i7 970 or 990

**siscan** · 03-28-2011,04:46 PM

should i get a 970 or spend the extra 400 and get a 990x

**Kold2012** · 03-28-2011,05:09 PM

I really don't think your ganna notice much of a difference between the two.

**Greg0u812** · 03-28-2011,08:40 PM

Spending an extra 400 for (what looks like) an extra .26 GHz sounds like quite a bit.
The Qpi is quite a bit better on the 990, but still..........just seems like a large chunk of change for minimal gains that (as Kold2012 stated) you really aren't going to notice.

I spent $3,500 on the last computer I built about 6 years ago (top of the line, newest technology components). I just replaced it with a store bought "box" that was much faster and more up to date with technology. That one cost me $449.99.

That really is something to consider. You can buy the latest and greatest and "pay through the nose" for something that will be 1/2 the price in less than a year.............or you can take a step or two back in technology and get something that is more than adequate and costs almost 1/2 the price right now.

**sccs-PSG** · 03-28-2011,09:29 PM

Originally Posted by Greg0u812

That really is something to consider. You can buy the latest and greatest and "pay through the nose" for something that will be 1/2 the price in less than a year.............or you can take a step or two back in technology and get something that is more than adequate and costs almost 1/2 the price right now.

Similar quandry i had a while back.

in the end i went with a 920 and oc it to 4ghz wil do everything i could want for the near future, and when it dont ill do the same again,

i too dont see the point in paying through the nose just to say i have a X,

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