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I`ve been in the process of saving money for a new gaming PC. i was searching processors and i came across an issue. what would be better for gaming? an six core AMD Phenom or an i5 processor? also i was wondering what would be better, putting a crossfire of two ATI radeon 5670 chips in or just putting one ATI Radeon 5830 in. and my last question is what would be fast and more efficitient a single Terrabyte hard disk internal hard drive or a 30 gig solid state hardrive? please answer on your own convience and thank you for taking the time to read this

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i'd rather go with the i5 for gaming

if you are considering going with the 5830, i'd recommend getting a gtx 460 instead

as for the hard drive question, what OS will you be getting. if it is 7, then a 30GB ssd is not large enough.
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well, the i5 will be faster for gaming on the vast majority of occasions, but the 6 core has some pluses too. the 5830 is a waste now, get the 460. the 30 gig will be big enough for just windows 7, but you would also need a storage drive. ssds dont benefit games much (most games).
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wow thanks for the feedback guys. i really appreciate it. so to recap, i would want to go with an i5 processor, a gtx 460 nvidia graphics card and the TB internal. right? anything else i should throw in there, im not going for top notch, but i`d like to get close without ripping a hole in my pocket.
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Raidur said:
Keep in mind an i5 or Phenom II x6 is going to be overkill for a GTX460.

Look into maybe a Phenom Ii x3/4 or i3, then put more towards the GPU.


how exactly is a i5 "overkill" for the 460???

I call it overkill because you'd get the same performance on most games with a Phenom II/C2Q.

You need a 5970 or higher to tell the difference. Since the i5 is capable of higher performance I consider that a bottleneck.
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i disagree, but personally, id get a 955 mainly due to future proofing, better motherboards, and he is partially right in the fact that few games wont be pretty maxed by a 460 (most should), but even fewer would get 60+ with a better cpu.
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