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Which CPU for high-end gaming?

Orangey

Orangey

Orangey

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I want to upgrade my 2500K but I'm dithering as I can't find enough benchmarks to compare a 2600K vs 3930K vs etc. I just know I need hyperthreading at least.

This is for gaming ONLY, target 60fps min, OC'd and watercooled.
 
This is for a rig I'm building, the GPU will be AMD 9950 xfire or 9970 depending on what happens (if they even release a 9950 / it warrants the cost). I have a 144hz monitor, not a fan of multi-monitor.
 
I already have a Samsung 840 stripe for gaming. :)

I'm just not convinced 4770 is worth it over a 2600, Haswell is hot, requires delidding, etc... it'll probably work out slightly worse unless I get one of the 10% that can actually clock.
 
Well I've won a 2600K for £160 so the choice has been made, it was a pre-OC'd one from a well-known e-tailer guaranteed for 4.7GHz too so it should do nicely until Haswell-E next year.

Thanks to all for the advice and links. :)
 
I think it's just down to cores and PCI-E lanes. 1150 is artificially limited to prevent it cannibalizing business from workstation sector.
 
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