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    BikerDog

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    Post Sun Sep 11, 2011 5:26 am

    For consideration - A heads up

    When I rather obliquely mentioned (months ago) I was going to get a 590 when football season started. Kingloser checked in with me regularly on when I was going to pull the trigger.

    So, for anyone interested.....

    When the new LGA 2011 chipset and Intel CPU's come out I will be upgrading. Not ecause what I have isn't sufficient...quite the contrary. it really as simple as the fact that I like having the latest stuff, and I can usually afford it.

    So.......
    When I do upgrade, the following will be availablle at my usual discount rates:
    A) MSI 1366 Big Bang X Power Motherboard (Got a "Kick Ass" award from Maximum PC)
    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130289
    B) Intel i7-980X, Hex-Core, Unlocked Extreme processor
    http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=9461&SRCCODE=GOOGLEBASE&cm_mmc_o=VRqCjC7BBTkwCjCECjCE
    C) 12GB of Corsair Vengence DDR3 Triple Channel Ram
    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233166

    And all I can say is that this is is a real fun rig to play with, and occasionallly OC for fun. Its extremely stable.

    Anyway....this is a few months away as I heard that LGA 2011 is coming out early 2012....but who knows.
    But it is a good opportunity for someone to get a 6 core Intel i7 Extreme processor, with kick ass mobo, and 12GB of good ram, for a real steal.

    So cogitate on that.

    BikerDog
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    (TKC)TheCrimsonStar

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    Post Sun Sep 11, 2011 6:27 am

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    O_O

    VERY interested...how much do you think you'll be selling it for?
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    Post Sun Sep 11, 2011 5:46 pm

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    I'm interested Biker let me know the price. :)
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    Post Sun Sep 11, 2011 10:44 pm

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    (TKC) brownman350 wrote:I'm interested Biker let me know the price. :)

    lol, same here!
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    Post Mon Sep 12, 2011 6:19 pm

    Re: For consideration - A heads up

    Actually after reading an article about Sandy Bridge from Tom's Hardware...I'm probably gonna pass on this. The i7-2600K beats the 990X (which is just a refresh of the 980X) in 99% of tests...and it costs 1/3...the only thing it won in was multithreaded workstation applications.
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    Post Tue Sep 13, 2011 10:00 pm

    Re: For consideration - A heads up

    (TKC)TheCrimsonStar wrote:Actually after reading an article about Sandy Bridge from Tom's Hardware...I'm probably gonna pass on this. The i7-2600K beats the 990X (which is just a refresh of the 980X) in 99% of tests...and it costs 1/3...the only thing it won in was multithreaded workstation applications.

    Yep, the 2600k faster for gaming, but when dealing with 3D stuff and bragging rights, the 980x wins.
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    Sometimes measuring the bottleneck can be interpreted in so many ways. The only Thing ATI can render better then Nvidia is BSoD.
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    Post Wed Sep 14, 2011 12:49 am

    Re: For consideration - A heads up

    You are right :)
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