How good is a dual CPU motherboard when Intel came up with their Sandy Bridge chips (marketed as "second generation" i3 i5 i7)... basically pretty much boosted the speed by >50% of their predecessors and selling for about the same price (around $300)? In just one year's time... i7-930 2.80GHz still sells for $240. (I bought mine a year ago for about $280).
To add: Many seemed to consider "custom-order to specified configuration" from a box maker as "building one's own PC". No assembly required. Dunno... to me "building one's own PC" would mean ordering components, rolling up one's sleeves and at least assembling the PC from parts. Also... I have been an advocate of multiple dual-head video cards instead of having quads, hexs, or 12x-head cards. Less expensive. More risk tolerant.
Better to go to a shop that will build from your components list - then if it gets stuck in a reboot loop or some such it's their problem not yours.
Are you going to use it for trading or to run a space station?Seriously, talk about overkill, unless you want to play games there
Seriously... A lot of new boxes using Intel i7 second generation processor have exceeded that CPU performance.
I have the new i7 2600k and all i can say about it is......... WOW! If you are in the market for a new machine this processor is amazing! Talk about over kill............. Pair it up with SSD's
Exactly. And what's even more AMAZING is that you can find them in the Dell XPS 8300 on their outlet site, for as little as $749 with 8 GB of DDR SDRAM at 1333MHz, Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit, and a 460 watt power supply. And you get the "new" warranty too! http://outlet.us.dell.com/ARBOnline...arch.aspx?c=us&cs=22&l=en&s=dfh&brandid=2202& By the way, the Passmark CPU performance ratings for the i7-2600 is off the chart! 8904!
I have a mint mint dell t3400 with 4 22inch monitors (pc card alrdy in for 4 monitors) looking to possibly sell runs great. used only for trading for 1 yr