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#1 spedanden

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Posted 17 June 2012 - 10:56

Sold my iMac and bought a new PC. The inability to upgrade as I saw fit didn't outweight the convenience of OSX. (Plus Diablo 3 didn't run as well as I wanted, but don't tell my wife that). Machine is great, and with the monitor I can edit photos faster with better color accuracy than my iMac. Might buy a Macbook, as I do love the Mac experience. Onto the hardware porn...

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#2 Sir Ali

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Posted 17 June 2012 - 11:15

Congrats on the new build. :) Everything looks great but here's what I would have done myself:

I would have spent the extra $60 and gotten the i7-3770k. But honestly, i7's are overkill for gaming. I got myself the i5-3570k and it's more than enough for almost everything I do. (Graphic design, gaming, etc.)

You spent too much on RAM that you're probably never going to use in the next 3 years, ever. It might also limit your overclocking. A 1050W PSU is overkill! Even if you plan on SLI/Crossfire, I don't see why you would ever need more than 850W.

I would have used that money and bought the 7970, GTX670 or even the GTX680.

Finally, You should invest in an aftermarket cooler and overclock the hell out of the i7!

#3 xendrome

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Posted 17 June 2012 - 11:30

View PostSir Ali, on 17 June 2012 - 11:15, said:

But honestly, i7's are overkill for gaming.

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#4 Miuku.

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Posted 17 June 2012 - 11:33

View Postxendrome, on 17 June 2012 - 11:30, said:

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I wouldn't really call games like Diablo 3 "Hardcore" in any sense of the word - I'd call it smudged vanilla sauce.

#5 Asrokhel

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Posted 17 June 2012 - 11:42

spedanden,

The title of your thread should actually read:

Just switched back to the Light Side...

#6 xendrome

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Posted 17 June 2012 - 11:45

View PostMiuku., on 17 June 2012 - 11:33, said:

I wouldn't really call games like Diablo 3 "Hardcore" in any sense of the word - I'd call it smudged vanilla sauce.

Well not just Diablo 3 in general, but when you are a hard-core gamer nothing is ever fast enough.

Also I would have gone with the GTX 670 instead of the AMD video card. But enjoy your driver crashes :)~

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Posted 17 June 2012 - 11:49

View Postspedanden, on 17 June 2012 - 10:56, said:

:wub: :woot: :drool:

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Posted 17 June 2012 - 11:49

View Postxendrome, on 17 June 2012 - 11:45, said:

Well not just Diablo 3 in general, but when you are a hard-core gamer nothing is ever fast enough.

Also I would have gone with the GTX 670 instead of the AMD video card. But enjoy your driver crashes :)~

Using ATi 4890 HD from 3 years, no crashes yet. :)

#9 Tony.

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Posted 17 June 2012 - 12:00

View Postsimrat, on 17 June 2012 - 11:49, said:

Using ATi 4890 HD from 3 years, no crashes yet. :)

Using a HD5850 for 2 years, yet to have issues.

The whole driver crashing argument goes both ways, I've had bad experiences with nVidia but great experience with ATi/AMD, and I'm sure people have had the opposite effect.

#10 Simon-

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Posted 17 June 2012 - 12:20

View Postxendrome, on 17 June 2012 - 11:30, said:

FAILURE, Hardcore gamer not detected - Comment Aborted.
If you actually compare the specs, the difference between an i5-3450 and an i7-3770 is 400mhz clock, 2MB of L3 cache, Hyperthreading, and WELL over $100 price difference. How much difference is that really going to make to gaming? 1 frame per second? maybe 2 frames? The bottleneck is the Graphics Card here.

There is a market for i7s... for Professionals (eg: CAD, Creative) who run that really need as much as possible, where no amount of CPU power would ever be enough for the task they are doing anyway, and for hardcore Gamers who believe the marketing materials and have money to waste.

#11 srbeen

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Posted 17 June 2012 - 12:26

Before you jump into the retina experience, the new macbooks are disposable and have no single user upgradable/fixable part. (maybe HDD's if apple sells them separate)
http://www.ifixit.co.../1#.T93MjLVuDo0

#12 TEX4S

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Posted 17 June 2012 - 12:30

View Postspedanden, on 17 June 2012 - 10:56, said:

Sold my iMac and bought a new PC. The inability to upgrade as I saw fit didn't outweight the convenience of OSX. (Plus Diablo 3 didn't run as well as I wanted, but don't tell my wife that). Machine is great, and with the monitor I can edit photos faster with better color accuracy than my iMac. Might buy a Macbook, as I do love the Mac experience. Onto the hardware porn...

CPU: Intel i7-2700K

MOBO: Intel DZ77GA-70K

RAM: Corsair Dominator 32gb 1600

GPU: AMD HD 7950 3gb

CASE: Corsair Special Edition 600T

PSU: Corsair Professional 1050

SSD/HDD: Corsair Performace Pro 256 SSD & Seagate 1tb

ODD: Samsung Bluray Combo

MONITOR: Asus ProArt 24" IPS

Let me know what the monitor is like.


I am looking for a 27" but at least I know there is something else out there for people who want quality. I hate all of the junk on the market right now

#13 srbeen

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Posted 17 June 2012 - 12:30

View PostSimon-, on 17 June 2012 - 12:20, said:

If you actually compare the specs, the difference between an i5-3450 and an i7-3770 is 400mhz clock, 2MB of L3 cache, Hyperthreading, and WELL over $100 price difference. How much difference is that really going to make to gaming? 1 frame per second? maybe 2 frames? The bottleneck is the Graphics Card here.

There is a market for i7s... for Professionals (eg: CAD, Creative) who run that really need as much as possible, where no amount of CPU power would ever be enough for the task they are doing anyway, and for hardcore Gamers who believe the marketing materials and have money to waste.

You got that right. and i5 is fine for gaming for the next 5 years. Get a board that supports either i5/i7 and when the i7's are used in games or when they get cheap enough do an upgrade. Its expensive overkill for one-window apps :p

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Posted 17 June 2012 - 12:32

View PostSir Ali, on 17 June 2012 - 11:15, said:

Congrats on the new build. :) Everything looks great but here's what I would have done myself:

I would have spent the extra $60 and gotten the i7-3770k. But honestly, i7's are overkill for gaming. I got myself the i5-3570k and it's more than enough for almost everything I do. (Graphic design, gaming, etc.)

You spent too much on RAM that you're probably never going to use in the next 3 years, ever. It might also limit your overclocking. A 1050W PSU is overkill! Even if you plan on SLI/Crossfire, I don't see why you would ever need more than 850W.

I would have used that money and bought the 7970, GTX670 or even the GTX680.

Finally, You should invest in an aftermarket cooler and overclock the hell out of the i7!

You sir are dense.

Overkill on a PSU is smart -

Everyone's PSU is overkill - If I could put a PC Power & Cooling 1500 on my ThinkPad I would !

My 1KW Seasonic Platinum is too wimpy :(

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Posted 17 June 2012 - 12:36

View Postxendrome, on 17 June 2012 - 11:45, said:

Well not just Diablo 3 in general, but when you are a hard-core gamer nothing is ever fast enough.

Also I would have gone with the GTX 670 instead of the AMD video card. But enjoy your driver crashes :)~

The whole ATi/AMD driver bagging is getting old. And its even more idiotic that it comes from NVIDIA jocks who don't even use AMD cards. I guess its the cool thing to do in 2012.