I'm in college, a junior to be exact, and sold my previous mobo/cpu/ram and a few old laptops that I had laying around and made roughly $400. I currently have a nvidia geforce 450gts, nice 750 or 850watt power supply, a cooler master evo hyper cpu cooler, a nice case, a 500gb hard drive, cd drive e.c.t.
I am really having a hard time debating whether or not to go with the i5 4670k haswell, or the fx-8350.
I don't game too much, cause I won't really have time to, but I do plan on gaming, like battlefield 4 and such.
With the amd, I feel like if I overclock it to 4.4 with the turbo going to 4.8 (I don't know how overclocking works with the turbo processors, coming from a old school q6600) I will get a much better deal for the money. The only thing I don't know if anything even uses the 8 cores. I mean it sounds nice, but i don't want to get it, and then when 8 core programs come out, I don't want it to be behind in the dust cause each core is not that quick.
The i5 is better at single cpu stuff from the jist of it that I learned, but would I even see a difference doing basic stuff. I'm a finance major, not a computer science major.
My main reason for building this rig, is to put in my room, and use it with a 40' hdtv via hdmi cable and can lay down in bed and watch my online lectures and such.
For my graphics card, I plan on getting another geforce 450gts on ebay for like $40, and just put it in sli. I think i'd be able to play games in a medium setting running both of those.
But another question is, I feel like if I buy this, a new AMD will come out, and this processor will be old school. Is it better to wait?
I am really having a hard time debating whether or not to go with the i5 4670k haswell, or the fx-8350.
I don't game too much, cause I won't really have time to, but I do plan on gaming, like battlefield 4 and such.
With the amd, I feel like if I overclock it to 4.4 with the turbo going to 4.8 (I don't know how overclocking works with the turbo processors, coming from a old school q6600) I will get a much better deal for the money. The only thing I don't know if anything even uses the 8 cores. I mean it sounds nice, but i don't want to get it, and then when 8 core programs come out, I don't want it to be behind in the dust cause each core is not that quick.
The i5 is better at single cpu stuff from the jist of it that I learned, but would I even see a difference doing basic stuff. I'm a finance major, not a computer science major.
My main reason for building this rig, is to put in my room, and use it with a 40' hdtv via hdmi cable and can lay down in bed and watch my online lectures and such.
For my graphics card, I plan on getting another geforce 450gts on ebay for like $40, and just put it in sli. I think i'd be able to play games in a medium setting running both of those.
But another question is, I feel like if I buy this, a new AMD will come out, and this processor will be old school. Is it better to wait?
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