Deneb vs Agena..feel Free to "speculate"

[Gener_AL (UK)]

As for pricing....
669 for top end X58 mobo here(450 for cheapest), and top end FX board is 393 , 9950 here is 381. So while the Corei7 is much more expensive it isnt even close to being a X58 board = 790FX+CPU+Ram.

Oh really ? Regarding UK prices.

DFI Lanparty DK 790FX-M2RS, AMD 790FX, S AM2+, PCI-E 2.0(x16), DDR2 667/800, SATA II, SATA RAID, ATX £69.99 £82.24

2GB (2x1GB) Corsair TwinX XMS2, DDR2 PC2-6400 (800), 240 Pins, Non-ECC Unbuffered, CAS 5-5-5-18 £19.89 £23.37

AMD Phenom™ 9950 Black Edition, Socket AM2+, 2.6GHz, 4MB Cache, 125W, Retail £119.97 £140.96

total i make that around £247 (for standard 2gb ram system)


Now a Few X58

Asus P6T Deluxe Intel X58 (Socket 1366) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard
Core i7 1366 Support, 6400MHz FSB, Triple Channel DDR3 Support, 6x SATA, RAID, 8x USB2.0, FireWire, Dual Gigabit LAN.

£239.99
(£281.99)

Intel SmackOver Intel X58 (Socket 1366) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard
Core i7 1366 Support, 6400MHz FSB, Triple Channel DDR3 Support, 6x SATA, RAID, Dual Gigabit LAN.

Pre-order
£199.99
(£234.99)

MSI Eclipse SLI Intel X58 (Socket 1366) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard Core i7 1366 Support, 6400MHz FSB, Triple Channel DDR3 Support, 6x SATA, RAID, Dual Gigabit LAN.

Asus P6T Deluxe "OC Palm Edition" Intel X58 (Socket 1366) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard
Core i7 1366 Support, 6400MHz FSB, Triple Channel DDR3 Support, 6x SATA, RAID, Dual Gigabit LAN, Supplied with OC Palm.

£269.99
(£317.24)

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Is that enough proof ?

[Rammsteiner]

Oh really ? Regarding UK prices.

DFI Lanparty DK 790FX-M2RS, AMD 790FX, S AM2+, PCI-E 2.0(x16), DDR2 667/800, SATA II, SATA RAID, ATX £69.99 £82.24

2GB (2x1GB) Corsair TwinX XMS2, DDR2 PC2-6400 (800), 240 Pins, Non-ECC Unbuffered, CAS 5-5-5-18 £19.89 £23.37

AMD Phenom™ 9950 Black Edition, Socket AM2+, 2.6GHz, 4MB Cache, 125W, Retail £119.97 £140.96

total i make that around £247 (for standard 2gb ram system)


Now a Few X58

Asus P6T Deluxe Intel X58 (Socket 1366) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard
Core i7 1366 Support, 6400MHz FSB, Triple Channel DDR3 Support, 6x SATA, RAID, 8x USB2.0, FireWire, Dual Gigabit LAN.

£239.99
(£281.99)

Intel SmackOver Intel X58 (Socket 1366) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard
Core i7 1366 Support, 6400MHz FSB, Triple Channel DDR3 Support, 6x SATA, RAID, Dual Gigabit LAN.

Pre-order
£199.99
(£234.99)

MSI Eclipse SLI Intel X58 (Socket 1366) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard Core i7 1366 Support, 6400MHz FSB, Triple Channel DDR3 Support, 6x SATA, RAID, Dual Gigabit LAN.

Asus P6T Deluxe "OC Palm Edition" Intel X58 (Socket 1366) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard
Core i7 1366 Support, 6400MHz FSB, Triple Channel DDR3 Support, 6x SATA, RAID, Dual Gigabit LAN, Supplied with OC Palm.

£269.99
(£317.24)

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Is that enough proof ?

Oh silly you

Doesnt your might X58 platform need some RAM maybe? Just curious Also, that CPU is overpriced. We pay that amount in Euro's for the 125W version of it. Also Corsair RAM ain't the RAM for a cheap system generally. SO I think it ain't a lot of very good proof.

X58 platform is a lot more expensive, especially when you start geting enthusiast parts (for both AM2 and 1366).

Asus Rampage II Extreme, 340 Euro
Core i7 920, 282 Euro
3x 2GB DDR1600 tCL8, all over the board ~300 Euro

DFI Lanparty DK 790FXB-M2RS, 120 Euro
Phenom X4 9950BE 125W, 150 Euro
4x 1GB DDR1066+ Transcend Axe RAM, 220 Euro (although not available anymore, but this was one of the very best DDR2 kits you could wish for).

Now we could pick 4GB of cheap RAM, and actually you will land just before the 340 Euro of that Asus board, other wise it's unsignificantly close. I ordered it anyway, but dont come and say X58 'ain't that expensive', because it actually is. Of course we can go sneak for cheapest X58 board, but you'll lose then because there are a lot of cheap good 790FX/GX/SB750 boards as well, for as low as 80 Euro I think I saw it one month ago.