Hey Guys,
I have been reading a lot on tom's hardware lately and found it to be profusely addictive and compelling.
And therefore couldn't resist registering though for personal help! . I would still help the community as much as i can!
So anyways, i am planning to build a new rig and its mainly going to be for gaming and video encoding (x264/divx/xvid).
I was wondering if the new AMD Bulldozers with the six/eight cores are worth the money considering the hexa-core intels are priced almost double that of the AMD, but the benchmarks speaks for the price difference.
My current concern is the CPU, i have had everything else figured out.
This would basically be my rig sans CPU:
■ Asus P9X79 Pro / Asus Sabertooth 990FX AM3+
■ MSI 6950 2GB TWIN FROZR III POWER EDITION (Future TriFire w/ 6990)
■ 4 x Corsair XMS3 4GB DDR3-1600
■ Boot Disk : OCZ Petrol PTL1-25SAT3 - 64GB
■ Secondary Storage : Seagate Barracuda 7200Rpm - 1TB
■ PSU : Corsair Enthusiast Series TX850
■ Stock Cooling for now.
Now, what i want suggestion for is the CPU, should i save the money and get FX-8150 or i7-2600k or even the i5-2500k and get a 6990/GTX 590 instead of 6950. Or is it recommended to wait for the ivy bridge? Plus i also wanted to know the upgrade/downgrade path i would have with the X79 chipset?
Regards,
Kalpak Khemka.
I have been reading a lot on tom's hardware lately and found it to be profusely addictive and compelling.
And therefore couldn't resist registering though for personal help! . I would still help the community as much as i can!
So anyways, i am planning to build a new rig and its mainly going to be for gaming and video encoding (x264/divx/xvid).
I was wondering if the new AMD Bulldozers with the six/eight cores are worth the money considering the hexa-core intels are priced almost double that of the AMD, but the benchmarks speaks for the price difference.
My current concern is the CPU, i have had everything else figured out.
This would basically be my rig sans CPU:
■ Asus P9X79 Pro / Asus Sabertooth 990FX AM3+
■ MSI 6950 2GB TWIN FROZR III POWER EDITION (Future TriFire w/ 6990)
■ 4 x Corsair XMS3 4GB DDR3-1600
■ Boot Disk : OCZ Petrol PTL1-25SAT3 - 64GB
■ Secondary Storage : Seagate Barracuda 7200Rpm - 1TB
■ PSU : Corsair Enthusiast Series TX850
■ Stock Cooling for now.
Now, what i want suggestion for is the CPU, should i save the money and get FX-8150 or i7-2600k or even the i5-2500k and get a 6990/GTX 590 instead of 6950. Or is it recommended to wait for the ivy bridge? Plus i also wanted to know the upgrade/downgrade path i would have with the X79 chipset?
Regards,
Kalpak Khemka.