Alrighty then. Who am I argue with the pros :)
Just so I'm clear, that would be the i5 750 you guys are all recommending when you're saying P55?
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Alrighty then. Who am I argue with the pros :)
Just so I'm clear, that would be the i5 750 you guys are all recommending when you're saying P55?
Yes. Core i5 750, on a P55 motherboard.
I was yapping the other day about my decision to go with the P55 and I couldnt believe how everyone I talked to told me that's a bad move. In a year or two, I'm gonna regret not paying the extra cash they tell me. afterall, toyota sucks these days and the ferrai is so much faster and nicer to drive. lol.
Still, I think you guys are right about the P55, but all these people are making me wonder if indeed I will regret not dishing out the extra $100+.
Those people probably think they know a lot, but they probably don't. What are the advantages of the X58 platform? Extra memory capacity, extra PCIe bandwidth, and the ability to install Gulftown processors.
Extra memory capacity - Most people, in the next few years, will have little use for more than 8GB of memory. Unless you're a heavy user of professional applications that have a hunger for RAM, don't worry about it.
PCIe bandwidth - The extra PCIe lanes of X58 are very handy if you're building a workstation for engineering applications. You can have a Quadro with multiple Tesla cards. You can have multiple PCIe attached SSDs. You can have multiple storage controllers, be the SATA/SAS for local drivers or a dedicated iSCSI card or fibre channel card for SAN arrays. Obviously, you can do a combination of the above devices. What you'll notice isn't mentioned there are anything most consumers would use. You have enough bandwidth on the P55 for dual graphics cards and you can through a small storage controller in there as well.
Gulftown - If you're the type that drops a thousand dollars on a processor, you're probably not going to be running a P55 anyway. Intel will probably bring cheaper six-core processors to X58 later in the year, but they'll still be quite expensive. Further more, the kinds of apps that can actually use six-cores and twelve threads of x86 processing power are very limited and they usually cost a lot. Unless you're a professional or you're ripping an enormous Blu-Ray collection, a six-core isn't a solid buy.
The last one is future upgradability. I'm pretty certain that Sandy Bridge processors will fit in neither the LGA1156 socket or the LGA1366 socket either. The only sockets I've heard discussed so far is LGA1157 and a 2000 odd pin replacement for LGA1366.
Feel better?
Nater, nicely put. The next time people question me on going with the P55, I'll remember what you wrote and I'll explain to them why the P55 is the best option for me. :)