Best Gaming CPUs For The Money: January 2012 (Archive)

[TheBigTroll]

Core i7-3930K is just $470 here http://corei7.com/amz-product/intel-core-i7-3930k-hexa-core-processor-3-2-ghz-12-mb-cache-lga-2011-bx80619i73930k/ Very tempting! I want to upgrade my 2011 2700k so badly!

your 2700k isnt on the 2011 socket.

he means the year 2011

 

[babernet_1]

Core i7-3930K is just $470 here http://corei7.com/amz-product/intel-core-i7-3930k-hexa-core-processor-3-2-ghz-12-mb-cache-lga-2011-bx80619i73930k/ Very tempting! I want to upgrade my 2011 2700k so badly!

your 2700k isnt on the 2011 socket.

he means the year 2011

Oh, I thought he meant he had 2,011 2700K processor chips! 😉

 

[genoe]

fx-6300 for $120 now on newegg with free shipping...best deal imo

 

[abitoms]

"We can't wait to show you what we've done with this one in an upcoming comparison of AMD processors. "

now...where is that article about what you've done with the Athlon X4 750K?

 

[cheesyboy]

Athlon 750K:
"We can't wait to show you what we've done with this one in an upcoming comparison of AMD processors."
Really looking forward to seeing this. Hope it's published soon...

 

[nokiddingboss]

i wonder how good that athlon x4 750k really is in gaming. such a tease tom's, such a tease.

 

[Stormageddon]

what about haswell? or is it that bad?

 

[logainofhades]

what about haswell? or is it that bad?

It isn't necessarily bad, just not all that great compared to ivy.

 

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[jrstriker12]

what about haswell? or is it that bad?

From what I've read, it's probably not your CPU of choice if you plan to overclock.
It also has a different socket than Ivy Bridge chips so you will need a new mobo to upgrade.
IMHO - If you're buying new, plan not to overclock and can find one at a good price, it might be something to consider.

 

[ingtar33]

forgot to update the chart for the fx6300... it should sport better performance in farcry3 then the 4300 because fc3 takes advantage of more cores...

 

[slomo4sho]

Reset the comment section for these threads already...

 

[silverblue]

I'm amused that the 9590 and 9370 are in the hierarchy despite the lack of a review, almost as if somebody knows exact figures or has read another review on them... 😉 the positioning is certainly correct from what I have seen. Very much pointless products.

Can you imagine how badly the 9590 would do on the Performance Per Dollar page if it was included?

 

[jk47_99]

Please order the comments by the latest first, it took me a few mins to get to the relevant July ones!

 

[Immaculate]

where does a $200 4670K fall in line at?

 

[DragonChase]

Performance per dollar error 404

 

[KelvinTy]

"Phenom II X6 1100T BE, 1090T BE
Phenom II X4 Black Edition 980, 975"
The old 45nm processors are still very competitive in terms of gaming...
Jesus AMD, straighten it out.

 

[Sakkura]

The price gap between the Core i7-3770K and Core i7-4770K at retail is about $15, not the $30 you claim. And Intel's own MSRPs for the processors are only $7-8 apart.

 

[CaptainTom]

Sorry the 9590 should be in the top tier. I have seen it benchmarked against an i7-3770K and it held its own. You mean to tell me it can't keep up with an i5-2300? Are you kidding?

 

[andystanley]

I'm surprised you guys recommended the 3570k over the 4670k. I understand that the 3570k is cheaper, but it has no upgrade path. We should get at least one more CPU on the z87 socket.

 

[airborn824]

Wow how much does Intel pay for this chart and these benchmarks? there is simply no way any Intel CPU has better value than the 8350. You can talk till ur blue in the face but its just not true. the 8350 is the best bang for the buck out there. No to mention who actually just runs the game? i am running 3 programs at a time with a game thus i need AMD 8000 series

 

[Onus]

An upgrade path probably isn't needed. The 4670K may be faster at stock, but when both of these CPUs are overclocked, it will run into thermal problems before the i5-3570K does, allowing the IB to catch up; to me that makes them equally future-resistant.

 

[Diay]

is the 3350p really better than the 20$ cheaper FX 8320?

 

[Sakkura]

I'm surprised you guys recommended the 3570k over the 4670k. I understand that the 3570k is cheaper, but it has no upgrade path. We should get at least one more CPU on the z87 socket.

Broadwell is just a shrink of Haswell, and that's all we're going to get for LGA 1150. So the upgrade path is meaningless. That's a natural consequence of Intel swapping sockets every other year.