P55 build, or x58 Build

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Now before you automatically say x58, keep in mind that Im on a budget. I decided to upgrade from my good ole EVGA 780i with Q9400 and 8GB ram, to either this P55 build, or x58 build. Heres their specs.

x58 Build:

EVGA E758-A1 Mobo

Intel i7 920

OCZ Gold 6GB kit.

Price: $713, $663 after rebates.

P55 Build:

*Mobo EVGA P55

Intel i7 860

Corsair Dominator 4GB kit

*Price: $537.97, $502.97 after rebate

Now as much as Id like to get the 1366 i7, its just really expensive. So my 2 questions are, 1: Will I see a HUGE performance difference from P55 to x58? and 2: If i decide to run SLI, will the P55's ( x16,x8 )Â setup make a huge difference in performance graphically?

Thanks

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Assrock

what the fuck are you doing, nigger?

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Lol the only reason I looked at that one is cuz it had the highest rating. I think i'll probably swap that for an EVGA P55

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Your math is very wrong here? If you are buying for Newegg
$200 evga p55+ $280 i7860+ 4gb domi's $150 =/= $497

im also guessing you were going with the asrock board but you edited the OP lol,
ASrock is made by asus but its ugly so I tend to stay away from them.

I am really happy with my evga P55 still waiting on a cpu cooler so I have no comment on OC ability.

I was debating x58 and p55 and x58 is still more expensive and the performance gain is minimal so i opted with P55 and very happy with it.

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Oh shit ya I forgot to change the price lol cuz I did switch the ASRock thanks for pointing that out. Ya I think I'll go with the P55 then, thanks for the info.

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Do you have a Microcenter near you? Even if its a 50 mile drive its worth it lol

I paid $200 for my i7 860
$200 for my evga p55 with a $35 MIR
and I bought my G.skill ripjaws at newegg (they only sell corsair, ocz and crucial at MC)

So I saved quite a bit of money.

if you plan to SLi or corssfire I would go x58 and it can do x16/x16 P55 only does x8/x8

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1366 is really for servers, but modified for desktop use.

To be honest you wont see much of a difference between a good P55/i7 and an X58/i7 setup.

However, if you run a lot of memory intensive programs then obviously go with the X58 for the extra bandwith

Oh and I am junking my core i3 530 for an i5 750

Not too bad of a cpu, but it just would not cut it for gaming. It wont split its 16 lanes into 2 for SLI, something I found out after I bought it

Sold it for what I paid for it so i am not bothered

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Hell ya, lucky enough, I live 20 minutes from the only one in VA lol. I'll deff go check out the pricing there. I can usually match or better prices there, opposed to newegg.

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Asrock makes ugly boards, but they have the most features for the money and they're awesome. The i7 930 should be out tomorrow, I think.
 Oh, and the evga x58 board = no features at all.

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Yup, so I went with the Evga P55 FTW, Intel i7 860, 4GB Corsair XMS DDR3 1600, and went ahead and am getting a Antec 900. Ive gotta Coolermaster Stacker, but its just TOO BIG and I wanna window! lol

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you can get windows for the stacker cheap, the stacker kicks ass