I'm looking into building a gaming machine with low power draw, excelent performance at 1366x768 in a good looking mATX/mITX case that would last me lets say 2/3 years. I'm not in a rush though, so, I was thinking how much better would a IB i3 be against a SB i3 or even a SB i5 since a top of the line IB i3 is expected to cost the same as i5 2400 by the time they come into the market. i'd like to stick to a budget of no more then 600$ and i don't need a HDD my old seagate barracuda 320gb sata II will do for the time being. It should be doable.
In some early post related with this issue someone very wisely said that gaming performance actually tends to be more cpu bound as you lower the resolution. Having that in mind what do you think would be your recomendation...?
To wait... or get a i3/i5 right now? oh and btw you guys think a 7850 would be a good enough card to stack with those processors for 2/3 years from now?
I havent excluded the possibility of getting the top of the line trinity APU but it just seems very unlikely it will be powerfull enough to suit my needs, yet if it turns out to be it would make it a worth considering option since it would drastically lower the budget.
In some early post related with this issue someone very wisely said that gaming performance actually tends to be more cpu bound as you lower the resolution. Having that in mind what do you think would be your recomendation...?
To wait... or get a i3/i5 right now? oh and btw you guys think a 7850 would be a good enough card to stack with those processors for 2/3 years from now?
I havent excluded the possibility of getting the top of the line trinity APU but it just seems very unlikely it will be powerfull enough to suit my needs, yet if it turns out to be it would make it a worth considering option since it would drastically lower the budget.