PC

[jordanaire]

Intel Core i7 2600K Processor or phenom II X4 3.3GHZ QUAD CORE or fx 4100 3.3ghz intel dual core i7 is better in gaming but whats it like with other things

Asus Maximus IV Extreme-Z Z68 Motherboard generally and on lower end tasks which is better

Corsair Vengeance 16GB DDR3 1866Mhz Memory kit (4x4GB)

HIS Radeon HD 6950 IceQ X Plus edition 2048MB graphics card

Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB 6Gb/s 64MB Cache Hard drive

Samsung DVDRW Optical drive

Fractal Design Define R3 Black Midi Tower case

Corsair MX 650watt PSU (Modular)

 

[tsnor]

re: "intel dual core i7 is better in gaming but whats it like with other things "

I7-2600K crushes the fx4100 in most everything. Phenom II is a price play, lower cost, lower performances. Aside: dual core = two cores. i7-2600 has four cores, 'quad core'.

I5-2500K is a much better price performer than the 2600K. Most people would use i5-2500 vs. i7-2600 unless they are into throughput computing (e.g. video editing with software that can use 8 threads).

HIS Radeon HD 6950 : nice card- WAIT until AMD 7950 is shipping (later this month) to see whether you are better off with 6950 or newer 7000 series. Either way price should move on high end cards once amd 7950 ships. http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/radeon-hd-7970-benchmark-tahiti-gcn,3104.html

 

[jordanaire]

The i7 setup is on auction for a great deal.Thats why I asked and it will do me nicely.I might go up a few cores in the future thanks for help.

 

[jordanaire]

The i7 setup is on auction for a great deal.Thats why I asked and it will do me nicely.I might go up a few cores in the future thanks for help.