i7 875K vs i5 750 ?

[bryho]

Hi all,

I am fairly ignorant to this kind of stuff ( I rely on you all! ) so I'll be brief -

I am building a bang-for-your-buck PC in a few weeks. Was planning on a i5-750 and OCing it to nearly 4 GHz to get great performance @ $200 CPU cost. I just found a deal for an i7 875K for $200...my question is, at the same cost which CPU is preferred? Looks like they are both 1156 chipset, so I won't have to pay any more for a mobo for the i7. The 875 has an unlocked multiplier, which I understand makes OCing much easier (I am gathering that it allows you to decouple the bus frequency and the CPU clock frequency), but I don't know if that makes the i7 875K significantly better.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated!! Thank you!

Bryan

 

[richierich1212]

Easy choice, the i7-875k normally retails for $299

 

[bka4u2c]

MicroCenter FTW!!

 

[f4phantom2500]

definitely the 875k. higher stock clock, unlocked multi (a definite plus since you'll be overclocking, there are no negative effects of having this feature; it's just a perk), and, unlike the i5 750, it has hyperthreading. a nice plus.

 

[Supersonic64]

How can Microcenter offer such discounted prices? Too bad there's not one anywhere near me. However, $200 for a new i7 875K, that's kind of hard to believe...

 

[faxon]

they're taking a loss on every CPU they sell that way. for example, last time i was privy to that sort of info, intel was selling retail box CPUs to retailers for $284 for an i7 920 (last summer). at the time microcenter had them for $180-200. the idea is to get you into the store so you spend money on other things, or build your whole system there, and they end up making a net profit. they had to raise the prices on all their discounted CPUs a while back however, cause apparently there were to many people coming in and buying just the CPUs

 

[bryho]

this one in particular happened to be a price mistake. They took it off of their online coupon pdf and i *think* they took it out of in store as well.

 

[taltamir]

How can Microcenter offer such discounted prices? Too bad there's not one anywhere near me. However, $200 for a new i7 875K, that's kind of hard to believe...

they don't allow returns. (with very few exceptions; eg, one time I bought a defective RAM, I came to have it replaced but they were out of stock, so they refunded me instead).

For some parts I think its also one of those cases where they sell something extremely cheap just to get you in the store. then they can sell you on RAM, Mobo, GPU, etc to go with your shiny new processor.

 

[Zap]

Besides CPUs being a loss leader for Micro Center, they also put their Intel rebate towards the selling price of the CPU while other retailers use it as profit.