Worth getting Canterwood ?

[StealthPants]

Im in the process of building my own system and have a question.

Do you guys think its worth paying the extra for a canterwood mobo and cpu or do you think i will be better off putting the cash id save by buying a 845 chipset towards a better graphic card (like a ATI 9800 Pro)

I mostly use my system for web and games so proably dont need to fastest system on the planet.


Thanks

 

[newbiepcuser]

At the current prices, not at this time.

I think your instincts are the correct one to go with and get a nice 845 chipset motherboard and 9800 pro.

You could always go with AMD and save money.

 

[OverVolt]

Maybe Granite Bay (I7205)will be better thn an 845 Chipset, i might be wrong tho.

I remember when everyone was all excited about Granite Bay and now it just died off.

Edit: I'm waiting for Canterwood too. The upgradeability might be worth the money right now.

 

[ChefJoe]

Why not wait for Springdale and save yourself some money that way ?

 

[Jeriko]

^ What's the release date for SPringdale again? May 22nd?

-J

 

[ChefJoe]

Mid May last I heard. My hope is that more motherboard makers will use the CSA method of adding gigabit ethernet support by then, cause the Canterwood is 50/50 on actually using that feature (based on what I read in the motherboard forum).

 

[Athlon4all]

Wait for the i865PE. The i865PE has got to be significantly cheaper (ie $150ish) and that is much more plausible than the i875P and there should be practically no performance difference.

 

[AgaBoogaBoo]

Keep in mind, May 11th are price cuts.

 

[StealthPants]

Thanks for the feedback, I'll try and resist buying stuff for another month

On a related topic, does anyone know when Intel will release more canterwood 'compatible' chips ? I read somewhere they were going to do it but I cant remember when they will be out.

 

[ChefJoe]

more 800 MHz chips are going to come out at the same time the 865 chipset it released, based on the old rumors of digitimes.com

 

[Acanthus]

id wait for SiS655DX, it should perform very similar and be MUCH cheaper. Exsisting SiS655 boards perform great!