anyone using a haswell i3?

[NTMBK]

This thread is hilarious. Guy asks for advice about an i3 and gets recommendations to buy a 4960X.



Seriously dude you need at least a 10 core Xeon and Titan Z to play TitanFall

I was being intentionally ridiculous to make a point, not giving a serious recommendation

 

[Bman123]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819115081
What do you guys think about this CPU instead? I looked it up on the motherboard site and it says that CPU is supported by my motherboard

 

[Bman123]

I found it online at micro center for only $129.99 and it should be a drop in part since I've updated my motherboard to the newest bios revision already.
If you guys give it the green light I'll go pick it up after work today

 

[NTMBK]

That's an excellent choice. It's basically an i7. If you can get it at $129.99, then go for it!

 

[Bman123]

That's what I was thinking, hell I was going to spend that much on just a i3. With the hyper threading that CPU should last me a few years easily

 

[Bman123]

My online order went thru, now i have to go get it after work. I'll probably snag a video card from there too if I can find something decent and a SSD drive

 

[Bman123]

What video card and power supply do you suggest to go with that CPU? Micro center is normally pretty bad with video card pricing so if I have to order it that's OK

 

[piasabird]

Don't do any gaming.

I am using an INTEL Haswell i3 4330 with my HDTV Computer. The computer is plenty fast for me. Lets see 1.5 Ghz, 4 Meg Cache, HD4600 IGP. For a motherboard, I used a Gigabyte GA-Z87N-WIFI (Rev 2.0) with 802.11ac wireless/Blutooth. Works Great so far. Wireless is great. I mostly watch Video on the internet, Youtube, E-mail, etc.

Toms Hardware sometimes puts together gaming computers with a Pentium and spend all the money on the best video card. They might have some benchmarks.

 

[TeknoBug]

I found it online at micro center for only $129.99 and it should be a drop in part since I've updated my motherboard to the newest bios revision already.
If you guys give it the green light I'll go pick it up after work today

Wow you found an E3 1270 for $129? Yes get it.

 

[Bman123]

I got up for work this morning and checked inventory at my closest store and they had only two in stock. I did the in store pick up option and a hour later got the email confirmation that it is there waiting for me to pick it up. Original price was around $360 for it and for the price it was $129.99 I couldn't pass it up when I was going to pay the same price for a i3.

I need to get a video card but they are expensive for everything I'll probably wait till a good deal comes up online and order one but I don't know what will last a few years at 1080p

 

[Arkaign]

You did awesome with that Xeon score, that's even better than the i5 by a good margin!

As for GPU, it's kind of a tough time to buy, we've been looking at 28nm stuff for eons now. Radeons are great but we've seen a rebadge fest with the non-290 series, and a HUGE scalping phase with all the miners inflating the values by epic amounts. I bought a 7950 OC Edition for $239 pre-mining craze, and sold it a couple of months later for $575, simply because that's what they were suddenly going for. Prices really haven't come down as much as I'd like to see.

If you're okay with scaling back some options and getting a card that will perform really well at 1080p high details, low AA, and medium shadows, you can get a Radeon 7790, 260X, or Nvidia 750ti level card. Then look for a deal on truly next-gen cards when they arrive.

For a true 2-year 1080p card I wouldn't look at anything less than a 760 or Radeon R280. Those will let you do max details in basically every game with moderate AA (max detail + max AA is just punishing for no worthy reason honestly).

Because they're in the mid $200 range, cool, quiet, and capable, the 760 has been my go-to midrange gamer card for a little while now.

 

[crashtech]

An E3-1270 for $130 is almost unbelievable. Wow.

 

[Yuriman]

A 7850 is probably the best priceerformance right now. Most reference-clocked models have around 30% overclocking headroom. Assuming you get the rebate, this 2GB model is currently $110 on Newegg. A few days ago I saw a few going for around $120, but they're out of stock now.

You'll have to compromise on graphical settings today, though most games should run near maxed at playable framerates. Something a little more powerful (79xx / R280 / GTX760) would be ideal but nowhere near the value. My vote is a 7850 today, and sell it when the next gen cards come out and upgrade then.

 

[Hulk]

I recently upgraded my C2D HTPC to an i3-4130. I'm using the integrated video and driving a 52" Sony XBR. I'm using Potplayer for viewing video and the Haswell i3 is performing beautifully. Handles any video I've thrown at it no problem. Great video, low power usage, low cost, and decent performance. For my needs it's the perfect HTPC CPU.

 

[TeknoBug]

I recently upgraded my C2D HTPC to an i3-4130. I'm using the integrated video and driving a 52" Sony XBR. I'm using Potplayer for viewing video and the Haswell i3 is performing beautifully. Handles any video I've thrown at it no problem. Great video, low power usage, low cost, and decent performance. For my needs it's the perfect HTPC CPU.

Yeah I should've gone with an i3 instead of an A10 for an HTPC build, less power- I do have a 750Ti in it though which is real nice for low power consumption while playing light games.

 

[Bman123]

An E3-1270 for $130 is almost unbelievable. Wow.

Just got home about to go to the store and pick it up now. I haven't used photo bucket in years I'd post a pic but don't know the easiest way how to show proof I got it for so cheap. Its $139.99 with tax

 

[crashtech]

I didn't mean to cast aspersions, friend. Is there a one per person limit? I want one!

 

[NewYorksFinest]

Im using a core i3-4130 in my business. It is fine for normal use, but gaming is so-so, but that is because the intel hd graphics 4400 (AKA Intel Crappy Graphics 4400 :rolleyes.) But with an upgraded GPU, you should be fine.

 

[Bman123]

I didn't mean to cast aspersions, friend. Is there a one per person limit? I want one!

No harm at all was just saying I'd show proof if no one believed it. They had another model that was $199 in stock but i cant remember which model it was. I got the last one they had in stock and when I checked all the stores on the website no one else had a single one.
I normally don't get lucky on deals like this at all so I guess I was due for one.

I looked at video cards and power supplies while I was there and didn't find any good deals so I got the CPU and left

 

[Bman123]

Any ideas when the new cards are coming out? I've been looking around for a 270x but the prices are high even for used cards. I'm looking for a used hd7850 now hopefully I can score a cheap one in the for sale section

 

[NTMBK]

Any ideas when the new cards are coming out? I've been looking around for a 270x but the prices are high even for used cards. I'm looking for a used hd7850 now hopefully I can score a cheap one in the for sale section

It's going to be a while, probably not before the end of the year.

 

[crashtech]

I've been staying away from Radeon cards because of the whole mining thing. I found a used GTX 770 right here on the forums for $260.

 

[TeknoBug]

I've been staying away from Radeon cards because of the whole mining thing. I found a used GTX 770 right here on the forums for $260.

I was lucky to have bought my 280X at $299 back in Oct before the price jumped up, by Christmas holidays the very same 280X from the same retailer I bought it from was listed for $479. But I'm seeing them slide back down slowly, demand probably dropped off a fair bit so now they're $379.

 

[crashtech]

I like Radeon cards. I really liked my 7970, and even did a little mining with it, but sold it to help pay for Christmas. Maybe they are coming down again as you say. It's the uncertainty and volatility of the pricing that got me skittish. I think I did OK on the 770.