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zarx on 30 May 2011
starcraft said:

I am tempted to go with the Phenom 1100t hex core, 8gb of 1600 RAM and the GTx 560ti.

Does anyone have any thoughts on this?  Am I better off with a faster clocked quad core Phenom?  Also, are there any compatibility issues with Phenom 1100t and 1600 RAM?  I have read that some types of RAM aren't always supported?


get the i5 2500 K and drop the RAM down to 8GB 1333 keep the GTX 560ti and you will get much better performance.

http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu/display/core-i5-2500-2400-2300_7.html#sect0



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starcraft on 30 May 2011
zarx said:
starcraft said:

I am tempted to go with the Phenom 1100t hex core, 8gb of 1600 RAM and the GTx 560ti.

Does anyone have any thoughts on this?  Am I better off with a faster clocked quad core Phenom?  Also, are there any compatibility issues with Phenom 1100t and 1600 RAM?  I have read that some types of RAM aren't always supported?


get the i5 2500 K and drop the RAM down to 8GB 1333 keep the GTX 560ti and you will get much better performance.

http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu/display/core-i5-2500-2400-2300_7.html#sect0

I am sure you're correct, but can you explain to me why that is the case?

Is that for games and video transcoding etc?



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zarx on 30 May 2011
starcraft said:
zarx said:
starcraft said:

I am tempted to go with the Phenom 1100t hex core, 8gb of 1600 RAM and the GTx 560ti.

Does anyone have any thoughts on this?  Am I better off with a faster clocked quad core Phenom?  Also, are there any compatibility issues with Phenom 1100t and 1600 RAM?  I have read that some types of RAM aren't always supported?


get the i5 2500 K and drop the RAM down to 8GB 1333 keep the GTX 560ti and you will get much better performance.

http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu/display/core-i5-2500-2400-2300_7.html#sect0

I am sure you're correct, but can you explain to me why that is the case?

Is that for games and video transcoding etc?

well if you look at the page I linked it has a veriaty of game benchmarks comparing the performance of several differnet CPUs and as you can see the i5 beats the 1100t handly in every game. 

as you can see on this page

http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu/display/core-i5-2500-2400-2300_9.html#sect1 

the 1100T has a slight advantage of video transcoding but not a huge difference, so unless you plan on doing a lot of video transcoding and don't really care about gaming performance that much the i5 is a much better choice. The i5 is not exactly a slouch at transcoding ether so if you want to do a bit on the side that won't be a problem.



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starcraft on 30 May 2011

Thankyou.  Just ordered a i5 2500 with 8GB of 1333 RAM and a GTX560ti.

 

Very excited, should have it in a couple of days,



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Branko2166 on 31 May 2011

Congrats!

I was going to recommend www.jw.com.au as i have had a great experience with them but it's good to see you've settled for a nice rig.



 

 

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Fumanchu on 31 May 2011

I just had a quick look at some sites and I stumbled across this site www.penta.com.au

Check out this configuration - http://penta.com.au/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=769&products_id=55281



zarx on 31 May 2011

Well I hope that you enjoy your new rig 

I would recommend buying a copy of the Witcher 2 to put it though it's paces



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starcraft on 31 May 2011
Fumanchu said:

I just had a quick look at some sites and I stumbled across this site www.penta.com.au

Check out this configuration - http://penta.com.au/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=769&products_id=55281

I just saw that.  Right after paying for another one.  I wonder if they're reputable?  What an epic deal.



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JEMC on 31 May 2011
starcraft said:

Thankyou.  Just ordered a i5 2500 with 8GB of 1333 RAM and a GTX560ti.

 

Very excited, should have it in a couple of days,

I hope you enjoy it, it's a very good PC.



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starcraft on 01 June 2011
zarx said:

Well I hope that you enjoy your new rig 

I would recommend buying a copy of the Witcher 2 to put it though it's paces

I have never paid any attention to the Witcher of the Witcher 2.  Explain.



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