Core i7 860 is slow for ripping music and managing photos!

I’ve been waiting for the new 1156 processors and boards to come out in order to “upgrade” my home system. Last week I put together the following:

• Core i7 860 (2.8 GHz) – New
• Asus P7P55D – New
• Corsair 8GB XMS PC3-10600 – New
• EVGA GeForce GTX 260 Superclocked – Existing
• Intel X25-E 32GB – Existing
• WD VelociRaptor 150GB (x2) – Existing
• WD 1 TB – Existing

I was looking through Futureshop’s website tonight and found the “Upgrade Advisor” tool…I thought: OK, let’s see how my new system ranks against the best.

Well. Can’t say I’m surprised. I know the machine isn’t the best, but still, 4/5 on TV recording? 3.5/5 for ripping music and managing photos?! I’d like to know how they do the rankings – even if the i7 860 was “too new” to be included, surely the 8GB RAM would rank pretty good for managing photos?

The tool is made by FutureMark and Intel. I guess I’ll need to wait to get an 8 core system, 32GB RAM and 4x GTX 295s in SLI before I can surf the net and manage my photos.

But seriously, there are “regular” people using this tool and thinking “oh no, my Phenom 940 is slow, it says I should get a Core 2 5600…”

BTW, the i7 860 is pretty good. It is roughly the same price as the i7 920 (1366 pin) but the 1156 platform is much less expensive.

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