Hi
im about to buy a 200 - 350 € cpu, a mainboard, RAM and quite possibly a PSU. i'd appreciate your advise. thx
i need my system for gaming (and surfing) only.
at the moment im using an intel e6750 CPU and a 6870 GPU. my plan is to now buy a CPU that can handle (almost) every game of at least this year on max settings in 1920x1080 + the mobo, ram and PSU. in some months ill get a high end GPU like a 7950, 7970 or a bit higher.
now, i thought on my CPU-choice quite some time:
the 3770k, the 2600k, the 2700k are almost exactly as good as the 2500k and the 3570k which are much cheaper (sometimes they are like 5 % worse, sometimes they even are a bit better). the really really expensive CPUs (3960x, 3930k, 3820) havent got a significant increase in performance too.
did i look up this information correctly? if yes, would you agree that the only thing that makes sense is to get a 2500k or 3570k? which one of these two should i get? i thought maybe the 2500k since its 32nm architecture is better for overclocking?
is it correct that hyperthreading-capability is not really a factor? would have been an argument in favor of the 2700k + the 2700k has like 1500 more mark3d-points (which confuses me since its almost equal to the 2500k or 3570k in games. is that because mark3d isnt really the same type of task as playing a game?)
to be clear: i would pay 300 € or more for a CPU if there would be a significant gain in performance, which i dont see. correct me if im wrong
next question: motherboard
i dont need any features except 4 plugs for hdd and ssd and optical drive. now im confused how the mainboard influences OCing. i think it would be good to OC my CPU in like one or two years from now. 4,5 - maybe even 5 Ghz, i dont have an exact plan... do i need a specially expensive mainboard for that?
how much would i have to pay for a mobo with a good integrated sound card or a mobo on which i could put a non-integrated sound card?
so the question is: how cheap can i go? is there anything wrong with this one for example?: Gigabyte-GA-Z77-DS3H
RAM:
im quite sure that its best to get 2x4 GB, would u agree? if needed i can get 2 more in the future; that should be enough for the next years, right? but i wonder which model since there are so many which seem to do the same
PSU:
my current one is the Xilence 600 W. i got it 5 years ago for 80 €. here is a picture of the specs written on it: http://www.technic3d.com/review/netzteile/330-xilence-xp600-netzteil/2.htm
i found a review that says its a good buy for 60 € but its not really good enough quality for high end gaming. so: i need a new PSU, dont i?
now as far as i know i dont need more than 600 or 500 w if i plan to go with one 300-500 € GPU and a 300 € CPU with (quite?) hard OCing and 3 hard drives. is that correct? will it maybe be necessary to have much more Watt in the future because the new components with higher performance need more energy? also: will SLI/Crossfire ever become better than single GPU? that would mean that its more future proof to go with much more Watts, no?
summary:
1. what is the best gaming CPU, that isnt insanely overpriced for its performance
2. cheapest good motherboard
3. what ram
4. new PSU yes/no and if yes which one (future proof)
ok i hope you have some answers thx for your time.
ill post what parts i finally decided to get so you can give me green light if you'd be so kind
greetings, i really appreciate this home built with online help thing,
superaffe
im about to buy a 200 - 350 € cpu, a mainboard, RAM and quite possibly a PSU. i'd appreciate your advise. thx
i need my system for gaming (and surfing) only.
at the moment im using an intel e6750 CPU and a 6870 GPU. my plan is to now buy a CPU that can handle (almost) every game of at least this year on max settings in 1920x1080 + the mobo, ram and PSU. in some months ill get a high end GPU like a 7950, 7970 or a bit higher.
now, i thought on my CPU-choice quite some time:
the 3770k, the 2600k, the 2700k are almost exactly as good as the 2500k and the 3570k which are much cheaper (sometimes they are like 5 % worse, sometimes they even are a bit better). the really really expensive CPUs (3960x, 3930k, 3820) havent got a significant increase in performance too.
did i look up this information correctly? if yes, would you agree that the only thing that makes sense is to get a 2500k or 3570k? which one of these two should i get? i thought maybe the 2500k since its 32nm architecture is better for overclocking?
is it correct that hyperthreading-capability is not really a factor? would have been an argument in favor of the 2700k + the 2700k has like 1500 more mark3d-points (which confuses me since its almost equal to the 2500k or 3570k in games. is that because mark3d isnt really the same type of task as playing a game?)
to be clear: i would pay 300 € or more for a CPU if there would be a significant gain in performance, which i dont see. correct me if im wrong
next question: motherboard
i dont need any features except 4 plugs for hdd and ssd and optical drive. now im confused how the mainboard influences OCing. i think it would be good to OC my CPU in like one or two years from now. 4,5 - maybe even 5 Ghz, i dont have an exact plan... do i need a specially expensive mainboard for that?
how much would i have to pay for a mobo with a good integrated sound card or a mobo on which i could put a non-integrated sound card?
so the question is: how cheap can i go? is there anything wrong with this one for example?: Gigabyte-GA-Z77-DS3H
RAM:
im quite sure that its best to get 2x4 GB, would u agree? if needed i can get 2 more in the future; that should be enough for the next years, right? but i wonder which model since there are so many which seem to do the same
PSU:
my current one is the Xilence 600 W. i got it 5 years ago for 80 €. here is a picture of the specs written on it: http://www.technic3d.com/review/netzteile/330-xilence-xp600-netzteil/2.htm
i found a review that says its a good buy for 60 € but its not really good enough quality for high end gaming. so: i need a new PSU, dont i?
now as far as i know i dont need more than 600 or 500 w if i plan to go with one 300-500 € GPU and a 300 € CPU with (quite?) hard OCing and 3 hard drives. is that correct? will it maybe be necessary to have much more Watt in the future because the new components with higher performance need more energy? also: will SLI/Crossfire ever become better than single GPU? that would mean that its more future proof to go with much more Watts, no?
summary:
1. what is the best gaming CPU, that isnt insanely overpriced for its performance
2. cheapest good motherboard
3. what ram
4. new PSU yes/no and if yes which one (future proof)
ok i hope you have some answers thx for your time.
ill post what parts i finally decided to get so you can give me green light if you'd be so kind
greetings, i really appreciate this home built with online help thing,
superaffe
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