i5 2400 or 1090t for new build?SOLVED thanks everyone:)

[skipsneeky2]

So i am planning a new build in just a few short days .

The build will be mainly focused on BF3 but i would love to play on ultra settings by tossing in a gtx570 but it will limit me to the following set ups...

i5 2400 on a h67 motherboard or a 1090t on a 970 series motherboard.

Most will come out and just say the i5 2400 but considering the i5 2400 won't ever oc and a 970 mobo can clock a 1090t to 4ghzs+ would the 1090t be a terrible choice still?

The GTX570 for me is a must but between a microatx intel platform that can't clock with little longevity versus a ocing amd platform with upcoming support for amds second revision of bulldozer is where my confusion lies..

Thanks for any input to this matter

 

[RavenSEAL]

1090t ftw!

HEXACORE PAOOOOOAAWAARRR.

Lol, in all seriousness, will you need 6 cores for anything?

 

[Smoblikat]

i5, it will beat an X6 at most reasonable clocks.

 

[skipsneeky2]

1090t ftw!

HEXACORE PAOOOOOAAWAARRR.

Lol, in all seriousness, will you need 6 cores for anything?

The 1090t platform build will be priced exactly as the i5 2400 but the main focus would be a oced 1090t in relations to the i5 2400 performance wise .

No personal feeling towards either platform i just figured perhaps a hardware guru may enjoy tweaking the 970 platform may offer.

 

[Arachnotronic]

I'd go with the i5 2400. Much better for games, since games don't use 6 cores.

 

[skipsneeky2]

i5 2400 won't be bottlenecking anything for a while i am sure huh?

Just so stubborn on the gtx570 it delivers excellent BF3 high numbers and good ultra numbers.

 

[Vesku]

Anyway to step up to a P67 or Z68 motherboard with 2500K? Otherwise it seems kind of silly to lock yourself into that 2400. 1090T OCed to 3.7+GHz should be able to live through at least 1 if not 2 single card GPU upgrades.

 

[Maximilian]

I'd go with the i5 2400. Much better for games, since games don't use 6 cores.

BF3 uses 8 cores.

 

[skipsneeky2]

Anyway to step up to a P67 or Z68 motherboard with 2500K? Otherwise it seems kind of silly to lock yourself into that 2400. 1090T OCed to 3.7+GHz should be able to live through at least 1 if not 2 single card GPU upgrades.

Where i am shopping i have a $250 max gpu budget if i went with a p67 and a 2500k which leads me only to a gtx560ti 1gb which will run into some vram limitations and won't deliver a nice ultra experience for me.

Research tells me a i5 2400 won't bottleneck a gtx570 and trust me everyone is gonna be jumping on the haswell gravy train in 2013.

Doubt i will be replacing anything in my rig till haswell is here hence why i am picking up the better gpu.

Edit:may be wrong on year of haswell last i heard it was 2013

 

[toyota]

you have already seen that overclocking a 2500k will help in a game like Skyrim. it can help in other games too so I think getting the 2500k over the 2400 makes sense for long term use. adjust your budget or wait until you can spend just tiny bit more to get it.

 

[skipsneeky2]

you have already seen that overclocking a 2500k will help in a game like Skyrim. it can help in other games too so I think getting the 2500k over the 2400 makes sense for long term use. adjust your budget or wait until you can spend just tiny bit more to get it.

If a gtx560 ti 1gb can deliver 1080p medium and 1600x1200 with most options high with 60fps average the 2500k for me might be a nice option if not the gtx570 and the i5 2400 it will be.

As much i want to save the extra coin i can't justify it as iv'e spent so much on computers over the years and i plan to cut back on that and take interest in my other hobbies.

Only building this rig cause my e8200 and my radeon 6750 has done nothing but been pissing me off in BF3 .

 

[superccs]

There's not really a significant benefit between a 1055T vs a 1090 or 1100T. They all clock about the same ~4Ghz. I have a 1055T running at stock volts between 3.5 and 4Ghz for over a year on a 890GX board. There are many good options for either platform. Tough call.

 

[ed29a]

So i am planning a new build in just a few short days .

The build will be mainly focused on BF3 but i would love to play on ultra settings by tossing in a gtx570 but it will limit me to the following set ups...

i5 2400 on a h67 motherboard or a 1090t on a 970 series motherboard.

