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Post Date: 2008-03-28
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    Posted: 28 Mar 2008 at 10:28am

A few weeks ago I made about 6 posts back and forth and got a ton of help on my build.

I want to drop the price down $900 more due to budget restriction that I didn't previously have.

So... my question is... (keeping LONGEVITY in mind)

Is downgrading from the

Intel Core 2 Quad QX9650 Extreme 3.00GHz (1333MHz FSB) (12MB Cache).....
 
to the
 
Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 3.00GHZ (1333 Mhz Front Side Bus) (6MB Cache)
 
going to be a devastating blow that will reduce the maximum life of my gaming PC by more than a year?.. or will it last me relatively as long?
(pushing for 5 year system here), even if it's playing on the low end of things on the 5th year????
 
No need to give me the speech about "good luck with 5 years" ... I'm aware of that... I just need to know if the difference is too much.
 
Thanks.
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Build is...
 
Case: Digital Storm 850Si (Black Anodized Aluminum Finish)
Power Supply: 850W SilverStone Decathlon (Dual SLI Compatible) (Model: DA850) (Silent)
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 3.00GHz (1333MHz Front Side Bus) (6MB Cache)
Motherboard: nVidia 780i Core 2 Quad (nForce 780i SLI)
Memory: 4GB DDR2 Corsair at 1066MHz Dominator DHX (Extreme-Performance)
Floppy / Card: - No Thanks
Hard Drive 1: 160GB Western Digital (16MB Cache) (7200 RPM) (SATA)
Hard Drive 2: 160GB Western Digital (16MB Cache) (7200 RPM) (SATA)
Raid Option: Setup hard drive 1 and hard drive 2 in a Raid 0 Stripe Configuration (Expert)
Hard Drive 3: - No Thanks
Optical Drive 1: DVD±R/RW/CD-R/RW (DVD Writer 20x / CD-Writer 48x)
Optical Drive 2: - No Thanks
Network Card: High Speed Network Port (Supports High-Speed Cable / DSL / Network Connections)
Video Card: 2x SLI Dual (nVidia GeForce 8800GTS 512MB)
TV Tuner: - No Thanks
Sound Card: Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeGamer (Recommended)
Physics Card: - No Thanks
Cooling: Air Cooled Stage 3 WindTunnel (Copper Heatpipe Heatsink & Zalman Case Fans)
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Personally from what I have heard, Yes, it will last. From my experience reading on forums the E8400 is the best dual core CPU out so far (besides the the E8500, a .16 GHz difference, comparing the price, not worth it.) Since the QX9650 is a quad core processor it will be better with programs that support quad CPU's I.E. Photoshop, Supreme Commander (thats not all).
I may not have really answered your question in the sentances about so let me put it like this, It's not going to make a devastating blow, and I
believe it will last 5+ years.
 
Note: I was running on an old P4 3.06 GHz for probably over 5 until I put in a P4 3.0 GHz  (the 3.0 was better, higher FSB and more Cache)
 
There's my 2 cents worth.
 
Edit: Yea, that looks like it will last.


Edited by Weasel - 28 Mar 2008 at 10:54am
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  Quote thx Quote  Post ReplyReply bullet Posted: 28 Mar 2008 at 11:11am
i think that the 2.4 ghz quad core would do just fine. With the money saved there, you could put more of your money into graphics, which is what you want to do if your going to be using it for gaming
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Posts: 22 		  Quote Weasel Quote  Post ReplyReply bullet Posted: 28 Mar 2008 at 11:15am

What Thx said would also work if you wanted to stay with a quad core CPU. Now that I think of it I believe the 9800Gx2 is supposed to be 2 8800 GTS's combined so you could get 1 9800 over 2 8800s and save some money there
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Posts: 78 		  Quote Kain Quote  Post ReplyReply bullet Posted: 28 Mar 2008 at 11:19am

Thanks, I was really concerned about downgrading the processor.

I'll be upgrading Graphic Cards once or twice throughout the way... same with memory. So it's okay if I don't have those perfect... I'll look into 1 card over 2 though.
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