I just ordered an i750, will i regret not going bigger?

Cancer12

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As title states, I just ordered the guts of a new i750 system, replacing my aging e6600 system which has lasted me well. I ordered last night and it hasn't shipped yet, and I'm having anxiety.

Do you think I'll miss not having hyperthreading? Would it make my computer noticeably faster for light multitasking? I ordered a new cpu for gaming (strategy whore) and light multitasking. I plan/hope to hit 4ghz with it and not worry for a while. Is HT worth the 50% price increase for the processor (about $800 for the build, so about %12-15 there I guess)
 

TuxDave

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Hope not! I just picked up a i750 too. :) It's mostly for games so I think my bigger gain will be from my video card upgrade from a 6600GT to a 5770
 

MrK6

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Unless you heavily use applications that use more than four cores (mostly rendering, encoding, etc.), HT is a waste. For a gaming rig, the i5 750 is the way to go; I have been very happy with mine.
 

aigomorla

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everyone regrets everything.

LOL...

Will you be happy? Most likely..

Will you get greedy and want more? Most likely again..

Will you regret not getting more? Probably when the line above applies.
 

sticks435

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Yea, for mainly gaming, the 750 is the way to go. I was debating this same question a couple of days ago, and the general consenus was that unless 50% or more of your PC is used for video/audio encoding, it makes no difference. There was even an article on either here or Tom's saying that if you game, buy the cheapest processor and spend the extra money on the vid card. Since except for games coded for multi-cores/threads, you'll see much more performance from a better card.
 

Martimus

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That is not true :colbert:


maybe some kind of counseling can help?

I have found that human's are naturally unhappy with whatever they have. It is the reason we are so advanced. Nothing is ever good enough, so we continue to strive for something better. If we didn't feel that way, why wouldn't we still be nomadic tribes hunting game?

That said, the i5 will likely be fine for now. I have an Athlon X2 4200, and I don't notice any need for anything faster. I want something faster anyway, but to be honest, I have yet to find a good reason to get anything better.
 

SniperWulf

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I have an i7 920 and an i5 750. I now use the 750 for my game machine. Even when I was using the 920 as my main rig, I turned off hyperthreading to maintain my OC and cut back on heat.
 

MadScientist

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I don't regret getting the i5-750 except for the craptastic Asrock P55 Pro MB I paired it with. Go with an Asus or Gigabyte MB.
 
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No you won't regret it, you have a great socket which is suppose to have some longevity :)

hope that helps

i remember when i slipped on that banana aka 939 socket
 

Ben90

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I have an i7 920 and an i5 750. I now use the 750 for my game machine. Even when I was using the 920 as my main rig, I turned off hyperthreading to maintain my OC and cut back on heat.

I turned off HT on my 920 @ 3.8.
Guess what? L4D2 is STILL GPU bound @ 720x480 0/0/High on a 4890. Yes thats right, at 720x480 using high settings the 4890 still cant keep up with a 920. 720x480 0/0/low unfortunately hits the fps_max 300 cap that valve implemented in the source engine so i cant really give accurate numbers on when the 920 actually becomes a bottleneck
 

jvroig

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As title states, I just ordered the guts of a new i750 system, replacing my aging e6600 system which has lasted me well. I ordered last night and it hasn't shipped yet, and I'm having anxiety.
Pretty normal. You'll either end up being proud of the savings you managed to squeeze in and the performance it offers, -OR- you'll always want for the higher-powered ones and blame yourself for being too much of a scrooge. Human nature, so it depends on what type of person you are.

Judging by the question, it seems you might be the type who often second-guesses himself and more prone to regret "good-but-not-great" choices, so you probably will regret it. Hehe, kidding. It's all up to you. I'd say that's a pretty powerful system anyway, so just be proud of being able to own one and enjoy it.
 

evolucion8

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Unless if you had the Q6600 heavily overclocked, you should get a nice performance boost, but what it makes the Core i7 shine is the Hyper Threading itself which improves the front end utilization and will give you a nice boost when encoding, running scientific calculations like F@H, 3D rendering; tasks that are widely used in a professional workstation, but in games, rarely an i7 makes a difference if you come from a decent Quad Core.