E8400 or E5200

[lynchy6789]

Hey,

I want to know which was it better bang for buck? Is it worth the extra £100?

and if the E8400 would be a better finical investment in long run?

will be overclocking - tuniq tower on a biostar p45

will be used for games - Left 4 dead, bf2, FSX
and general internet browsing etc.

Thanks

 

[lynchy6789]

yea gettign a e7400 instead go in the middle. Putting the save £50 toward a Leeds weekend ticket taht will be better then 10& more performance lol

 

[lynchy6789]

Wouldn't buy components like that off ebay. This is what i think i have settled on. Will be housed in an Antec p180, gameXstream OCZ pus 600w, Vista home premium 64 bit, with another 2GB OCZ DRRII ram that already have purchased .

 

[lynchy6789]

I ve decided against it going for an e7400 don't feel the extra £50 is worth it and im not bothered if i cant run games at Billion fps. Been running BF2 last year on low aroun 15-25 fps. I think this will be a massive improvement

 

[lynchy6789]

Yea that the main reason i didnt go for e8400 meant i could spend it on other stuff. i.e. Antec P180 that i really wanted