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martinjn1234   05-24-2009 at 11:56:26 PM

hey i am buying my gamer rig soon but what CPU is best for me

1)

motherboard: xfx nVidia nForce 790i Ultra SLI

CPU: Intel - Core 2 Quad Model Q9650

Graphic card: BFG - GeForce GTX295 single not SLI

CPU Cooler: Asus - Triton 81

Ram: OCZ Platinum 4GB (2x2GB) - PC16000 - DDR3 duel Channel 2000 MHz



2)

motherboard: XFX - X58i

CPU: Intel i7 920

Graphic card: BFG - GeForce GTX295 single not SLI

CPU: Asus - Triton 81

Ram: Corsair - Twin3X 3x2048MB DDR3, PC12800 1600 MHz

what will be the best gamer rig right now and i am not going to overclocking

and can you see the difference of i7 920 or q9650 in games (Crysis warhead, Farcry 2, F.E.A.R 2)

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one-shot   05-25-2009 at 02:37:43 AM

Take some time and do some research on your own. There are plenty of sites online that can help. Start with Google.

 

I just found this http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/v [...] html#sect1

 

Compares an I7 and Q9650 at stock speeds and overclocked to 4GHz.


Message edited by one-shot on 05-25-2009 at 04:15:37 AM
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martinjn1234   05-25-2009 at 11:15:43 PM

i now but can you see the difference in the game

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martinjn1234   05-25-2009 at 11:15:53 PM

i now but can you see the difference in the game

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zehpavora   05-26-2009 at 12:02:04 AM

Instead of a single 295, put 2 275, since they're the same, but the set of 275 is cheaper.

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The Third Level   05-26-2009 at 12:08:50 AM

i7

Hyperthreading, and some D0 steppings have reached past the 4.3ghz mark.

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martinjn1234   05-26-2009 at 12:15:08 AM

but if you make a video of both game you see difference can you see that the i7 920 will do it better then q9650

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Bluescreendeath   05-26-2009 at 01:14:09 AM

I7 is better overall, but if you're not going to OC, then clock speeds matter more and the Q9650 will be better.

------------------------------ i7 920, E5300
GTX260, HD4870, HD4830
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one-shot   05-26-2009 at 04:28:09 AM

Did anyone actually read the review? It showed the i7 920 beating the Q9650 in most tests.

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maxamus   05-26-2009 at 10:10:28 AM

Definitely go for the I7, you cannot compare clock speeds over different architecture. Higher clock speed is not allways better, it is like comparing a 3GHz pentium D to a 2.4GHz core 2 duo, obviously the core 2 will outperform the other. Hope this helped

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IzzyCraft   05-26-2009 at 10:53:53 AM

I think Q9650 is stronger non oc in games by a bit small bit i believe but over all the 920 is a better cpu for things like transcoding and synthetics etc out side of gaming.

I'd go with the 920 and sli 2x275's

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mindless728   05-26-2009 at 05:41:28 PM

Phenom II X4 940 and 2 x 4890
(someone had to)

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gamerk316   05-26-2009 at 08:46:23 PM

Deep breaths everyone.

i7 is a better solution, simply for the sake of upgradability. For games though, the difference between the two are minimal, at best. If money is not an issue, go with the i7.

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