Cpu advice please
 

Hi guys, I'm on a budget. For SD vid editing and processing, and gaming, il2 cod, Ro2 at some point, r factor2, ROF, which will be better for 2/3 years:

I3 540 3.06ghz

Or

Athlon II X2 250 3.00ghz

I notice the i3 does better on benchmark sites. Any advice before I shell out?

ok well just so you know, don't expect to play il2 COD on either of those cpu's they are below minimum spec.


I would recommend you go out and get a second job and upgrade to an i7 2600k

i5 25000k is a much better chip bang for buck imo.

people overclocking them over 4Ghz on air.

despite having an i7 myself, hypertheading is not really worth it.

i5 2500K was $219 and with a $35 Air Cooler I OC'd it to 4.2 Gig by pressing one button on the MSI P67A-GD65 motherboard.. easiest overclock ever.. only way to make it easier would have been for MSI to actually press the button for me :)

I used this, its awesome, silent, and I could beat you to death with it :) You actually attach your motherboard to it, not the other way around.. but..can't hear the fan and its keeping my CPU under load REALLY cool.. like crazy cool..

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16835185142

was thinking about the same thing myself, very tempted by the AMD Phenom II X4 840 3.20GHz Quad Core for £75

This might be useful...
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/...or,2895-5.html
http://img851.imageshack.us/img851/4931/cpus.jpg

I can recommend only the i5-2500K. 4.9 GHz Primestable with air cooling.

Best bang for the buck!

I'm using the Phenom II X4 955 BE overclocked to 4.0 on air.

sweet thats the cpu i have.. what cooling you using, my setup is..

Windows 7 ultimate 64bit
ie8
msi geforce gtx 460 hawk"talon attack"1024mb
asus m4n82 deluxe nforce980a sli
Amd phenom II quad core 955 black edition @3.2 ghz(not overclocked, YET!!!!)
corsair XMS2 4gb ddr2 pc2-8500c5
Akasa venom cpu cooler
Inwin Ironclad full tower case
WD 500gb hdd

Q6600 is a masterpiece. It is one of THE best processors ever released. Intel released it on a 775 set as they didn't have so much power over the market. Now they there planning to release 3 NEW LGA's and the year after they'l probably do 6... Its a joke... 775 lasted from Pentium 4 too the Q series. 1156 hasn't even lasted a year.