Is i7 really worth the money spend?

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Guys please I need to buy a new pc and would like to know if the i7 is realy worth the money spend?
Or is a core 2 duo or quad core ok?
 
and these days it is not really much more than a good AMD or comparable system.

But yes, it is worth it for the price.
 
any suggestion where to buy at a good price?
 
What are you using your PC for? Saying an i7 is worth the money when all you do is excel/word is ridiculous. The primary purpose of the machine will determine if the parts inside it are value for money.
 
Depends on your budget and what you plan to do with the PC, IMO.

My pc specifically for work is a i7 beast compared to what Ive grown accustom to, render times are amazing. But for the better part of nearly 4 years have been running a Quad core with 6gb of ram, just upped the gfx card to a 5770 and that was my college/work/play pc which still serves as my move around have fun at lans rig. Am not a hectic gamer, just as long as noone at work can beat me at Quake during breaks :P

All depends on purpose and means.
 
Archer said:
What are you using your PC for? Saying an i7 is worth the money when all you do is excel/word is ridiculous. The primary purpose of the machine will determine if the parts inside it are value for money.
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will use it for autocad applications as well as gaming.
 
Archer said:
What are you using your PC for? Saying an i7 is worth the money when all you do is excel/word is ridiculous. The primary purpose of the machine will determine if the parts inside it are value for money.
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Took the words right outta my mouth and posted first :P
 
Uli said:
will use it for autocad applications as well as gaming.
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i7 will be great for AUTOCAD and gaming, but the rest of your system needs to be at the same optimal level i.e. gpu, ram etc.

I purchased an i3 for my HTPC, purely, coz I don't do much pc gaming, more console gaming and it works great.
- i3, 1TB HDD, Nvdia GT320, 4GB DDR3 and it works nicely for my needs.
 
Uli said:
will use it for autocad applications as well as gaming.
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Hmmm... definately not i3. the i7 may give you some benefit for AutoCAD, though I really do not know how well AutoCAD utilises multiple cores. If AutoCAD does not utilise more than 4 cores then a Phenom would be better value. Just to confuse you, you could also get a six core Phenom for the price of an i7 930. So you can actually take your pick depending on whether you like AMD or Intel more.

Edit: did some looking and looks like AutoCAD does like multiple cores
 
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Archer said:
Hmmm... definately not i3. the i7 may give you some benefit for AutoCAD, though I really do not know how well AutoCAD utilises multiple cores. If AutoCAD does not utilise more than 4 cores then a Phenom would be better value. Just to confuse you, you could also get a six core Phenom for the price of an i7 930. So you can actually take your pick depending on whether you like AMD or Intel more.

Edit: did some looking and looks like AutoCAD does like multiple cores
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The x6 can't compete with the i7

Get the i7 if you can afford it, you won't be disappointed!
 
Archer said:
Hmmm... definately not i3. the i7 may give you some benefit for AutoCAD, though I really do not know how well AutoCAD utilises multiple cores. If AutoCAD does not utilise more than 4 cores then a Phenom would be better value. Just to confuse you, you could also get a six core Phenom for the price of an i7 930. So you can actually take your pick depending on whether you like AMD or Intel more.
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Thanks, But I must say that prefer intel, even though I am shure there is nothing wrong with AMD, I just feel more assured with Intel.
My server is an old AMD machine though and must say it does run quite well.
 
Silverlight said:
The x6 can't compete with the i7

Get the i7 if you can afford it, you won't be disappointed!
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How can you say this? No reviews are out yet. :confused: 6 real cores vs 4 real + 4 virtual, I'd say it could go either way. But will have to wait until proper reviews are out.
 
Silverlight, SiSoftsandra is a useless benchmark (in my opinion). Although most benchmarks are since they dont equate to real world performance. And I've seen that asian posting, but since its in Chinese/Japanese/whatever I cant tell whats going on. So I'll keep waiting for reviews from trusted sites.

And also confused about the Cuda suggestion? Cant find anything about AutoCAD using Cuda.
 
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