What about web surfing or word work? any difference there?
Attempt 1.
- Thread starter Ferris12
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Soldato
No difference.
Sorry to persist about this Shadow boxer, but i see you've gone for a i7?
i7 only shows any benefit if u are doing lots of photoshop, rending work etc
otherwise theres no benefit for just gaming, surfing the web, word etc
shadows is the older model
Soldato
Mine is an older i7 (from 2009). Ivy Bridge will be the third generation of this naming technique from Intel that was the first.
Basically you have Sandy Bridge which has i5 and i7's. The i7's (2600K for example) offer hyper-threading (additional virtual cores) over the i5's. Then you have Sandy Bridge -E, which is more the enthusiast line. The processor you linked to on the Anandtech benchmark comparison is a SB-E CPU. The one to go for at this moment in time for gaming/general office work/browsing is the mid-high end Sandy Bridge i5-2500K (soon to be replaced by the Ivy Bridge equivalent i5, possibly called the i5-3570K).
Soldato
YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI HD 7850 Twin Frozr III OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Cards £209.99
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM £167.99
1 x Iiyama ProLite E2409HDS 24" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black £124.98
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £89.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £71.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £61.99
1 x OCZ ZS Series 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £43.98
1 x BitFenix Outlaw Gaming Case - Black £32.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £29.99
1 x Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM2+/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £21.98
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.98
Total : £886.34 (includes shipping : £13.75).
That is a very good spec.
Could save nearly £20 and get a reference design 7850.
PowerColor HD 7850 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
Whats the difference there? except price?
Soldato
The cooler on the MSI is better so may be quieter and run a bit cooler.
Soldato
Yeah a better fan on it to help with pushing the card to the limit.
Yeah im a student...