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Originally Posted by █████████
i'm not saying you are not make making valids points, nic.
anyway,
i'll be receiving a machine very similar to the one i've described precisely today.
i can post benchmarks, pictures or whatever if you want me to.
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Oh nice!
I'd be interested in some temp tests under heavy load.
about the heatsink, the Zerotherm has a similar mounting procedure to the one you mentioned, then...backplate + screws with springs he he.
you're right about the middle-long term benefits of an i7 based setup, but I think a "standar user" would not notice the performance increase in daily use...the REAL differences will be seen mostly in benchmarks and REALLY heavy processes, which looks like they won't be the cup of tea of the thread opener...but I might be wrong
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That's why I'd stick with a 775platform as of now, mainly becuz of good prices in all departments.
As of now the only game that I could easily tell that needs 3 (or more) cores to work well is GTA IV, but it's quite poorly optimized on many levels... obviously future games will rely more on multi cores, but heck, a q9550 (slightly overclocked, if needed) is a frickin' beast.
Either programmers will sit back and say "hey, i7 are powerful, let's forget about optimization and drink some booze" or it will work well for a quite long time, imo.
Intel is on par with its roadmap and wants to deliver 32nm cpu's before the end of 2009, if I'm not mistaken. I know I'm talking about a quite long period "technologically speaking"...
but still, I'd prefer to wait a bit more and save quite a lot now for a "supersetup" then (when ddr3, mobos and cpu will cost less, while being reeeeeeeally powerful nonetheless..) rather than spending more now that prices are higher coz of all the new things just to get "overproportioned" power for my present limited needs he he. Electricity bills might become an issue if he uses the pc 24/7 ha ha.
I'm a bit dizzy so perhaps this isn't the most articulated of posts, forgive me, hope you get what I mean.
btw, I'm searching for a freaking mini itx case with some decent height to put in low noise fans(8 to 12 cm ones), and no luck...damn.