Building a new pc

[TheEditor]

Hard to think bout buying a new pc at this point. Bulldozer, ivy bridge, 2011 socket(z79), the games bad performance... Multi core may still be a option if Ilya and crew can fix the game. Multi core support was in the list of items to be fixed.

I'm waiting 6 months to a year.

[Thee_oddball]

Originally Posted by TheEditor

You don't get a 2500k for the on board gpu, it sucks. You get the 2500k cuzs it run as good as a $1000 980x gulftown cpu for a quarter of the price!

Don't get so wraped up in cores cores cores! Games aren't using them to full effect. 6 core amds dont mean $hit. Games aren't using all those cores. Cores may help video encoding and stuff but were talking gaming.

I think you forgot about upgrading...i want to get the most bang for my buck and if i can get 6 core for the same price as 4 than i will...because it means the rig will last that much longer...plus you forgot to mention how IMPORTANT 512k L2 is over 256 L2....L3 cache is used as a pool (by all the cores) but L1 and L2 are specific to each core (making them faster)

S!

p.s one of my favorite sayings about the computer industry is "by the time it hits the shelf's it obsolete " so it becomes a game of how do you want to spend and when....and when do you want to spend it again

[NLS61]

Originally Posted by madrebel

don't do a full system upgrade until amd's new bulldozer is launched in a few months. bulldozer is rumored to absolutely trounce everything currently on the market. chances are intel will have to slash prices to stay competitive so you can either build an i7 based system or pay slightly more and go with a much faster bulldozer.

Well then never upgrade because something better is always on the horizon.
Upgrade When you have to and go for bang of the buck.
Meaning the best that is out now wil cost a kings ransome.
Go for the sweet spot price performance.
That sweetspot may change every darn week
I bought 2500k with a asus p67 evo and a gtx560ti for the security i put a big oll Mugen2 cooler on it.
The msi 560 was choosen because of the overclocking possibilitys of that card.
Yes its a 1gb but cod has yet to use more than that I for one did not masuer more.
Also i hope believe the price of that card wil drop soon, when it does ill buy another.
Giving easyly beter performance than a 580 single for a much lesser price.
Ok just my two cents.
Niels