Cpu advice please

[danjama]

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?

[hc_wolf]

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

[fruitbat]

Originally Posted by hc_wolf

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.

[JG14_Jagr]

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

[easyhomewin]

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

[MadTommy]

This might be useful...
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/...or,2895-5.html

[Oldschool61]

Originally Posted by hc_wolf

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

Great advice NOT. Once code is optimized they will probably work ok.
THe video card is probably more important now than ever.

The athlon is only 60 bucks and the i3 is about 120.

[Oldschool61]

Originally Posted by danjama

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?

Whats your budget? That will be the deciding factor and if you are using any old components like HDD, DVD drive etc..

[danjama]

Originally Posted by Oldschool61

Whats your budget? That will be the deciding factor and if you are using any old components like HDD, DVD drive etc..

Max budget is 450 bones. Id like all new components ideally, but will be using my 8800gts temporarily, so I can later afford a newer card. I've seen an i3 540 for 350 with a monitor, but its micro atx, which isn't ideal.

[TheEditor]

Originally Posted by Oldschool61

Send him some of your bucks!! You apparently have unlimited resources

Originally Posted by danjama

Max budget is 450 bones. Id like all new components ideally, but will be using my 8800gts temporarily, so I can later afford a newer card. I've seen an i3 540 for 350 with a monitor, but its micro atx, which isn't ideal.

$450!!! You won't be happy. You'd be better off saving your money then buy these cheap cpu's everyones recommending to you. Gpu's are nice but if you play alot of sims then you NEED a good cpu. Cod and games like dcs a-10 use more cpu.

I'd say save your money cuz with $450 i'd be disapointed. Oh and sandy balls if you had the money...ie 2500k