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How many next weeks were actually next week ?
Fake it somewhere else...:welcome:
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Yes you were wrong !
How many next weeks were actually next week ?
Fake it somewhere else...:welcome:
Apology accepted. :rofl:Quote:
Originally Posted by RealRedRaider
dengyong...
i know your pain.
Andy and i both went Rant mode on vincent.
But its really gary's choice on how many he can get.
Wait til you see the price on it, and see if you do happen to buy one or if they get sold out.
My guess, people who are unaware of the i7 launch will get one. People who do know about it will wait.
People with xtra money on spending will get both.
Thats how the economy works my friend. We are not back in last year were surplus was a good thing.
I had fully intended to buy the set, but the smoke and mirrors have turned me off.Quote:
Originally Posted by NaeKuh
I plan on building a new high end i7 rig when the market settles down and all the facts are in. :)
Yep, other people were buying them direct from Taiwan as well.Quote:
Originally Posted by RealRedRaider
I'm going to stop the argument now before the powers that be get pissed. :up:
Early on Vincent also mentioned releasing 780i blocks shortly after the 790i was released, anyone heard any updates concerning those? I believe he said at the time that they would be released a couple weeks after the 780i, but it wasn't a definite date, more of a rough guestimate. That was also back before a bunch of other things happened, so I'm not expecting to see the blocks for a bit, but any updated info would be nice.
As with any new architecture, many people would be hesistent to jump on the bandwagon until the first generation mobo kinks are ironed out.
Having said that, companies like Swiftech, and now BP, have a track record of being "late to market" with their engineered products and yet they do fabulously well. Its much better to get something right before release than to rush a product to market, and four revisions later, still doesn't work very well. Won't name any names, but we know who that manufacturer is.
It seems to me that the trick is not to be tied down to mobo specific blocks but to use universal blocks that tend to be readily transferrable to any new fanagled mobo.
does the 790 fit without any mods?Quote:
Originally Posted by RealRedRaider
In a pinch, why can't anybody order straight from BP or some other Asian web store? I'm pretty sure that they are in stock n Asia.
It looks like basically the people that would be sticking with 780i & 790i boards will be getting the shaft then just because a handful in comparrison will be going i7 then? Hardly seems worth not bringing out a product for if you ask me. I'd buy these over EK or anybodys but won't if they don't make them obviously. I don't plan to go i7 for a long time more than likely.
I wish I had $600 in hand to buy a Rampage II Extreme and a 940. Also another $200 to buy a Nehalem block and a new NB block.
Unfortunately, that is not the case thats why Im planning on keeping my Striker II Extreme for some time...
and just where are you pulling the these price tags?Quote:
Originally Posted by slim142
:rofl:
try 250-300 for the board, doesnt need to be a rampage.
try 250-300 on the cpu.
<about right but how much is your 790i + Quad cpu>
Try 15 dollars for the i7 mount on your existing block.
:rofl:
talk about inflation.
I should have said $700 or maybe $800Quote:
Originally Posted by NaeKuh
i7 940 is going to be ~$260. Rog boards go $50 higher each time a new one is releaed. I expect the Rampage II to be $450-$500 (keeping in mind S2E was $460 at release).
There you have it, $700-$800 on two components. For people like me, there is absolutely no point on upgrading to i7 unless you have $ trees on your backyard.
Why should I go for i7? Why spend another $700-800 on a new CPU & motherboard?
My Striker never gave me problems unlike 50% of the people out there.
Now I bet there are many like me who want this block because they know that the Striker II will remain a strong performer for a good next couple of months.
I'm getting a Dell
Waiting for it :up:Quote:
Originally Posted by RealRedRaider
This will be an anxiously awaited PM heheheh.Quote:
Originally Posted by RealRedRaider