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Help Picking New CPU

sebastian869

sebastian869

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Basically Im looking for the "Best Value" (its never the most expensive one, but usually one notch lower).
Was just wondering if you guys would go with intel which is my preference and if its its a i7 or i5 and which model.

Thanks,
Sebastian
 
We can't answer your question until we know what you going to do with your CPU. What are the primary applications you will be running? Personal or professional use?
 
Little n00b said:
Go with the AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor.

It's cheap and it's powerful. (CPU of my rig)
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I am no intel fanboy but I switched from the very CPU that you are saying is cheap and fast to an intel i7......my i7 is way faster than the AMD......
 
Little n00b said:
Go with the AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor.

It's cheap and it's powerful. (CPU of my rig)
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No.

This CPU is ancient and there is no reason at all to buy something that old. It wasn't even the fastest when it came out, just well priced.

Intel i5-4670k for gaming.
AMD FX 6300 for general productivity
 
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Little n00b said:
Go with the AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor.

It's cheap and it's powerful. (CPU of my rig)
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The 965 BE is about equivalent to a Core2Quad Q9650 (a little slower per clock, clocked higher). Coincidentally, I just picked up a socket 771 Xeon equivalent for my wife's 775 rig for $15. 771 chips are compatible with 775 if you do a pin mod.

I would not, however, recommend either for a new PC.
 
Basically Im looking for the "Best Value" (its never the most expensive one, but usually one notch lower).
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What are you doing with the CPU? (Gaming, code compiling, video encoding, spreadsheets, data bases, VMs, a mixture, something else?)

Do you need a specific socket? (That is to say, are you planning on picking up a new MoBo also, or do you want a drop-in replacement?)

Where are you buying from? (US? Elsewhere? On-line retailers only? Live near a Microcenter?)

Do you plan on overclocking? (and do you OC to get max value, or do you actually take specific pleasure in the act of overclocking?)

It's really tough to give a recommendation without knowing answers to these. Off the cuff, the i5-4670k is great if you're mostly gaming and plan on OC'ing, if you don't plan on OC'ing you can save a few bucks by going with the i5-4570.
 
My vote is for a FX 8350. I just bought one two weeks ago from Micro Center for $170 and it screams. Keep in mind I was coming from an X2 220 though so... Also I think it depends on what you plan on using the computer for and what your budget is. I'm an AMD fan boy I will admit but there's no denying the raw power of the i5/i7 chips.

Little n00b said:
Go with the AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor.

It's cheap and it's powerful. (CPU of my rig)
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Personally I would not choose such old technology considering how rapidly the market evolves. It's better to future-proof your computer as much as you can imho.
 
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Are you also buying a new motherboard?

I would think that whatever you choose, you would want to also consider the pricing of the motherboard, especially if you already own a motherboard of one type (which you might re-use, which would avoid the cost of switching to an incompatible type of CPU where you'd have to get rid of your existing motherboard and buy a new compatible one to match that CPU).
 
Leyawiin said:
More like an i7-920, but as you said for a new PC, no. The i5-4670k is a good recommendation for almost any scenario.
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I would like to refer you to Anandtech's review of the chip.

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In newer games the gap grows, generally.
 
You guys want FPS go play Team Fortress 2 . youll be with vsync off @ 200fps and never drops. Maybe more ...
 
I think the poster wants something significantly cheaper than an i5 k, for the wifes I used the i5 4570 as there will be NO overclocking or tweaking. I am under orders to leave the computer alone.
 
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I meant to say best bank for the buck performance. I agree after a lot of homework that the i5-4670k would be the simple "best deal for the buck" but i does not have HT nor a hand full of other features.

I'm now down to the pick of i7-4770k or the i7-4820k and from everything i read if seems like the 4820 is superior in a good number of ways, the only question i have is the connector. Is the LGA 2011 at least equal to or better than the LGA 1150?
The 4820 is faster has more mem through put which really applies when one goes SLI it has more max mem bandwith by almost 2X and 2MB L3 cache, 2 more mem channels and Max # of PCI Express Lanes 40 rather than 16 so there are like and has
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d) which the 4770k does not and they are obviously unlocked. Is there any real disadvantage to the 2011 connector over the 1150 that anyone knows about?

Thanks,
Sebastian
 
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