i5 2500K and i7 2600K for CoD

[JG52Uther]

If I was building now,it would be with a sandy 2500k.Seems like a brilliant cpu.
If I was building later in the year and bulldozer was out and outperformed sandybridge,I would use one of them instead.
I don't care who makes the cpu,I care about its performance!

[Tacoma74]

Originally Posted by JG52Uther

If I was building now,it would be with a sandy 2500k.Seems like a brilliant cpu.
If I was building later in the year and bulldozer was out and outperformed sandybridge,I would use one of them instead.
I don't care who makes the cpu,I care about its performance!

You mean the Ivy Bridge processors? They're supposed to blow away even the Sandy Bridge line of CPUs. Look em up they're awesome!

Edit - No, you did mean bulldozer. Silly me ... But really, look up the Ivy bridge! Should be out in a year supposedly.

[Wiskey-Charlie]

Was going to wait for CoD to arrive and maybe upgrade later in the year, but the situation of needing another PC for my office has come up.

Instead of purchasing a (yawn) office PC, I might as well move my IL2 home PC to the office and do the home CoD build now. Much more fun.

I thank you posters for saving me $100 by giving me the skinney on the i5 vs i7! Makes since to me.

Just ordered the .......

Asus P8P67-M PRO P67 B3 Rev i7 i5 i3 LGA1155 DDR3USB 3.0 Quad-CrossFireX & SLI, Micro ATX Motherboard

Intel Core i5-2500K 3.3GHz 6MB L3 LGA1155

From........

http://www.centralcomputers.com/commerce

Thanks again

[Tacoma74]

You won't regret it man. Same CPU/Mobo combo i have been looking at. Asus has always been a reliable board for me! And the 2500k will eat CoD for breakfast and for dinner. Cheers!

[kestrel79]

Is this a good site to order from Wisky? Never heard of it but looks pretty good. I have been looking for a site that has the B3 Sandybridge boards in stock with Asus brands.

What are the differences in all those boards? Just little features and whatnot? I want an Asus Sandybridge board with a decent amount of usb ports for under 150 bucks. I don't need a lot of extra features my build will be pretty simple (1 gpu, nothing crazy) so a cheaper board will be fine. Help?

Thanks!

[Wiskey-Charlie]

Originally Posted by kestrel79

Is this a good site to order from Wisky? Never heard of it but looks pretty good. I have been looking for a site that has the B3 Sandybridge boards in stock with Asus brands.

What are the differences in all those boards? Just little features and whatnot? I want an Asus Sandybridge board with a decent amount of usb ports for under 150 bucks. I don't need a lot of extra features my build will be pretty simple (1 gpu, nothing crazy) so a cheaper board will be fine. Help?

Thanks!

Found the site searching for the MB, Tiger Direct and Newegg like you say did not have any sandy bridge compatible MB's in stock that I could see. CentralComputers out of Cal Looks legit to me, guess I will find out. I know that they ship quick, I ordered it this morning and got a ups confirmation number tonight.

Yea, looks like there are a few variants of the Asus P8P67's. This one looked like it had everything I needed on it http://www.centralcomputers.com/comm...=1299810089640 , does not matter to me how many usb ports it has though, I have a 10 port usb hub for that. I liked that it was Nvidia/sli and ati/crossfire compatible so I am not restricted to one or the other down the road. And it was under $150.

Is it possible to just swap out your old Mobo and CPU and put in a new set without any issues... im talking about comparability with the OS on the Harddrive... or will i have to wipe my HD and reinstall everything all over again?

Yea no doubt, be a small miracle to get away with doing that without having some kind of issues. I hate to start over too but want to be sure I have a good clean install with my new hardware.

[akodonnell]

Originally Posted by Tacoma74

You mean the Ivy Bridge processors? They're supposed to blow away even the Sandy Bridge line of CPUs. Look em up they're awesome!

Edit - No, you did mean bulldozer. Silly me ... But really, look up the Ivy bridge! Should be out in a year supposedly.

The current Sandy Bridge processors use the same socket as the Ivy Bridge are going to use, so it makes sense to build now with a $180 2500K and then maybe upgrade in a year or two (if necessary at all) when the Ivy Bridge price comes down. Keep the same mobo.

[Tacoma74]

Originally Posted by akodonnell

The current Sandy Bridge processors use the same socket as the Ivy Bridge are going to use, so it makes sense to build now with a $180 2500K and then maybe upgrade in a year or two (if necessary at all) when the Ivy Bridge price comes down. Keep the same mobo.

This.

[Dano]

Originally Posted by akodonnell

The current Sandy Bridge processors use the same socket as the Ivy Bridge are going to use, so it makes sense to build now with a $180 2500K and then maybe upgrade in a year or two (if necessary at all) when the Ivy Bridge price comes down. Keep the same mobo.

That's good to know, I'm planning on getting a 2500K in a couple of weeks

[Biggs]

Is it possible to just swap out your old Mobo and CPU and put in a new set without any issues... im talking about comparability with the OS on the Harddrive... or will i have to wipe my HD and reinstall everything all over again?