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Difference?

Its the 3 vs 1 year warranty, shiny box and a stock intel heatsink/fan

Instead of those, get a i5 2500K@£161.99 Retail.

Only 100Mhz slower, but includes a integrated graphics core, so you get Luic/Quicksync
 
is that good then? the luic/quicksync?
What does it do?

I have xfire 6950's and a titan fenrir evo heatsink
if that changes anything.
 
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Lucid Virtu allows the switching between a GFX card and the onboard GFX solution (saves power etc)

Quicksync allows programs (if supported) to use the onboard GFX core to speed up rendering/editing times as a GFX core is faster than just a CPU core.

And you also get a GFX solution to use if you have a graphics card failure.
 
Ha now that you put it that way it does sound better.


I'm going to wait to see what ivy bridge has to offer before I get my upgrade, that thanks :D

cb

Edit: Will that I5 you picked out be quicker at stock than my oc phenom II? it's at 3.8 atm
 
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Lucid Virtu won't work with crossfired graphics, just to update. it states in my Asrock Z77 that it only works with single card configs :)
 
Just get the 2500K Connor, Like Stulid said, if your graphics fail for any reason, at least you'll have the onboard Gpu to sort any problems out :)
 
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