PC Upgrade, any recommendations?

DarthSWNT said:
The 2500k is not a lot slower than the 2600k for over a grand less. if you are tight on budget don't bother with the 2600k.
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The major difference between the two is threading, the 2500k is 4 core 4 thread whereas the 2600k is 4 core 8 threads, so basically if you are looking at a gaming rig, the 2600k would be a waste, you should only look at the 2600k if you frequently use heavily threaded apps.
 
seVer said:
The major difference between the two is threading, the 2500k is 4 core 4 thread whereas the 2600k is 4 core 8 threads, so basically if you are looking at a gaming rig, the 2600k would be a waste, you should only look at the 2600k if you frequently use heavily threaded apps.
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I still like my 2600k. Works for me!
 
Mr Six, my good man, I would really consider the 580 if I were you. It might have less RAM, but that doesn't matter. It's a 384bit card and dude, I have to tell you, after having it for a week, I cannot say anything but AMAZING. Best investment I've ever made.

Another brilliant thing about it is that it's got a physics processor built into it (like all Nvidia cards) which takes the load off your CPU. I never thought it would make that much of a diff, but it does. And the thing runs cool and quite like you won't believe. Really dude, think about this one.
 
to0kenZA said:
Mr Six, my good man, I would really consider the 580 if I were you. It might have less RAM, but that doesn't matter. It's a 384bit card and dude, I have to tell you, after having it for a week, I cannot say anything but AMAZING. Best investment I've ever made.

Another brilliant thing about it is that it's got a physics processor built into it (like all Nvidia cards) which takes the load off your CPU. I never thought it would make that much of a diff, but it does. And the thing runs cool and quite like you won't believe. Really dude, think about this one.
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I totally agree with you. I love my GTX580. I will never go back to AMD/ATI. They are good cards but never as good as the Nvidia cards. Nvidia FTW!!!
 
frank007 said:
I totally agree with you. I love my GTX580. I will never go back to AMD/ATI. They are good cards but never as good as the Nvidia cards. Nvidia FTW!!!
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LOL, you need to change your signature specs! You're still showing that "dismal" 460 OC. I'm still rocking a ATI 4850 I bought 2 and a bit years ago and it's still playing everything quite nice...

However, from the reviews I've read, ATI and NVIDIA are much of a muchness at the moment in terms of price/power. But you'll definitely not go wrong with a 580! And don't let massive chunks of RAM fool you. It's very much a compensation mechanism. Rather get the higher bit card!
 
Cobalt said:
LOL, you need to change your signature specs! You're still showing that "dismal" 460 OC. I'm still rocking a ATI 4850 I bought 2 and a bit years ago and it's still playing everything quite nice...

However, from the reviews I've read, ATI and NVIDIA are much of a muchness at the moment in terms of price/power. But you'll definitely not go wrong with a 580! And don't let massive chunks of RAM fool you. It's very much a compensation mechanism. Rather get the higher bit card!
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lol. Read what it says next to the "dismal 460 OC". It says physx (as in dedicated Physx), and above that it says "Graphics: GTX580 DirectCU2". haha. That is okay though.
 
frank007 said:
lol. Read what it says next to the "dismal 460 OC". It says physx (as in dedicated Physx), and above that it says "Graphics: GTX580 DirectCU2". haha. That is okay though.
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I have exactly the same GPU as you dude :D How awesome is this card?!
 
Thanks guys for the input. I am going to be sticking with the i7 as I do sometimes use heavy resource applications and might increasingly do so in the near future.

@Tooken - Damn, I guess you are right when it comes to the bit thing. Both the GTX570 and GTX580 have higher bit rates compared to AMD. The thing is that the GTX580 is a bit out of my price range. Do you have any idea on the performance of the GTX570? I am assuming that it must be similar to the GTX580?

Also, has that Huntkey X7 PSU exploded yet?:D Had any issues with it so far?

@Cobalt - Good point, I can see how easily people could fall into that trap. The 2GB of memory is rather enticing. But not all that useful if it bottlenecks at 256bits I guess.
 
XeroS1x said:
Thanks guys for the input. I am going to be sticking with the i7 as I do sometimes use heavy resource applications and might increasingly do so in the near future.

@Tooken - Damn, I guess you are right when it comes to the bit thing. Both the GTX570 and GTX580 have higher bit rates compared to AMD. The thing is that the GTX580 is a bit out of my price range. Do you have any idea on the performance of the GTX570? I am assuming that it must be similar to the GTX580?

