Hey, right now this is my setup:
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CPU: Phenom II x4 955 OC @ 3.6Ghz
GPU: nVidia GeForce 560 Ti
RAM: 8GB Gskill 1600
PSU: 750w PC Power and Cooling
HDD: Crucial M4 SSD 64gb (x2)
OS: Windows 7 Professional
Headset: Logitech g930
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and I'm contemplating replacing the motherboard and processor.
The motherboard is going to be some form of the z77 (I had the ASRock Extreme4, but that's out of stock at the moment, so I'll see what happens.)
My main question is: Should I go with the i5-3570K
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819116504
or the i7-2600k
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819115070
Right now, the price difference is only $50. I plan on overclocking (I have a Hyper 212+ with the push/pull configuration.) I wanted the i5 Ivy Bridge at first, but I'm afraid that it may be limited in the future because it doesn't have hyper threading. I just don't want to feel the same way I do now having spent the money on the AMD and having cruddy performance, and since I don't know when the next time I'll be able to afford an upgrade, I want something that will last (hence why I'm looking at the sandy bridge, because I know the differences between SB/IB isn't a huge bit.)
I mostly play games, though sometimes I do record using Dxtory (and editing in Vegas, but not that much,) and I know the more cores, the better that'll go. Sorry that this is dragging on, but thanks for any advice you can give to sway me.
2012-11-25, 11:05 AM
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