Core i5 or Core i7

[Jammer]

On 13/06/2015 16:31, Peter Korsten wrote:
> Jammer schreef op 12-6-2015 om 09:36:
>
>> The power draw on the new 9xx cards is *significantly* less than the 
>> previous cards.  The fans don't even turn on most of the time anymore!
>
> That's good to know. The GTX 580 that I have is already better than 
> the GTX 480 (which is a bit of a dud, judging from the reviews), but 
> it gets a bit noisy when playing a game - especially since I leave one 
> side cover off the case.

Yup!  I have a EVGA GTX 580 Classified overclocked beast and it's 
LOUUUUUUD when gaming (not very often) but it is a hell of card.

>
> The way I see this progressing is:
> 1) Get a bigger SSD to replace the current one: I think this one may 
> be a bit slow (as SSDs go; it's a Samsung SSD 830).
> 2) Get a GTX 980, which should set me back around €600.
> 3) Get a socket 1150 motherboard and either a Core i5 or i7, and 16 GB 
> memory.

When I got my first SSD (OCZ Vertex 3) I did a lot of reading and it 
appears that there is (or was at the time) a distinct relationship 
between the capacity and speed.  It was like a bell curve and the sweet 
spot being the 240/256Gb mark the 120 and 512 were slower.

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