I7-870 or i7-760?

[ben7293]

Buiding a new computer. Mainly for video editing, graphic design, and of course, gaming (namely Flight Simulator X).

So I'm thinking about this:

CPU i7-870
RAM Corsair DDR3 1333 2GB*4
Graphic Card Galaxy GTX460 768MB
MB Gigabyte GA-P55-USB3

What I'd to know is... is there significant difference in performance between 870 and 760, based on what I do with the computer? Trying to minimize the cost.

Also, any suggestions on the MB?

Any advice is appreciated.

 

[dndhatcher]

Its i5 760. The main difference is hyper threading. The i7 870 acts like it has 8 cores so it is much faster at multi-threaded applications. You video editing and graphics design softwares may make good use of multi-threading; you need to research them to know for sure.

 

[MadAdmiral]

^What dnd said.

As for suggestions on the overall parts, we need a budget. Also, do you have any specific needs/wants? Take a look at the guidelines from the link in my signature for what informantion we really like to have.

One thing I'd absolutely do is upgrade the 460 to the 1 GB model. It's like $20-30 and is worth it.

 

[ben7293]

OK. Let me get this straight.

APPROXIMATE PURCHASE DATE: This month

BUDGET RANGE: 900-about 1k

SYSTEM USAGE FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT: Video editing, graphic designing, gaming(FSX)

PARTS NOT REQUIRED: keyboard, mouse, monitor, speakers, OS.

PREFERRED WEBSITE(S) FOR PARTS: newegg.com, tigerdirect

SLI OR CROSSFIRE: No


What I'm considering:

CPU i7 870
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115213

RAM 8GB, 2*4GB Corsair Dominator DDR3 1333
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145315

MB Gigabyte GA-P55-USB3
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128425

Graphics ZOTAC GTX460 1GB GDDR5 (*Upgrading to 1GB sounds like a good idea, but I read a report saying that doesn't really give increased performance?)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814500169

CD/DVD Burner Sony AD-7260S-0B
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827118039

CD/DVD Drive Sony DDU1678A
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827131061

HD Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148433

Power Thermaltake 450W(I guess 450W will do?)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817153057

Case -Anything is fine. I'll say $30


That adds up to $10 over 1k.

 

[dndhatcher]

What report did you read about the 460? Every gaming benchmark has it clearly superior to the 768. Every gaming benchmark for every graphics card since the 8800/4850 shows substantial gains up to 1GB RAM. For graphics design performance, I dont know.

That Thermaltake power supply is junk. It doesnt even have active PFC. much less an 80+ rating. The 460 says you only need a 450W PSU, but that one is probably overstating its capacity and may actually not be enough, especially if you overclock.

Here is a seasonic 500W for $52. It looks like it has two 6pin pcie connectors from neweggs pictures.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817151079

The first Sony Opti-arc DVD burner is an ok SATA DVD drive. The second one you linked is an old IDE drive you dont want in your new computer.

I would go with lower latencey, lower voltage Geil or Gskill RAM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820144460
If you are not sure you need all 8GB, you could save $90 by only getting a 2x2GB kit now and then get another if you find you actually need it.


For a case I prefer bottom PSU mounts so the excess power cables can lie in the bottom of the case and dont require lots of work to tie down out of airflow paths.
This Rosewill Destroyer is a good value with 3 fans for good airflow to keep things cool.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811147144

 

[NeoElemental]

Would also swap out the barracuda for the f3 spinpoint 1tb, which is $15 cheaper for the next few days with a coupon code.

The seasonic dnd linked is way better for about the same price as that thermaltake (how does thermal even sell any of those? dang...)

 

[ben7293]

Thanks for the reminder. (Well I thought Thermaltake should be a good brand!)

About the RAM, that's what I'm thinking too. I'll go with 4GB for now.

And the report I read was about the new ZOTAC GTX 460 with 2GB RAM, so now I realized, it's a different thing.

So I'll make following changes:

CD/DVD Drive: Sony DDU1681S-0B
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827118031

Power: Seasonic 500W
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817151079&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-RSSDailyDeals-_-na-_-na&AID=10521304&PID=3463938&SID=eg3ciz3n6d

RAM: G.SKILL 4GB, Model F3-10600CL8D-4GBHK
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231180

I'm not ordering the parts until mid-Sep, so I'll leave HD and case as is now.

This spec now looks good to me.

 

[dndhatcher]

There are very few companies that actually make PSUs. All the big name computer brands contract with those companies. Corsair mostly contracts with Seasonic. Antecs high end are Seasonic and Mid-range (earthwatts, BP550) are Delta. Rosewill contracts all over the globe and has a few good ones and some that probably should be labeled as fire hazards. Thermaltake seems to have not contracted with a top tier firm like Delta and Seasonic and has many questionable quality PSUs.


Going from 1GB to 2GB on a graphics card is only useful if you are at a higher resolution than 1920x1080. If have that then you probably want a card more powerful than a 460. A 460 2GB is kind of a wierd thing to make.