Anyone else thinking of buying a monster rig after Xmas?

[SEE]

Originally Posted by Insuber

i5 is the way, i7 is a waste of money for games.

That's interesting! I definiely need to ask for advice before I part with my cash as I;m sure I saw i5 bundles for less. Out of curiosity, (start my education now....) what are the advantages/disadvantages between i7 and i5 Insuber?

[nearmiss]

IMO, anyone planning to upgrade their system should not base it on improvement of COD performance.

If you want to upgrade for other reasons, go for it.

[icarus]

Originally Posted by nearmiss

IMO, anyone planning to upgrade their system should not base it on improvement of COD performance.

If you want to upgrade for other reasons, go for it.

+1

Also, in March the new Ivy Bridge CPUs are coming and the Sandy Bridge prices will drop accordingly.

[Insuber]

Originally Posted by SEE

That's interesting! I definiely need to ask for advice before I part with my cash as I;m sure I saw i5 bundles for less. Out of curiosity, (start my education now....) what are the advantages/disadvantages between i7 and i5 Insuber?

The 3 differences are:

- 0.1 GHz more of the fastest i7 on the fastest i5 (3.4 GHz vs 3.3 GHz), not a big deal given the overclock capabilities of the SandyBridge
- Hyperthreading, which simulates 8 cores. Slightly better for video encoding, compiling, graphics creation etc, useless for games
- 8 MB cache vs. 6 MB

So, if your main use is games and sims, my advice is to go for an i5 and spend the extra cash for a bigger video card with more VRAM, the real bottle neck of this game.
if you do other stuff, have a look at benchmarks and decide by yourself. Anandtech has a very clear CPU benchmark section.

Cheers,
Insuber

[Helrza]

already got me new motherboard mounted in my new case... Asus rampage III black edition in a coolermaster HAF X, hopefully in the coming weeks will throw in a corsair gold 1200w psu, I7 990x cpu, H70 liquid cooling, 12gb of corsair dominator GT ram and either a rog gtx580 matrix or a gtx590... Should b a beast

admitidly, it is for clod, i want to be able to run it off its nut, and also for track recording.... But its also to cover for gaming for the next few years

[robtek]

You guys do realize that a monster psu is a waste of money and energy???
a psu works most effektive at 85 to 90% load.

[pupo162]

Originally Posted by robtek

You guys do realize that a monster psu is a waste of money and energy???
a psu works most effektive at 85 to 90% load.

last time i bought a bad pcu, it blew up ( literelly on fire ), so im going for monster uber expensive ones from now on

[mattebubben]

They claimed that this next patch would improve the preformance with atleast 50%.
Cant know how true that is but even 20-30% inproved fps would make it so much more playable.

[SsSsSsSsSnake]

Originally Posted by pupo162

last time i bought a bad pcu, it blew up ( literelly on fire ), so im going for monster uber expensive ones from now on

quality plus quantity

[Tavingon]

Originally Posted by pupo162

last time i bought a bad pcu, it blew up ( literelly on fire ), so im going for monster uber expensive ones from now on

+1.. I am looking for a good rig for around £600, any tips?