Hello all, hope you can help.
Recently my motherboard and processor have died on me, I did have a core2 E660 but now I might as well get a quadcore since I’m dipping my hand in my wallet. However It’s being a long time since I looked at hardware and until these past few days I didn’t really know what was out there.
After a little reading I’m thinking of getting an I5 750 setup however
In about six months time I’ll be leaving the country for a while, have no idea when I’ll be coming back, there is also the chance that I will be moving abroad for a prolonged length of time, if that is the case I will hopefully ship it over.
This leaves me with a puzzler, do I spend a large proportion of my cash (about £400) on what I would ideally like the I5 750, motherboard (not sure what board yet) and I would also like at least 4gb ram DDR3, or do I buy a cheaper quadcore setup.
Are the I5 750’s really that much of an improvement over other quadcores for a gamer like me, or can you recommend a cheaper but effective quadcore setup. As a guide it would be nice to play BFBC2 on highish settings, here is a list of what survived...
8800 gts 640 mb
Geil 2x1gb 800mhz ddr2
OCZ gamexstream 600w
Antec nine Hundred
hope you guys and girls can help.
Recently my motherboard and processor have died on me, I did have a core2 E660 but now I might as well get a quadcore since I’m dipping my hand in my wallet. However It’s being a long time since I looked at hardware and until these past few days I didn’t really know what was out there.
After a little reading I’m thinking of getting an I5 750 setup however
In about six months time I’ll be leaving the country for a while, have no idea when I’ll be coming back, there is also the chance that I will be moving abroad for a prolonged length of time, if that is the case I will hopefully ship it over.
This leaves me with a puzzler, do I spend a large proportion of my cash (about £400) on what I would ideally like the I5 750, motherboard (not sure what board yet) and I would also like at least 4gb ram DDR3, or do I buy a cheaper quadcore setup.
Are the I5 750’s really that much of an improvement over other quadcores for a gamer like me, or can you recommend a cheaper but effective quadcore setup. As a guide it would be nice to play BFBC2 on highish settings, here is a list of what survived...
8800 gts 640 mb
Geil 2x1gb 800mhz ddr2
OCZ gamexstream 600w
Antec nine Hundred
hope you guys and girls can help.