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So, I've decided to upgrade my PC, once I win the lottery. :)<br>
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This will be done in three steps:<br><ol><li>Buy an additional 500 GB or 1 TB SSD, so that I can install a couple of
games. They easily set you back 65 GB these days, and that's just
very hard on a 256 GB SSD.</li><li>Buy a new video card, probably something along the lines of a
GeForce GTX 980. That's about twice as fast as my GTX 580.</li><li>Buy a new motherboard and CPU, and some 16 GB of memory.<br></li></ol></div><div bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000">
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When I read about what CPU to get for gaming, most people say that a
Core i5 is sufficient, and that the graphics card is much more
important. On the other hand, my ageing Core i7-960 still has half of
the performance of some of the fastest 4-core Core i7 chips. In
fact, the fastest Core i5 is only 30% faster. On the other hand, the memory may not be that fast.<br>
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However, I'm not sure about the Core i5. One thing that is mentioned
is that games may start to use those extra logical cores you get on
an i7, and that the extra performance may come in handy when you're
streaming games - something that I can see myself doing within the
foreseeable future.<br>
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Also, what makes sense: an LGA1150 socket or an LGA2011 socket? The
latter you need if you want six cores (12 logical) on a Core i7. I
foresee a great expense, though.<br>
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Or would it make more sense to just stick with the Supermicro
motherboard that I have? I just found out, though, that it's impossible to overclock. Buying a new Socket 1366 motherboard doesn't seem particularly useful.<br>
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- Peter<br>
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