Looking at upgrading. Should I go the extra mile for an i7 bundle? what will be the benefits.

[Serial45]

The bundles i'm looking at are

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=BU-001-GI
(i5 with 16gb of ram)

vs

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=BU-093-OE&groupid=43&catid=2053&subcat=2175

or

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=BU-117-OE&groupid=43&catid=2053&subcat=2290

All clock in at 4.4ghz and have 16gb of ram.

I'm still hung up on whether to go for the whole quad channel ram setup or dual channel?

Or can you guys recommend me any other bundle upto the £700 mark?

I will essentially be gaming.

Now i don't mind spending the extra 200-300 cash. But what will the benefits be?

Sorry little out of the whole processor game not upgraded for 3 years.

Got a vertex 4 128gb SSD on order too and gonna get a 6gbps 1-2tb hard drive for it.
Many thanks in advance.

Adam

 

[Serial45]

if you know how to overclock and build your own rig, i'd say you should do it. you're paying a premium of c100 quid for ocuk to do it for you when you can use that $$$ for other upgrades

Yeah I guess i'm just being lazy. Had some messing getting my overclock stable back when I did it a few years back. Didn't realise it was as much as £100 saved. Think i'll get the bits myself and do it.

Just wondering do you think my coolermaster v8 cooler would still be good enough for this generation of chips? - that could be money saved.

Many thanks,
Adam