Welp. I must have looked at a different board. The One linked is socket 1155 and the 3930K is socket 2011.
Unless you edited the Op post. :P

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Welp. I must have looked at a different board. The One linked is socket 1155 and the 3930K is socket 2011.
Unless you edited the Op post. :P

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| Pemalite said: Welp. I must have looked at a different board. The One linked is socket 1155 and the 3930K is socket 2011. Unless you edited the Op post. :P |
No I haven't edited anything , I assumed you where right when you said the Gigabyte G1 Sniper 3 was socket 2011 and the i5 3570K was 1155 when it now turns out they are both 1155 . so it looks like my build was ok then , talk about confusion,stiil what about i7 3770 k thoughts?
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mjk45 said:
No I haven't edited anything , I assumed you where right when you said the Gigabyte G1 Sniper 3 was socket 2011 and the i5 3570K was 1155 when it now turns out they are both 1155 . so it looks like my build was ok then , talk about confusion,stiil what about i7 3770 k thoughts? |
do you run a lot of video editing, or anything with high levels of parallelism if so it may be worth the cost.
if your just gaming not really the i5 is a better value, that said i have a 2600k OC to 4.3 and use it to host the vgc minecraft server (i also have 32 gb of ram now but most people don't need that) and do video editing/ design work in addition to gaming on it (i was not even planing on making it a gaming box at first, but then a few games came out my laptop could not play and one thing lead to another)
the 2600K can go alot higher than 4.3 - mine will run at 5.1 with voltage tweeks and an air cooler (gets about 85c), but to prolong life, and minimise heat since i moved it to a silent case 4.3 is with no voltage tweek
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goddog said:
do you run a lot of video editing, or anything with high levels of parallelism if so it may be worth the cost. if your just gaming not really the i5 is a better value, that said i have a 2600k OC to 4.3 and use it to host the vgc minecraft server (i also have 32 gb of ram now but most people don't need that) and do video editing/ design work in addition to gaming on it (i was not even planing on making it a gaming box at first, but then a few games came out my laptop could not play and one thing lead to another)
the 2600K can go alot higher than 4.3 - mine will run at 5.1 with voltage tweeks and an air cooler (gets about 85c), but to prolong life, and minimise heat since i moved it to a silent case 4.3 is with no voltage tweek |
No not much video editing in the profesional sense anway , so i will most likely get the i5 3570K with the G1 Sniper 3 I really like that Mobo .
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mjk45 said:
No not much video editing in the profesional sense anway , so i will most likely get the i5 3570K with the G1 Sniper 3 I really like that Mobo . |
rock will make an awesome combo... ive been looking at that mobo too, its an e-atx form factor (closer to ceb really) and i think its just too big for my case by 1/5 an inch and will cut off access to the sata ports its 12" x 10.39" for it vs 12.0" x 9.6" for normal atx
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pezus said:
Huh. Weren't i5 and i7 introduced at the same time? |
No, Apple introduced the i5 in 2005, and the i7 in 2007. Hence the "5" and "7."
I'd just not bother with OC, and even if you do, the stock cooler is fine for a decent amount of OC, the life spam of your parts get much lower when you OC and you don't need to on the newer stuff for the most part even if you live stream.

goddog said:
looking for quite or gaming? if quite id recomend the corsair 550D
how much do you want to spend on the mobo get the OC asus 670 direct CU II techpower up hads a nice review on it http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/ASUS/GeForce_GTX_670_Direct_Cu_II/ cpu as mentioned above are you not going to overclock thats a good one if not maybe prior gen (sandy bridge) but you loose pci-e 3.x spec by going sandybridge and a few other things PSUs spend more to go modular i did not on my first build and regretted it, but have since rectified the issue and 750 for a second card unless your looking at 7850 or less in terms of cards RAM - dont buy patriot is all i can say i had to rma an rma from them. corsair/crucial never had an issue ssd the samsung 830 or crucial m4, 128gb if you can find them for 120 or less (99 bucks on newegg for the m4 right now) or 256 if you can get it for 220 or less |
Well I am going for power, but preferably still being quiet and my main criteria for my case is to look nice.....
I don't know how much I want to spend on the motherboard. I don't have any immediate plans to overclock, but I will definitely going for Ivy Bridge processors. The real problem is I don't know how much I need to spend, my main criteria are that it won't break, and can fit 2 graphics cards in, just in case. So I would guess it is better to go with something better just so that I can overclock if I need the extra power, rather than having to replace it in a couple of years
Back on the graphics card, I had been thinking about the ASUS, but for no particular reason other than I am familiar with the brand. The main issue is supply, as I just checked on amazon UK and it is current £450, which is way higher than my budget, so I think I will just have to see what is avaliable in a month
As for PSUs, I have heard good things about modular supplies, and I am a bit mental when it comes to cable management, so it sounds like a great idea.
Thanks for the advice!
Andrespetmonkey said:
No, Apple introduced the i5 in 2005, and the i7 in 2007. Hence the "5" and "7." |
You know when you don't know what you are talking about you probably shouldn't give advice.
i5 is Intel's designation for midrange CPUs, i7 is high end/enthusiest CPUs and i3 is low end.
Most games today are not CPU limited and a quad core i5 is more than enough for any game today really. The i5 2500k will be fine for anything today and overclocks well if you want the lower power draw of Ivy Bridge go for the i5 3570K they are both Socket 1155. Anything past that and you are looking at a lot more money for marginal performance increases.
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zarx said:
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I thought including Apple in that post would make it quite clear it was a joke