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What Would be a the Best Investment for Building a New Computer?
Xrain:
Honestly, AMD's top of the line chip is currently getting destroyed by the new SandyBridge i5-2500K
Even if you were to overclock the Phenom X6 to 4.2 GHz It still doesn't even come close to the i5 in its stock form sadly.
The i5-2500K Also can reliably overclock to ~5 GHz putting it past the stock i7 SandyBridge range.
So if you want some good bang for your buck
That computer would play any game you could possibly want of it.
And if you have a bit more cash than $895 upgrade to a 470, 560, or at the high end 570.
(I'd shell out the extra $75 :link: for the 560 if I were you. It would allow you to play new games at max graphics for a few years yet.)
http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/graphics/2011/01/25/nvidia-geforce-gtx-560-ti-1gb-review/1
Sabb:
--- Quote from: Xrain on January 30, 2011, 04:54:57 PM ---Honestly, AMD's top of the line chip is currently getting destroyed by the new SandyBridge i5-2500K
Even if you were to overclock the Phenom X6 to 4.2 GHz It still doesn't even come close to the i5 in its stock form sadly.
The i5-2500K Also can reliably overclock to ~5 GHz putting it past the stock i7 SandyBridge range.
So if you want some good bang for your buck
That computer would play any game you could possibly want of it.
And if you have a bit more cash than $895 upgrade to a 470, 560, or at the high end 570.
(I'd shell out the extra $75 :link: for the 560 if I were you. It would allow you to play new games at max graphics for a few years yet.)
http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/graphics/2011/01/25/nvidia-geforce-gtx-560-ti-1gb-review/1
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Damn, thanks for the help.
Also, my current computer is over 1k so you know my price range lol.
Don:
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Dayum, that actually makes me tempted to finally get a good tower.
Frank:
Intel I3 530, some Asrock mobo, GeForce GTS450 1GB, 2GB RAM DDR3 1333MHz, some DVD burner, and no HDD nor monitor.
Around 700 dollars. Feels batman to be in Argentina.
Pryvisee:
But wait. Isn't the sandy bridge the processor that lets intel access your shit? Like they can destroy the computer with one touch of a button. I won't buy one of those just for that. That's some scary shit.
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