i7-920 (vs) C2Q 9550

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i7-920 (vs) C2Q 9550

badboyboy — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 07:41:36 +0800

i7-920
2.63GHz
QPI 4.8GT/s
8MB L3 cache

Q9550
2.83GHz
12MB L2 cache
1333Mhz FSB

with these two, i7-920 is priced cheaper than Q9550

i'm planning to upgrade to either these two processor. i7 seems to have alot of OC'ing potential and future proof. But the downside of that is the price for DDR3 and DDR3 latencies are still quite high.

price for entire system of i7 would be RM400-800 extra of Q9550, but will it justify the extra cost?

can anyone advice me on this? somebody help me! and i'm no pro of these stufffsssss

(anyway i don't really need so high-end stuff. Prolly just gaming and for the fun of it, and just wondering whether I should pay a lil extra for some extra things that I don't need)

(planning on building this) (budget 3.5k)

Option 1

i7-920
Asus P6T
SGate 500GB
CM 690
Asus Nvidia 9800GTX+
(for PSU n RAM, can anyone recommend me anything that doesnt add up more than 3.5k? 3.8k can consider lah)

Option 2
C2Q 9550
Asus P5Q deluxe
SGate 500GB
CM 690
Asus Nvidia 9800GTX+
(same goes for PSU n RAM)

any comments and suggestion are welcomed! thank you!

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