ehh...probably wouldn't hurt to wait til Haswell. It's only 5 more months. If you upgraded now you'd be feeling the itch again anyway. The motherboards won't be on sale but the CPUs should cost pretty much the same.
ehh...probably wouldn't hurt to wait til Haswell. It's only 5 more months. If you upgraded now you'd be feeling the itch again anyway. The motherboards won't be on sale but the CPUs should cost pretty much the same.
Yeah there's always something newer on the Horizon, trouble is you can wait forever waiting for the next best thing ... The Haswell CPU's kinda interest me even if the Clock Speed's won't be much if any different than the Ivy Bridge CPU's. There's some serious improvements in the on board Graphics, overclocking ability & other areas that double what the Ivy Bridge CPU's are capable of so it could be worth the wait since I've waited this long already. It's not like the Q6600's & Q6700's I have now are the slowest things going, their just not as fast as the Sandybridge & Ivybridge line of CPU's, so waiting isn't going to hurt me ...
Newegg's been having some good Deals on Ram, like 32gb 4x8 Dimm's for $109, some are listed as Quad Kits, correct me if I'm wrong but one could order a Quad Ram Kit & still use it as Dual Ram by splitting the Kit into 2 4x8 Kit's ??? it's the Motherboard that determines how the Ram runs & not the Ram it's self ???
That's correct. You can split them up all you want. Since Haswell also will use DDR3 you could load up on the cheap RAM now if you wanted to. Even use some of it elsewhere until after you upgrade.Originally Posted by STE\/E
Sigh, just ordered 10 set's on Memory http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820231489 5 on my Newegg Account & 5 on My Wife's Account ... Didn't think I could get it any lower so rather than miss out I ordered the Ram anyway. Now to wait & see what better CPU & Mother Board Deals come out between now & Christmas ...
Last edited by STE\/E; 11-21-12 at 07:00 PM.
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Last edited by STE\/E; 11-22-12 at 03:31 AM.
You think that's a better Board than the MSI Board http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813130644 ... ??? ... There were some complaints on the Mounting holes being Non-Standard
lol ... The Memory order on my Wife's Account fell thru because Newegg refused it because it's the same address mine ... D'oh ... I have to wait 48 Hr's before ordering the same Item again if there's a Limit on how many you can order so I'll have to try again Saturday Morning if their still on sale ...
But I Ordered 5 3770k's this Morn only 5 because of the Limit Rule again: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819116501 Fan Included & Free Shipping ...
Still mulling over my Motherboard options ...... EDIT: Okay I broke down & got 5 of these: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813157330 They took away the Free Memory but dropped the Price by another $20 so it was $30 Cheaper that the MSI Board. I didn't see any difference in the Boards & liked the looks of the ASRock more so went with them even though I have my reservations about ASRock Boards, will give them one more try ...
... The ASRock Board has a ATX/IDE Connector on it so it'll save me from buying new SATA Hard Drives right now anyway so that's another Bonus Savings. Should really get the SATA Drives, only need 2 but as long as the IDE's are still running I'll use them ...
I figure I saved about $350 by waiting a few days to order Half what I needed. Will maybe order more after the 48 Hr Newegg wait period or may wait until the Haswells come out to do the other 5 Box's that need Upgrading
Last edited by STE\/E; 11-22-12 at 10:19 AM.
Okay, so far I've Ordered:
3 Set's of G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 32GB (4 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) @ $99 each ... http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820231490
5 set's of G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) @ $49 each ... http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820231489
5 ASRock Z77 Extreme3 LGA 1155 Intel Z77 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard's @ $99 each ... http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813157330
5 Intel Core i7-3770K Ivy Bridge 3.5GHz CPU's @ $299 each ... http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819116501
The G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) just came up so I went ahead & ordered 3 Set's, enough to do all 10 Box's. Even if I only do 5 Now I can always run 32gb in them until I do more. I'm seeing if Firestorm can get 1 or more of the $229 3770k's at Micro Center, if he can I'll put an order in for me & my wife both & try to pick them up Saturday. Then all I'll need to get is 2 More 3770k's & 5 Motherboards ..... All Items have Free Shipping too ...
I haven't ordered any Aftermarket CPU Coolers yet because I want to do a build with a slight Overclock & see how hot the CPU gets. If it's acceptable I'll just go with the Stock Cooler, if not I'll have to buy some Aftermarket Cooler's I guess ...
Last edited by STE\/E; 11-22-12 at 02:06 PM.
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