly because I'm impatient. I want the G0 stepping on my Quad and there are two ways to get that:

1) Order a Q6700 tomorrow.
2) Pre-order a Q6600 with TankGuys and wait until mid to late August for them to send it. TankGuys on their forum has even posted that it could be as late as September.

There's also the fact that Q6700 has a higher multiplier which can be useful in overclocking. It is definitely not as cool as a QX6700 with an unlocked multiplier.
 
e6850
ABIT IP35 Pro
2gb Corsair-8500C5-dominator ($155 with MIR)
EVGA 8800GTS 640MB
Seagate Barracude 7200.10 500gb
Lite-on 20x Black DVD SATA
Antec NeoPower NeoHE 550 watt
Zalman CNPS9700
Cooler Master Centurion 5 CAC
X-fi extreme gamer

Very excited! Just need newegg to get in the e6850s.

Any comments/critiques?
 
Finkus said:
Will the 680i boards be ok for Penryn? I was hoping it would last me longer than one bloody year.

EDIT: NM I did a search for the win and the 680i boards will support Penryn with a BIOS update, or at least that is what EVGA are saying about their boards.
Click to expand...

man I'm so glad I caught this post. I was gonna ask the same question since I am going to be getting and EVGA board myself (680i sli A1 Revision).
 
Hurry up and buy out all the Q6600s! :D

My plans are all falling nicely into place. :cool:
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top