by pch.shot » Thu Mar 05, 2009 9:53 am
The price of the i7 is not going to drop much. Intel will be releasing budget versions of the socket 1366 later on this year including laptop versions but you still will need a new motherboard and ddr3 ram. I would imagine th sockett 775 will be fazed out at some point soon as well as ddr2 ram. The AMD Phenom II is getting good reviews(still not up to i7 performance) and you can use a cheap AM2 motherboard and ddr2 ram with it, so an upgrade is much cheaper.
Systems Windows XP Pro 32 bit & various Linux in Virtual Box and VMWare Player
Intel i7 2600K cpu with built in Intel 3000 video
1 OCZ Vertex 3 120 gig ssd(System)
1 Western Digital 2 Terabyte Green internal hard drive(Storage)
Kingston ddr3 1333 ram(4 gig)
MSI Z68A-GD80(G3)mobo w/hdmi video and optical audio
Realtek HD audio
Realtek lan
1 LG sata optical drive
Antec Sonata IV case/620 watt psu
50 inch LG plasma tv/monitor
Sony surround sound amp
Axiom speakers
optical sound