Considering a computer upgrade

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2010/08/23 07:15:26 (permalink)

Considering a computer upgrade

Current DAW system:-
Q9550 CPU
Noctua CPU cooler
Asus P5QL-E motherboard
4Gb 1066 DDR2-8500 RAM
Tagan 700W PSU
4 x 1TB Samsung F3 HDD
RME HDSP9632 Soundcard
nVidia 9800GT 1Gb Graphics card
 
Now I know you lot will say that the above machine is more than capable and most benefit will be derived from increasing my RAM capacity.
Another 4GB of matched RAM would cost me £111
 
I am toying with the idea of replacing the whole thing with an i7 machine, maybe a 930 (1366) or a 860(1156) but am wondering how much of a performance increase I would see under W7 64 ? Getting a i7 machine with maybe 12Gb RAM would mean somewhere around £700 outlay.
 
Should I wait for true 6 core or 8 core processors and just double up the RAM now or should I take the plunge for an i7?
 

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    Twigman
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    Re:Considering a computer upgrade 2010/08/24 04:54:40 (permalink)
    Going for another 4gig and yet another HDD for now.

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    Re:Considering a computer upgrade 2010/08/24 08:10:32 (permalink)
    that's what I would do myself, but your initial post seemed like you were heading the other direction and I didn't have any real advice for you if that's what you wanted to do.

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