Most will come out and just say the i5 2400 but considering the i5 2400 won't ever oc and a 970 mobo can clock a 1090t to 4ghzs+ would the 1090t be a terrible choice still?

The GTX570 for me is a must but between a microatx intel platform that can't clock with little longevity versus a ocing amd platform with upcoming support for amds second revision of bulldozer is where my confusion lies..

Thanks for any input to this matter

Squeeze out an extra 50$ and get a 2500K.

 

[richierich1212]

you have already seen that overclocking a 2500k will help in a game like Skyrim. it can help in other games too so I think getting the 2500k over the 2400 makes sense for long term use. adjust your budget or wait until you can spend just tiny bit more to get it.

Cheapest P67/Z68 mobo is $90 on Newegg.

 

[skipsneeky2]

Cancels out the option for a 1090t .

Because i can't bother waiting a few weeks for additional funds sitting on a dual core thats pissing me off right now in some games now i got two choices :

i5 2400 and gtx570
or i5 2500k and gtx560 ti

Rig won't receive a penny in upgrades till haswell is here if thats in 2013 so its a matter of games will see more benefit from clockspeeds or a better gpu.

Ultra high settings now at 1600x1200 and 1080p later on

 

[Vesku]

If you just can't quite spring to the 2500K from 2400, at least get a budget Z68. I haven't looked at current motherboard Z68 listings but are they noting IB compatibility yet? I know Z68 itself will work with IB but it's dangerous to assume the motherboard maker will provide BIOS updates especially when dealing with the low budget models.

 

[RavenSEAL]

you have already seen that overclocking a 2500k will help in a game like Skyrim. it can help in other games too so I think getting the 2500k over the 2400 makes sense for long term use. adjust your budget or wait until you can spend just tiny bit more to get it.

That's because skyrim uses a re-textured 6 year old engine that only uses 2 cores.

Hell, I run the game on high settings, 1080p and 10+ high-res texture packs @ 60fps for what it's worth.

 

[Vesku]

Skyrim is mainly single core actually, I've checked. It uses 1 main thread pegging a core and maybe half of a second core for minor threads.

 

[skipsneeky2]

For the record i have no interest in Skyrim nor will i be playing it.

My rig will be playing BC2,BF3 and the gf will be playing MW3.

I may get back into gta4 last time i played it was on a gtx295 and nothing but hassle cause of sli issues ...

 

[coolpurplefan]

If a gtx560 ti 1gb can deliver 1080p medium and 1600x1200 with most options high with 60fps average the 2500k for me might be a nice option if not the gtx570 and the i5 2400 it will be.

As much i want to save the extra coin i can't justify it as iv'e spent so much on computers over the years and i plan to cut back on that and take interest in my other hobbies.

Only building this rig cause my e8200 and my radeon 6750 has done nothing but been pissing me off in BF3 .

What kind of performance increase do you think you need to play acceptable framerates, a 50% increase, double, triple?

 

[RavenSEAL]

I would go for the X6 imo, if you get a decent am3+, you'll be in line for piledriver down the road and you get a pair of extra cores for BF3. You really won't notice the difference between it and a more expensive 2500k because of how graphically demanding bf3 is at 1080p.

 

[watek]

if ran his same quality settings in game (e8200,ati 6750) with his new rig (i5 or 1090t, gtx570)

probably would double and more in frames
plus for the games he's playing he will get a major change

Drive to a nearby MC and get the 2500K with mb. Should be one near by you

 

[RavenSEAL]

And obviously, a 1090t+gtx570 will easily outperform a 2500k and a gtx560

 

[Vesku]

Yeah, I'd take the 1090T+970Mobo over locking myself into a H series mobo and 2400. But I'd be kicking myself for not finding the extra ~100 for a 2500K and Z68.

 

[skipsneeky2]

What kind of performance increase do you think you need to play acceptable framerates, a 50% increase, double, triple?

60fps average for me usually is a must but on a demanding title i might find 55 or so acceptable with min staying above 45.

In toms hardware single player review they showed a gtx560ti dipping to 41 as a min while the gtx570 yielded better results just imagine in a busy multiplayer map.

The minimum for me is very important as also average but now also vram limitations with BF3 here.