disolitude said:
dahuman said:
Kasz216 said:
Additionally, everytime I see these threads I think... "Why do people argue tech specs with Disolitude."
Outside Trash there is nobody I know who seems to know more about this stuff.
Sadly Trash won't ever post in these threads however exactly because people are more interested in arguing about tech then studying and learning it.
That an I3 beats the other CPU's is pretty crazy considering i'm posting right now fro an I5 laptop... Is there really no need for an I5 (Let alone I7) on a desktop? |
He made a build that would rival console performance with overhead instead of the most optimal setup for high performance. It all depends on what level of performance you are looking for when it comes to building a PC. An i3 will introduce bottlenecks in different areas(say you don't have a Nvidia card but want to run PhysX, i3 will choke and die on higher settings) or CPU heavy games(like TERA being a prime example and many other games.) Current optimal is i5 or i7 without hyperthreading if you are purely gaming, an i5 will destroy what's in the PS4 and Xbox One easily without breaking a sweat, but if you live stream, then the game changes, i7 (with hyperthreading and decent OC) or an 8 core AMD CPU(FX-8350 level prefered) will be better than an i5 if you live stream HD videos at a good quality. i7 or the high FX series would also be better if you are still running tasks in the background while playing games just because of thread allocation.
I personally think it's not worth it to build something that'd destroy consoles with a good price until next year, and the situation this time is not the same as the 7th gen since high end PCs are already more powerful by a quiet margin with a cost. It also doesn't help that you have to pay for PS+ to play online now, that cost will add up as well. PC's value will be much greater when new tech comes out in 2014 and beyond IMO.
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Truth be told, you could use an FX 4300 or even a Phenom II 965 and have happy PC gaming for many years if people fear 2 core CPU bottlenecks in the future. Those CPU's made no sense for an mITX build though.
If you're not looking to penny pinch you can build a rediculously good PC today. I've seen an FX 8320 for 154.99 and have seen it run at 5 Ghz with my own eyes.
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5GHz would require some pretty good cooling, but aftermarket cooling solution is pretty much required on the 8 core FX unless you want to hear a jet engine fan taking off into space under load anyways. It all depends on what you are trying to accomplish with your build, I always want more threads with high clock rate for my needs, but if you build a PC purely for gaming(which is mighty silly IMO, you want a good all around main PC for all your needs unless you are building a streaming PC or a server) then you wouldn't need as much other than a decent GPU. I still wouldn't build a new one until later next year anyways if I were to, all I'd need is a new GPU or 2 for my setup though and I'm done for another few years.