Also, has that Huntkey X7 PSU exploded yet?:D Had any issues with it so far?

@Cobalt - Good point, I can see how easily people could fall into that trap. The 2GB of memory is rather enticing. But not all that useful if it bottlenecks at 256bits I guess.
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Well there is a bit of a difference in performance about 5 or 10 frames depending on the game but whats nice about the GTX570 compared to the GTX560 is that you can SLI more than 2 of the GTX570's, so when it is time to upgrade the price of the GTX570 will be down and you can almost double the performance with another GTX570. That is what i am going to do as soon as the prices of the GTX580's come down.
 
frank007 said:
Well there is a bit of a difference in performance about 5 or 10 frames depending on the game but whats nice about the GTX570 compared to the GTX560 is that you can SLI more than 2 of the GTX570's, so when it is time to upgrade the price of the GTX570 will be down and you can almost double the performance with another GTX570. That is what i am going to do as soon as the prices of the GTX580's come down.
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True, that's my plan. Is that in the near future I would like to put a second card in. So my choice basically comes down to the AMD6970 or the GTX570...
 
DarthSWNT said:
The 570 is comparable to the 6970 with the 6970 achieving higher max framerates but the 570 has higher min and averages in most games.

http://www.tomshardware.com/charts/2011-gaming-graphics-charts/Gamer-Index,2673.html is usually a good gauge for most gamers. Although it doesn't show the min/ave too well, which is what is most important to me.
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From the link you have given, it seems that the GTX570 is pretty much on par with the 6970, not bad, when considering the GTX570 is a smidge cheaper. I am intrigued by this Physx thing, never really had a decent Nvidia card before. The one thing I see is that the 6970 has a load more shader cores.
 
XeroS1x said:
From the link you have given, it seems that the GTX570 is pretty much on par with the 6970, not bad, when considering the GTX570 is a smidge cheaper. I am intrigued by this Physx thing, never really had a decent Nvidia card before. The one thing I see is that the 6970 has a load more shader cores.
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You wont go wrong with the GTX570. Nvidia cards are really very good at the moment. I posted this in the GTX 590 thread aswell but it wont hurt if i put it here too: http://www.guru3d.com/article/vga-charts-spring-2011/3
 
@Frank: LOL, yes dude, how big is that heatsink? Geez! Awesome cooling though, damn!

@Xerosix: Yeah dude, I'd go for the higher bus width, obviously! One thing I've realised is that Nvidia is purposefully made for gaming :D. No problems with the new PSU either! Everythings going well. That card is just rocking the shit out of games at the moment.
 
to0kenZA said:
@Frank: LOL, yes dude, how big is that heatsink? Geez! Awesome cooling though, damn!

@Xerosix: Yeah dude, I'd go for the higher bus width, obviously! One thing I've realised is that Nvidia is purposefully made for gaming :D. No problems with the new PSU either! Everythings going well. That card is just rocking the shit out of games at the moment.
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Have you started OCing yet?
 
to0kenZA said:
Nah, I'm just going to keep it stock :D. I want to get an i7 soon, so I think I'll be OK. I might OC later, but for now, doesn't seem like its needed. Only thing OC'd at the time is my CPU.
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what are your system specs at the moment? Details man!
 
frank007 said:
what are your system specs at the moment? Details man!
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Well, not the best in the land, but here goes:

Phenom II 965 BE OC to 3.8Ghz with Coolermaster V8.
MSI 790FX-GD70 Motherboard
4GB DDR3 RAM @ 1333 <--- :/ Upgrading that too when I get my i7

That's about all the noteworthy things. I'm thinking of getting the i7 2600k. Same as you again :D
 
to0kenZA said:
Well, not the best in the land, but here goes:

Phenom II 965 BE OC to 3.8Ghz with Coolermaster V8.
MSI 790FX-GD70 Motherboard
4GB DDR3 RAM @ 1333 <--- :/ Upgrading that too when I get my i7

That's about all the noteworthy things. I'm thinking of getting the i7 2600k. Same as you again :D
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Stop copying me and 1000's of other people. Be unique lol. On a more serious not, the i7 2600k is an awesome CPU. It out performs or just aswell asthe i7 980x in games. Its really awesome.
 
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