Core i5 or Core i7

[Joost Schuttelaar]

If it’s about gaming, by far the most limiting factor will be your GPU. Do notice that the more powerful, the more watts the beast will suck. I made a small machine for my Oculus Rift DK2 (specs below), and the heat this meagre box puts out is too much for my cats to want to sleep on after a couple of minutes.

MSI H81I
Intel Core i7 4790K
MSI GeForce GTX 770 Gaming
Crucial Ballistix Sport BLS2CP8G3D1609DS1S00CEU
Samsung 840 EVO 250GB
Corsair CX500M
Cooler Master Elite 130

Cheers,

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Joost Schuttelaar
The Hague, NL

> On 11 Jun 2015, at 09:02, Peter Korsten <peter at severity-one.com> wrote:
> 
> So, I've decided to upgrade my PC, once I win the lottery. :)
> 
> This will be done in three steps:
> 	• 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.
> 	• 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.
> 	• Buy a new motherboard and CPU, and some 16 GB of memory.
> 
> 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.
> 
> 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.
> 
> 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.
> 
> 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.
> 
> - Peter
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