
Originally Posted by
iandh
Yep, after being such a rabid supporter of Phenom II I've toyed with the idea of an i7 over the past few days (just switched my GPU to Nvidia 55nm 260 for use with the 3D system soon to be released), and I realized that I may need more horsepower to make that happen. After pricing out an i7 system, it costs WAY more than I thought to assemble even a decent-ish midrange setup. Not even close to being worth it.
I guess if I want to go SLI I'll have to go SLI-on-a-stick, the X58 is totally out of the running for the moment at least. It's price to performance ratio just isn't there.
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