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rolli59 said:
2500K!!!!!
The current FX was disappointing on release and I believe they will not have any fixes until we get FX II just like happened to Phenoms.


What do you think bout i7 2600k?? I hear that one is pretty good too...I'm building a system too
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niba10 said:
how the i5 2500k can be better than the fx 8150 if it has 8 cpu and the i5 has only 4?


because the cores in the FX-8150 is very weak compared to the cores in 2500k and a very very big percentage of games wont support all those 8 cores.
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fx 8150 actually lowers performance, even in high resolution while core i5 2500k and i7 2600k help deliver high frame rates. a lot of games don't use fx 8150's hardware and bd eats up a lot of power to get to the same oc speed as core i5 and i7.
a good combo would be an i7 + radeon 6870 + 750w 80+ psu. imo i7 will be more futureproof as more and more games make use of more cores (rage can use all 8 bd cores and core i7's hyperthreaded cores, bf3's recommended cpu is a quad core, so on).

niba10 said:
SO THE I5 2500K IS BETTER THAN FX 8150 THATS HAT ARE YOU SAYING ?

the fx-8150 has it's perks but it still falls a little short. Granted it costs MORE than a 2500k, yes that is what we are saying
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niba10 said:
SO THE I5 2500K IS BETTER THAN FX 8150 THATS HAT ARE YOU SAYING ?

no need for all caps.
right now, the core i5 2500k costs less, oc's easily, takes less power at load and idle, delivers high frame rates while combined with a powerful gfx card, z68 mobos cost less than 990 fx mobos - so yeah, imo the core i5 is better for gaming.
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change how? bd is already out. there might be software patches that help bd perform better. windows 8.0 makes better use of bd's hardware and shows marginal (max 10%) improvements as seen in the unofficial tests using the pre-release beta. read the bulldozer review on tom's and you'll get an idea. by the time the new version on bulldozer comes out ( if it comes out in time) it'll have to compete with intel's new cpu - ivy bridge.
right now the fx 8150 performs poorly in lightly threaded tasks and in gaming. it does perform well in heavily multithreaded applications, encryptions etc.

you are buying the second fastest cpu under $1000, the 2600k will give you 5-10% performance increase max, spending the $100 difference on a better graphics card will give a large difference in framerates

niba10 said:
why to buy gtx560 ti 2gb and not 1gb ??? what diffrence?


because when you SLi you double the graphics processing power but you are not doubling the VRAM, so if you SLi GTX 560 TI 1gb it will still only have 1gb of VRAM but double the processing power and 1gb of memory might be a bottleneck for that much processiong power in some situations, especially when using lots of AA.

also having more VRAM is more futureproof.

you can read the article from toms guide im sure there are more out there but for 1 running sli can cause micro stuttering, which makes the game seem like its lagging. Another reason is not all games support sli/cf. so say you want to play a game that doesnt support it now your forced to lower graphics due to the fact that it doesnt support your second card. Also buying 1 bigger more powerful card is always better as you can always add another later. buying two middle performance cards limits you a few years down the road . Now you cant add another, you will have to sell both and try to buy new ones. from my experience its always better to get one beefier card! less driver issues, less hassle, less heat, and in the end cost's about the same for very similar performance .
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