New Gaming PC

TopCa7 said:
Jarr......and I smile at need of 6 cores to play a game, overkill :/
Benchies
1100T R3100+-
i7 950 R2700+-

Is R400 more a fraction of the cost? The new sandy bridge i5's will come in at around the same price and so far reviews have them going quiet well against the 10k i7 980x. So I would hazard a guess that thats probably the best way to go.
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That is why you need to take benchies with a pinch of salt.

The 1100T is a unlocked chip. yes it has 6 cores, but with the right motherboard it unlocks the extra functionality. If 3 cores are idle it will boost the other 3 cores to 3.7g from the 3.3g standard. With the standard heatsink and normal cooling you can boost that to 4g with no problems. SO yes it may be 6 core , but when using it for gaming ( that does not use 6 cores you can get substantial speed increases that will not show in the benchies.

So the 950 is at 3GHz , but the 1100T when used properly is at 3.7GHZ standard and possibly if you want at 4GHz.

I wont comment on prices because I buy at import pricing. I will ask round to see if we have any indicative pricing yet on the Sandies.
 
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GaryW: I really don't see a point in getting the 1100T if you can get a Sandy Bridge i5/i7, because the K versions are basically guaranteed to overclock to 4.4GHz and their power consumption would be considerably lower than that of the AMD 1100T + they outperform it in almost every aspect. Most of the time the i5 2500K (at stock) outperforms the AMD 1100T (overclocked to 4.2GHz) !

These new Sandy Bridge CPU's are monsters. Have a look at some of its reviews:
http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/cpus/2011/01/03/intel-sandy-bridge-review/1 * This one includes the AMD 1100T in their comparisons.
http://www.legitreviews.com/article/1501/1/
http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/foru...i5-2500k-core-i7-2600k-processors-review.html
 
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Well prices may not then matter to you, I myself get the same products mentioned min less 30%, but it might make a difference to the OP who this thread is intended for.
And the speed of the CPU isnt the ends all of how good the CPU. The i7 950 at stock still out preforms the 1100T and the 950 also has its own little boost that pushes it up to 3.4ghz while still using all 4 of its cores.

My advice was to wait for Sandy Bridge or if he must have now the x4 955 or i5 760.
 
Yeah lets see what price they actually end up coming in at..

Think I paid R2000 or so for the 1100T. Not a huge amount.
As long as he matches the right mboard for what he buys , it should not be a huge problem.
The rest of his machine setup will probably determine more on the overall build.

There should be no problem building a decent box on his budget. As long as he sources someone who is willing to buy at dealer cost.
 
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U think I must try buy each item individualy online? Because the guys here charge u as much as possible
 
BrianStephan said:
U think I must try buy each item individualy online? Because the guys here charge u as much as possible
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Well shipping to Neptune is gonna kill you if you buy from seperate places. Try keep it down to 2 stores max.
 
BrianStephan said:
U think I must try buy each item individualy online? Because the guys here charge u as much as possible
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True. They also advertise things they don't have in stock.
We may as well deal with their supplier direct because they are just a freight forwarder.
 
Pada said:
These new Sandy Bridge CPU's are monsters. Have a look at some of its reviews:
http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/cpus/2011/01/03/intel-sandy-bridge-review/1 * This one includes the AMD 1100T in their comparisons.
http://www.legitreviews.com/article/1501/1/
http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/foru...i5-2500k-core-i7-2600k-processors-review.html
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From those links it looks like the Core i5-2500 will probably offer the most bang for buck. It's so close to the i7-2600 there seems to be very little reason to splash out for the i7-2600 which I assume will cost more.
 
As with any system that gets built for you, its overpriced. Besides, assembling everything is half the fun!
 
Evetech has the best selection of prebuilt PC's that I've seen in SA so far, but you can definitely do better if you build your own gaming PC that suits your budget - however - some people are so ignorant that they should rather just buy prebuilt PC's like that!
 
They seem to cut costs by using cheap parts like very basic motherboards and low-power PSU's.
 
BrianStephan said:
I am confused wich is bette the I7 or the Sandy Bridge proccesor
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However, don't let those negatives convince you the new Intel Core i5-2500K and Intel Core i7-2600K chips are stinkers. Compared to their closest equivalents from Intel's existing range – the Intel Core i5-760 and Intel Core i7-870 – the new chips are arguably in a different league.

In fact, even the mighty six-core Core i7 980X isn't safe from Intel's remarkable new Sandy Bridge architecture. It's that good.....

You have to check out the review:
http://www.techradar.com/reviews/pc-mac/pc-components/processors/intel-core-i7-2600k-917571/review
 
So how would this setup be just mainboard and processor and graphics card? Asus P8P67 Delux lga1155 Dual-Channel DDR3 SLI/CrossfireX, Intel SandyBridge LGA1155 i7-2600K Quad Core, HT, 3.4GHz, Turbo OC CPU, Nvidia GTX570 1.5G graphics card.
 
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