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Old 01-14-2009, 06:33 PM   #7 (permalink)

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Originally Posted by dynamik View Post
I might be mistaken, but I believe i7 uses DDR3, which will require more expensive motherboards and RAM. If you look at i7, be sure to factor that in and don't just compare CPU prices.
Your right, I forgot about that. DDR3 also requires 3 sticks of memory to get the best performance. I would say that if you're looking to spend less than $1000 dollars the i7 is probably not the way to go.



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