I'm about to upgrade my aging desktop. Ultimately I want to have an I5 2500k and whatever happens to be the best GPU for ~350.
Right now it's within the budget to purchase a new Mobo, i5 cpu, and new ram. BUT my wife is giving me the about dropping another 350-400 on a GPU.
Is the i5 Sandybridge going to stay relevant for as long everyone is making it out to be? Or will AMDs bulldozer/Llano outperform? Is buying a 6970 now and purchasing a new Mobo+CPU-RAM in a few months a bad idea or will the E8400 not bottleneck it as bad as I'm thinking.
Note: I've not overclocked anything and am not sure if any kind of OC to the E8400 will make a noticeable increase in performance.
Right now it's within the budget to purchase a new Mobo, i5 cpu, and new ram. BUT my wife is giving me the about dropping another 350-400 on a GPU.
Is the i5 Sandybridge going to stay relevant for as long everyone is making it out to be? Or will AMDs bulldozer/Llano outperform? Is buying a 6970 now and purchasing a new Mobo+CPU-RAM in a few months a bad idea or will the E8400 not bottleneck it as bad as I'm thinking.
Note: I've not overclocked anything and am not sure if any kind of OC to the E8400 will make a noticeable increase in performance.