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That's an amazing price, but not good for gaming. Where did you get it from?
Not much of a gamer so ok. PS3 just collecting dust. my two year old just uses it for singstar lol.
using the pc more for dev and so far it rocks...
some guy on gumtree. thought it was a scam at first but turned out be legit lol.
using the pc more for dev and so far it rocks...
some guy on gumtree. thought it was a scam at first but turned out be legit lol.
greg_SA
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Hi,
Looking for some advice... trying to decide between i7 and i5 with SSD.
I use the PC for general use and some phto editting. Only thing that really needs performance is Adobe Lightroom for photo editing, and Handbrake for compressing videos (Blue Ray rips).
Option 1: i7-4770 with normal HDD (alreay have the 2TB drive)
Option 2: i5-4670 with SSD (and the 2TB drive for data).
Will I really miss the i7 performance in Light Room? I suppose the videos will take about 25% longer to compress in Handbrake?
Thanks,
Greg
Looking for some advice... trying to decide between i7 and i5 with SSD.
I use the PC for general use and some phto editting. Only thing that really needs performance is Adobe Lightroom for photo editing, and Handbrake for compressing videos (Blue Ray rips).
Option 1: i7-4770 with normal HDD (alreay have the 2TB drive)
Option 2: i5-4670 with SSD (and the 2TB drive for data).
Will I really miss the i7 performance in Light Room? I suppose the videos will take about 25% longer to compress in Handbrake?
Thanks,
Greg
FlatspinZA
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Why not get the i7 now, and the SSD later when you have some extra cash? It seems silly to limit your options to "either, or".
http://www.legitreviews.com/article/2203/9/
Get an AMD FX8350 (around R2.5k) and an SSD.
I'm looking at going the custom water cooling route for my pc:
System:
Asrock Z77 Extreme 4
Intel I5 3570k
8 GB Gskill Sniper 1866Mhz
GTX 680
750W CM PSU
Will the following wc components be all I need for my build excl the coolant:
1x XSPC RayStorm CPU WaterBlock (Intel)
1x XSPC EX240 Dual Fan Radiator
1x XSPC X2O 750 Dual 5.25” Bay Reservoir Pump
Click here for more info
6x XSPC G1/4″ to 1/2″ ID, 3/4″ OD Fitting - Black
Titan Ice Flexible Tubing (1/2"ID, 3/4"OD) Clear (3.0m)
1x Silver Kill Coil for Watercooling Loops
Also how safe is it to build using my limited DIY skills
System:
Asrock Z77 Extreme 4
Intel I5 3570k
8 GB Gskill Sniper 1866Mhz
GTX 680
750W CM PSU
Will the following wc components be all I need for my build excl the coolant:
1x XSPC RayStorm CPU WaterBlock (Intel)
1x XSPC EX240 Dual Fan Radiator
1x XSPC X2O 750 Dual 5.25” Bay Reservoir Pump
Click here for more info
6x XSPC G1/4″ to 1/2″ ID, 3/4″ OD Fitting - Black
Titan Ice Flexible Tubing (1/2"ID, 3/4"OD) Clear (3.0m)
1x Silver Kill Coil for Watercooling Loops
Also how safe is it to build using my limited DIY skills
I'm looking at going the custom water cooling route for my pc:
System:
Asrock Z77 Extreme 4
Intel I5 3570k
8 GB Gskill Sniper 1866Mhz
GTX 680
750W CM PSU
Will the following wc components be all I need for my build excl the coolant:
1x XSPC RayStorm CPU WaterBlock (Intel)
1x XSPC EX240 Dual Fan Radiator
1x XSPC X2O 750 Dual 5.25” Bay Reservoir Pump
Click here for more info
6x XSPC G1/4″ to 1/2″ ID, 3/4″ OD Fitting - Black
Titan Ice Flexible Tubing (1/2"ID, 3/4"OD) Clear (3.0m)
1x Silver Kill Coil for Watercooling Loops
Also how safe is it to build using my limited DIY skills
Have you already bought those components? If not, please post prices. Personally, I don't recommend that setup, particularly for someone unfamiliar with water cooling. Just get a Corsair CPU water cooling kit for about R1.2k. They're really easy to set up, are completely closed and about as 'plug and play' as water cooling gets.
Good luck. Let us know how it goes.
It has just (a month ago) been released, so it is the latest CPU tech for another year to come. The next Intel chips will (90% sure) support the same socket and only be released mid 2014, so I guess you are safe until mid 2015 if you upgrade now. The only game changer will be DDR4. But that has been delayed for so long. We'll probably only see that next year.
Ask again in a few months then. The market changes continuously down here, what with exchange rates, supply issues and new products.
FlatspinZA
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The Haswell 1150 is the latest socket, but I am not so sure how future-proof it is going to be: Intel can't make it's bloody mind up regarding sockets. If feels like yesterday I had to tell my clients the 1156 socket was outdated, and that the 1155 was in.
I really wish Intel could find a way to deliver performance and future-proof sockets.
wizdumb
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I have +-5k to spend to upgrade my PC. I'm not a big gamer but I do game, I play about 2-4hrs weekly (currently call of duty BO2 and BF3 online), so it must be able to handle the games and be pretty future proof
I'm basically looking for mobo, cpu, ram, gfx (pref intel and nvidia) and possibly a power supply mine current cool master 550w lacks the correct pin for the newer/powerfuller gfx cards
I'm basically looking for mobo, cpu, ram, gfx (pref intel and nvidia) and possibly a power supply mine current cool master 550w lacks the correct pin for the newer/powerfuller gfx cards
You can't get much for R5k, and you certainly won't be future proofing anything. Rather upgrade what's needed most right now.
I've got about R3k to spend (thanks SARS) and want to upgrade my pc, specifically cpu, mobo and ram.
Looked around and found the following components as part of the system builder's guide on NAG :
AMD FX-4130
MSI 970A-G46
G.Skill Ares Blue DDR3-2133 8GB
The price of these combined is about R3200 which is cool but I've got some questions:
- Is the 2133 ram really required or would something like 1600 or 1333 suffice?
- What is the main difference between the MSI 970A-G46 and the ASUS M5A78L-M? As far as I can tell it comes down to what memory modules can be handled.
Any help would be greatly appreciated, please let me know if I need to give any other info.
Looked around and found the following components as part of the system builder's guide on NAG :
AMD FX-4130
MSI 970A-G46
G.Skill Ares Blue DDR3-2133 8GB
The price of these combined is about R3200 which is cool but I've got some questions:
- Is the 2133 ram really required or would something like 1600 or 1333 suffice?
- What is the main difference between the MSI 970A-G46 and the ASUS M5A78L-M? As far as I can tell it comes down to what memory modules can be handled.
Any help would be greatly appreciated, please let me know if I need to give any other info.
eltherza
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Indeed, my LGA775 lasted many years (P4->Core2). The 1155 lasted like just over a year?
FlatspinZA
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The MSI board is definitely better than that Asus one:
1. MSI has SATA 6G, whereas the Asus only has SATA 3G
2. MSI has 2 x 16X PCIe (Allowing SLI/Crossfire) to Asus' 1X
I would check that RAM, however, as it has a disclaimer on the MSI site regarding that. It's not necessary, you can use any speed RAM listed on the site. You probably won't even notice the difference between 2133 RAM and 1866 RAM anyway.
FlatspinZA
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Yeah, about that. The one thing that sticks in my mind about Intel's performance advantage is their willingness to change sockets at the drop of a hat, whereas AMD doggedly sticks to their sockets for years - maybe this why AMD lost the edge on Intel with the release of Intel's Core series processors?
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