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Looks nice 
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Adding to the above, 16GB of RAM will make no difference to 8GB RAM when gaming.
Thats fine.
A samsung 830 128GB SSD is cheaper
+1, was going to suggest that before I read your comment
The extra RAM Is for virtual machines whilst debugging (so purely for work).
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Might I suggest this if you could possibly extend your budget; The extra 300mbps write speed may be helpful and Intel is a great brand.
YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel 520 Series 120GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive - Retail £119.99
Total : £128.69 (includes shipping : £7.25).
YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel 520 Series 120GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive - Retail £119.99
Total : £128.69 (includes shipping : £7.25).
Might I suggest this if you could possibly extend your budget; The extra 300mbps write speed may be helpful and Intel is a great brand.
YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel 520 Series 120GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive - Retail £119.99
Total : £128.69 (includes shipping : £7.25).
Would this actually be a noticeable increase in performance.
The Samsung is 320MB/s the Intel is 500MB.s so that's a 180MB/s increase.
Stick with the i7
seriously im sick of reading peoples posts saying "get the i5 for gaming you wont see an improvement" really? i know that like everyone else who is interested knows that but if a dude wants an i7 for gaming let him get an i7 its his money, he can get what he wants. its common knowledge now that the i7 is roughly the same performance as an i5 in gaming so please stop telling people to get an i5 over an i7 if they originally want the i7.
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I know it's their money, but we're advising them to get the i5 for a reason - so the saved money could be spent on a better graphics card or motherboard etc...
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Imo the i7 gives a slight improvement in games that are CPU dependant ~+5%, and as the OP is using it for more than gaming then stick with the i7.
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Exactly that ^
In this case, stick with the i7.
In this case, stick with the i7.
Yes and not everyone knows this, the advice is for the benefit of the buyer, not because we WANT everyone to have an i5.
You'd just be wasting money which could be better spent elsewhere. In this case though since the OP is a software engineer an i7 would benefit him greatly.
Contribute something to the thread next time.
Also I believe I'm correct in saying the Vertex 4 has almost double the write speed over the M4 due to its latest firmware and it's only a few £ extra.
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-106-OC&groupid=701&catid=2104&subcat=1427
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i understand you are being friendly and giving advice mate, and i wasn't having a go at you or anyone its just common knowledge now because everyone says it. and if the guy wants an i7 whats not to say he doesn't already have the money for top end GPU's? so he doesn't have to save money. if i could have afforded it i would have gone for an i7 instead of the 5 but im a nerd and i like to have the best gear but as you said the i5 performs more or less the same so im happy anyway. ive seen a hell of a lot of performance boost from my old AMD 955BE thats for sure.