Convince me to get P67 not x58

There is nothing shady about a newer platform that has more power than the old.

take the reviews with a grain of salt, they are not tested the same as how we use our pcs, eg, they run one software at a time on their benches, we have a bunch running in the background, like av, as, firewall, etc.

second, your pc does a lot more then just gaming even if you do use it for just gaming.

but even in gaming a 2600k trumps all other cpus.

yes the new SB line, runs much cooler, can oc higher much easier.

in short my 980x has oc of 4.4 with a high vcore, the same vcore would be seen in the 2600K at around 4.9GHz big difference, that means at 4.4Ghz the 2600K has a nice low vcore, heat and vcore is what kills your cpu, the SB cpus have lower of both, so they last longer.

with load temps under 80c, and vcore of around 1.42 and lower, the cpu will live at least 8 years.

the cpus have been out only for months, so you are not gonna find anybody that has been running them for 4.4GHz for a long time, however the system is under warranty for one year, you can make the hardware warranty longer if you like.

Its easy to make the mistake of thinking that the x58 will out perform the p67 in dual sli due to x8/x8 pci lanes of p67, but if you check it out, you will see that there is no noticeable difference in dual sli at 1900 x 1200 between p67 and x58, if anything the p67 should win due to the fact that the cpu is more powerful and brings more fps to the table. The reason for this is because right now the gpus don't need/use x16 bandwidth, all they need right now is x8.

p67's only shortcoming right now is tri sli, we dont' recommend it for tri sli, because its a mid range of SB platform, its does not do great in tri sli, the highend platform of the SB is due out in Q4 of this year, and it will eat the x58 for snack in tri sli, and cpu performance, it will bring 6 core and 8 core cpus that will make my 6 core i7 x58 platform cry like a bitch. Already in many things the 4 core 2600K beats my 6 core 980x, so I can't imagine what the 6 core and 8 core higher end version of the cpu will do.

in the end right now for same price or maybe even less you can get a more powerful pc, look at the 2 builds below, the p67 is more powerful and has more ram:

x58 system:

Here you go Ticket# 537508 --- $2144 (To see this build click here)

p67 system:

Here you go Ticket# 537509 --- $2159 (To see this build click here)

So in short, to convince you, I ask you only one thing:

Why would you pay the same amount and get a lesser pc?



Edited by DST4ME - 07 May 2011 at 8:59pm

in short, Cheaper, cooler, faster, better.