Should I go with i7-950 processor

[Girijaa]

I have purchased ordered from Amazon the i7-950 for $289 as well as the Gigabyte Udr3 board for $199. Now I am able to reject the shipment if I select as well as seem at the SB chips. My query is will it be value it. I shop from Amazon to keep on tax as well as fast shipping in addition to Amazon does not for all time have the piece that a newegg has. Like I required the Asus x58 MB however it was not sold by Amazon, consequently I select the Gigabyte. I would like a new build however do not require it now, however I would like it. I am not an overclocker as well as if the savings is in $100 then SB may be too much a hassle. Amazon might at the moment still stock the SB motherboards at begin. What be supposed to I do? Take delivery as well as keep it, or reject shipment along with look over my options?

[Alexisus]

I am unsure who will be nearer to the pin in terms of purchasing old tech at present prices as well as regretting it. I did return that Amazon i7 950 long with that purchase new tech for similar price. Do not acquire into this rationalizing although SB is not accessible yet as well as we do not recognize how much it will actually cost. Just my judgment of course i7 950 is still a best system of course.

[Nutty]

The Sandy Bridge CPUs are going to be improved as well as the Core i7 2600K is place for $317. However the entailers will up the cost to build more cash on them so it is hard to state. If you be able to use the additional money, I would go with a Sandy Bridge CPU. Other than Newegg is a better PC parts put than Amazon through a large margin. And they usually ship out of City of manufacturing, so it won’t get long to get to you. Plus unless CA has an entailer tax Newegg be supposed to not have it also.

[Terrextre]

I now built a system through the i7 950 and Gigabyte X58-USB3 motherboard as well as an HD 6870 video card. Yesterday, I saw the a variety of SB reviews as well as felt a bit dissatisfied to observe that the 2500K matches or beats the 950 at a inexpensive cost point, The SB CPUs as well as motherboard are not obtainable yet. The P67 chipset is similar to the P55 chipset in how it handles memory as well as the PCI bus. I like that I be able to utilize my new USB 3.0 outside hard drive with no impacting my video card's performance .consequently, the present SB release is for the low as well as mid end. I would rather wait for the high end release.

[AmdUser]

If you make a decision to go with your X58 buy, you won't be dissatisfied. My new system is fast. As well as you have the choice to xFire or SLI. The merely cause I be able to observe for waiting for SB is if you are into video encoding. As a result, there is no position in returning it as well as waiting for SB, except you have a specific require for it like requiring to perform lots of video encoding on big files.