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i5 or i7 for gaming?

i5 unless you can utilize the features of the i7 and up the price if not, i5 is all you need.
 
dragon18007 said:
Hi

im just wondering whats best for a gaming computer an i7 or i5?

what do you guys think?

JJ
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I really cant believe you posted this with 5+ threads on the subject and 1 of them still on the front page.

Try using the search function and looking beyond page 1 /facepalm
 
i5 750 and a decent motherboard will make a very nice gaming setup at a much more reasonable price than an i7.
 
Id pick up a nice new Gigabyte GA-P55A-UD3 with usb 3.0/Sata 6.0 for just over 100 quid and a oem Core i5 750 for £140, looking at the benchies on anandtech even in winrar/hd converting and gaming the Core i5 750 handles similar and better in some gaming benchies then the Core i7-920.

Unless you really are going all out with dual graphic cards and want 8-12gig and crazy overclocks, I dont think its worth the extra £££.

Its sometimes nice to have an smaller/more efficent cooler and cheaper chip, doesnt look too me that triple channel and HT are making much difference especially if u look at winrar scores here:

http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=3634&p=15


And gaming scores here:

http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=3634&p=16

See Core i5 750 pulling ahead faster then Core i7-920 at almost £60-80 cheaper....

Give it another year or 2 and both sockets will proberly be replaced anyhow... So you could take your pick literally.
 
a good cheap alternative to a i7 860 is a xeon x3440, exact same specs as a i7 860 but with a lower multiplier (19x) and thus lower initial clock speed 2.53GHz, works in majority of motherboards if not all

good thing is that it has hyper threading and is ~ £160, got mine cheaper ;)

good for 3.5-3.8GHz, then enable turbo to get 4GHz (20x multiplier) ... if your chip is up to it

http://ark.intel.com/Product.aspx?id=42928
 
maddness said:
a good cheap alternative to a i7 860 is a xeon x3440, exact same specs as a i7 860 but with a lower multiplier (19x) and thus lower initial clock speed 2.53GHz, works in majority of motherboards if not all

good thing is that it has hyper threading and is ~ £160, got mine cheaper ;)

good for 3.5-3.8GHz, then enable turbo to get 4GHz (20x multiplier) ... if your chip is up to it

http://ark.intel.com/Product.aspx?id=42928
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Good find. If I hadn't just got my i7 920 D0 and Bloodrage GTi I might have seriously considered the x3440.

Can't fault this 920 & Bloodrage though, I'm still letting it burn in before overclocking but I upgraded my current computer and its been rock solid and definately quicker even though this vista 64bit is over 2years old.

I'm thinking in the new year an SSD and Windows 7 would do nicely.
 
i5 all the way. Cheap and Cheerfull and does what you need for gaming. Even when its not overclocked can handle anything i put at it.
 
HighlandeR said:
Id pick up a nice new Gigabyte GA-P55A-UD3 with usb 3.0/Sata 6.0 for just over 100 quid and a oem Core i5 750 for £140
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Are Gigabyte boards better than they used to be? Many moons ago I had a Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3P rev3.3 board that always lost its overclocked settings. Drove me so mad that I got fed up with custom built PCs and bought a Dell :/

Thinking about going back to a custom build if the motherboards have improved somewhat. The i5-750 and the P55A-UD3 look like a mightily tempting proposition.
 
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dragon18007 said:
i5 or i7 for gaming?
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Legion said:
I really cant believe you posted this with 5+ threads on the subject

Try using the search function
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I understand why you are aggravated Legion but I think we need to exert a certain amount of patience with new forum members! ;) . . . There is a good chance they have never used a forum before so the search function may be unknown to them . . .

At the very least try to say something friendly along with telling them off and you may scare them away! :D

on topic:

@ dragon18007: What kinda budget do you have for your intended build?
 
As others have said above, i5 for gaming, i7's just the same, but better at encoding, which is why i went i7 instead of i5.

Welcome to the forums Thomas :)
 
HighlandeR said:
Id pick up a nice new Gigabyte GA-P55A-UD3 with usb 3.0/Sata 6.0 for just over 100 quid and a oem Core i5 750 for £140, looking at the benchies on anandtech even in winrar/hd converting and gaming the Core i5 750 handles similar and better in some gaming benchies then the Core i7-920.

Unless you really are going all out with dual graphic cards and want 8-12gig and crazy overclocks, I dont think its worth the extra £££.

Its sometimes nice to have an smaller/more efficent cooler and cheaper chip, doesnt look too me that triple channel and HT are making much difference especially if u look at winrar scores here:

http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=3634&p=15


And gaming scores here:

http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=3634&p=16

See Core i5 750 pulling ahead faster then Core i7-920 at almost £60-80 cheaper....

Give it another year or 2 and both sockets will proberly be replaced anyhow... So you could take your pick literally.
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Only game was faster in was by .7 fps!?

Big Wayne - to be fair posting the same question in 5 threads...

Back OT - Depending on budget really, not got enough for i7, then go i5..
 
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