Quote Originally Posted by Metroid View Post
Well in terms of price the Q9450 = I7 920, X48 = X58 + 50. You pay some extra $100 to get 10% more performance and also let's not forget the price gouging around.
X58 + i7 920 + 6GB DDR3 is more than twice expensive than P35 + Q6700 + 6GB DDR2; almost twice expensive than P45 + Q9450 + 6GB DDR2.

Now look at my case, going E6600 to Q9450 gives me = 10% and going Q9450 to I7 920 gives me another 10% which will at the end mean 30%.

So I7 920 is the best option I have right now for an upgrade. Who disagrees?
You will have to sell your old stuff and you'll have to pay more than the 10% you for the upgrade you are talking about. Another question is do you really need faster PC?

What about OC-ing?


I'll wait while DDR3 is more expensive than DDR2.