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New build CPU

Evansd

Evansd

Evansd

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I have purchased a*z77x-ud5h an ssd drive and about to pick up a 680 card. Sole use is for gaming and don't want to bottle neck my system in anyway.

Which CPU would you advise? Not really out to save money but don't want to pay for paying sake. I would like to look*at the ivy range that's about to be released.

I have completely missed the last few years so have no idea about the i5 or i7.

Oh and I won't be overclocking at all.*

Feel really out of my depth building this system so if you can advise on which chip would you please confirm the exact model and that it will work with my motherboard.

Thanks*for any help
 
3570k if you don't plan to overclock at all even though I suggest you do overclock as it's free performance.

Infact if you don't plan to overclock at all you could get a non K chip that won't overclock to save a few quid. The 3770k's only real difference is that it coems with HT but you won't really be able to utilize that in 99% of games.
 
The Ivy Bridge models you will hear discussed are the i5-3570K and i7-3770K. The price will be announced in 5 hours - expect 170/250. The 680 is a very high end graphics card by the way.

Review sites will quantify the improvement you will get with i7 over i5.

Don't forget the DRAM 16 or 8GB of DDR3 1600 (or above if you like) and possibly a CPU cooler better than the one with the CPU. And an adequate power supply.

Although you said no o/c I won't recommend a non-K model. Its easy to overclock and as long as you dont increase the voltage to IB the temps will hopefully stay within reason. You get more performance for no more money basically.
 
Thanks everyone and I hear what you say about overclocking so will not cross it off just in case.

I so far have The z77x-ud5h, Samsung green ram 8gb, 680 card soon. 128m4 SSD.

So you can see I have not skimped. Would you still say the 3570 http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-404-IN&groupid=701&catid=6&subcat=567 for gaming? I'm not going to loose on performance.

Will the cooler that comes with it be ok? If not could you recommend one please.

Thanks all
 
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