Hello Gurus!
I am building a new rig and now stuck on the first step.
I5 760 seems the sensible solution with enough said (I read many a thread like this one in these two days), but I want to be more specific with this query on the following points.
1. Budget: I am bynomeans rich, yet an extra $170 won't upset too much, and if justified I am actually willing to go 1366.
2. Usage: 30%-40% of the times Gaming (I want to run games at absolutely high settings on a 24-inch screen); 50% web surfing; 10% transcoding of different video/audio files.
3. Green effect: I especially do not like a noisy machine together with excessive heat and high power draw. Will the difference be noticeable/tangible?
4. Graphics: I intend to get one GTX460 for the moment, and later when prices go down get another for SLI. How worse is x8 + x8 compared to x16 + x16? What other suggestions for graphics?
5. Upgradability: What sort of games the I5 760 is a bottleneck for, and what about the forseable future? I gather there will be very few, if any, faster CPUs for LGA 1156, so what about 1366? Will 1366 be retained as the standard for Intel's Top line CPUs? If true, for how long, and will the current X58 mobo be able to accommodate such a futher high-end CPU?
Kinda a long list of questions, but I'd really want to have your valuable advice.
Thanks very much in advance!
I am building a new rig and now stuck on the first step.
I5 760 seems the sensible solution with enough said (I read many a thread like this one in these two days), but I want to be more specific with this query on the following points.
1. Budget: I am bynomeans rich, yet an extra $170 won't upset too much, and if justified I am actually willing to go 1366.
2. Usage: 30%-40% of the times Gaming (I want to run games at absolutely high settings on a 24-inch screen); 50% web surfing; 10% transcoding of different video/audio files.
3. Green effect: I especially do not like a noisy machine together with excessive heat and high power draw. Will the difference be noticeable/tangible?
4. Graphics: I intend to get one GTX460 for the moment, and later when prices go down get another for SLI. How worse is x8 + x8 compared to x16 + x16? What other suggestions for graphics?
5. Upgradability: What sort of games the I5 760 is a bottleneck for, and what about the forseable future? I gather there will be very few, if any, faster CPUs for LGA 1156, so what about 1366? Will 1366 be retained as the standard for Intel's Top line CPUs? If true, for how long, and will the current X58 mobo be able to accommodate such a futher high-end CPU?
Kinda a long list of questions, but I'd really want to have your valuable advice.
Thanks very much in advance!
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