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    Sell or upgrade? D901c 9262

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by Doodles, Jul 2, 2008.

  1. Doodles

    Doodles Starving Student

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    So, Im having a tough time deciding with all this money at play.
    I have a D901c (9262/blackhawk) and it'll cost about 250 for the new mobo, 500 for a new card after trading in my 7950 and 250 for a new processor after trading in my E6700. (the new processor being the Q9550 and vid. card hopefully the 9800). Now, those prices would actually be amazing, I assume it'll actually cost more for these parts. My question is, should i just sell this beast i have now for around 2k and then put that thousand dollars into a completely new D901c thats better for around 3k? Or should i spend the money to upgrade wat i have now? Wat you guys think? And Justin/kobalt can PM me if they have any amazing upgrade plan with them if they want a lil extra business :D... thanx for your help with this.
     
    Doodles, Jul 2, 2008
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  2. psycroptik

    psycroptik Notebook Consultant

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    Get the Q6600 and hw oc it.
     
    psycroptik, Jul 2, 2008
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  3. Doodles

    Doodles Starving Student

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    i need another mobo anyway for the 8800/ hopefully 9800.... so i mine as well jump to the smaller die Q9550
     
    Doodles, Jul 2, 2008
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    irric Notebook Consultant

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    it's better to upgrade.... ^^
     
    irric, Jul 2, 2008
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  5. JohnnyFlash

    JohnnyFlash Notebook Virtuoso

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    If he can afford a Q9x50 then this wouldn't be the best solution as the 45nm chips will put out less heat and draw less power. Not to mention the added performance from the extra cache and SSE4.
     
    JohnnyFlash, Jul 3, 2008
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