Advice on CPU

Paladone · Dec 10, 2012

Hey guys! I have been told that i should get the 3770k For gaming, which i most likely will. Out of curiosity though, If i'm primarily playing games, would an i7 3930k Sandy BRIDGE-E 3.2Ghz 12mbout perform an i7 3770k 3.5Ghz 8mb in terms of FPS. Although i play a number of games, i primarily play WoW which does rely fairly heavily on CPU. I know that a 3930k would be overkill and that even a 3770k is still overkill, but i am just curious - Would i achieve better gaming performance with the 3930k?

Cheers

cadaveca · Dec 10, 2012

Paladone said:
Would i achieve better gaming performance with the 3930k?

No. roughly equal for both chips, which ever overclocks higher will be faster.

brandonwh64 · Dec 10, 2012

As dave said, Just get the cheaper of the two which would be 3770K. Also if you do not do much stuff that involves the extra threads then I would suggest a 3570K and its even cheaper.

Paladone · Dec 10, 2012

brandonwh64 said:
As dave said, Just get the cheaper of the two which would be 3770K. Also if you do not do much stuff that involves the extra threads then I would suggest a 3570K and its even cheaper.

Thanks

And just out of curiosity, is it possible for you to run two CPU's as you run can run two graphics cards?

Black Panther · Dec 10, 2012

Paladone said:
Thanks And just out of curiosity, is it possible for you to run two CPU's as you run can run two graphics cards?

Only if you get a motherboard which supports 2 CPU's.

Normally used for powerful servers, very heavy video processing, 3D rendering etc..

Jack1n · Dec 10, 2012

Save a couple bucks and get a 3570k,if your not going to overclock just get a 3450.

the54thvoid · Dec 10, 2012

If you're buying for gaming it's idiotic to spend bigger bucks on a i73930k when you can get the same gaming performance on a processor at nearly 1/2 the price.

For the record, I am one of those idiots. I don't drive a sports car but ladies love the silicon. As if...

Tonim89 · Dec 10, 2012

If you need a CPU only for gaming, i think i5 3570K is an even better choice.

Paladone · Dec 10, 2012

Thanks for your advice guys

This is sort of off topic, but in terms of Cases, i was planning on buying an NZXT phantom 410, but i see that the 820 is currently on sale so i'm now considering it. If i buy an 820, what are the benefits? Cause i know it's bigger. I would assume i would need to buy different cooling devices, but would it require a different sized motherboard or would it not matter? thanks.

cadaveca · Dec 10, 2012

Won't matter, it's just a larger case, with more cooling OPTIONS..not requirements.

Paladone · Dec 10, 2012

cadaveca said:
Won't matter, it's just a larger case, with more cooling OPTIONS..not requirements.

Aaaah right, thanks

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Advice on CPU

Paladone

cadaveca

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brandonwh64

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Paladone

Black Panther

Jack1n

the54thvoid

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Tonim89

Paladone

cadaveca

My name is Dave

Paladone

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