choices and reasons for it

[zakblood]

1 x Intel Core i7-3770K 3.50GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - OEM £269.99
1 x Intel Core i7-3820 3.60GHz (Sandybridge-E) Socket LGA2011 Processor - OEM £235.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - OEM £187.99




3 different cpu's, all used for mainly gaming let's say, which one would you pick and why?

the price isn't that much in real pc hardware terms between them all, so why still pick let's say the i5 still over the i7's

as i seem to be missing something, i5 is a good overclocking chip yes, but forget that for now and just leave them all at stock, then for a £1k to £2k build which would you use?

the i5 being the lowest is best value, but is it all about value and nothing about pure speed?

just looking for your idea's and honest opinions and reasons etc why you think one is better than another

http://cpuboss.com/cpus/Intel-Core-i7-3770K-vs-Intel-Core-i5-3570K

http://cpuboss.com/cpus/Intel-Core-i7-3820-vs-Intel-Core-i7-3770K

 

[Smoogels]

If mainly gaming then the i5. I'd personally want to save around £50 from the 3820 (or even more from the 3770K) and get a processor which performs almost equally in games. The £50 saved could be spent on a better graphics card or other things.

1k = i5
2k = i7 3770K (simply because it's a huge budget and may as well pop it in)
I'm not really a fan of the 2011 platform. I think it may be because of a few small reasons like it only supports "expensive" processors, more power usage(?), similar performance to a 1155 (unless you hand over your whole wallet) etc

 

[old gamer]

It all comes down to what you use it for, my choice is the 3770k, better power use then the 3820 and the advantage over the 3570k is hyperthreading which has already shown itself to be usefull in crysis 3,bf 3 and tomb raider, but still, all great cpu's that will handle any of todays pc tasks with ease, i faced the same choice myself on saturday and i am now in the middle of putting together my shiny new 3770k rig

 

[Wucked]

Personally I'd go for an i7 for hyperthreading. The price difference isn't that great, so having it available but not using it every game is imo better than not having it at all. Plus its the future, there will be an increasing number of games released over the next few years that will make use of HT.

Which one is up to you, performance won't really be any different between them. Perhaps if you're going CF or SLI X79 would be marginally better, but just for gaming features like quad channel memory seem a bit overkill. So for me it would be the 3770K.

 

[ubersonic]

The 3820 as the other two are on a dead socket, the will never be an upgrade from the 3770K and the only upgrade from the 3570K is the 3770K. The 3820 on the other hand uses the LGA2011 platform and right now the are 6 core enthusiast and workstation chips and 8 core workstation chips available. Add to that the are more chips planned for later in the year including an 8 core enthusiast chip then it becomes obvious that the extra features and added lifespan of the platform more than makes up for the slight performance advantage at stock of the 3770K and the cost saving of the 3570K.

 

[illuz]

3820, 1155 socket is a dead end!

 

[Suarez7]

3770k, I've thought about going socket 2011 in the past but the cost of a decent motherboard for example z77 sabertooth vs x79 sabertooth is nearly a £100 difference also I don't believe IB-E will bring any great benefits and the only CPU's worth getting are the £400 ones I.E 3930K and the 4930k or whatever it's called when it comes out. The 3770k beats the 3820 in most of the benchies I've seen. http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/523?vs=551

 

[rankftw]

Out of those I would go for the 3770k for the hyper-threading which is starting to become useful for games and also the overclocking ability. However I would wait another few months as the new 4770k is rumoured to be coming out in June and pick one of those up, this is what I will be doing.