Hi all,
So I've been planning to make my first custom-made built. I have been planning to get an i5 3570k processor off ebay for around $180-$190 and a Powercolor 7850 2gb video card for around $180. Now, I saw an article over at legitreviews.com (link below) that did various tests using a 7950 with various ranges of cpus and their results seemed to show that it may be better to get a beast graphics card (7950)with a cheaper cpu (g850). I was just curious what other peoples opinions on the matter might be.
Should I stick to my current plan of getting an i5 3570k with the powercolor 7850 2gb or should I get a g-series processor for $100 less and spend the savings on a nice $300 graphics card?
legitreviews link - http://www.legitreviews.com/article/1877/7/
Note: I plan on using the build to play FPSs, MMOs, and simulation games such as Sims3, flight sims, Civ5, etc. I want it to be my main gaming device and not rely on consoles anymore.
So I've been planning to make my first custom-made built. I have been planning to get an i5 3570k processor off ebay for around $180-$190 and a Powercolor 7850 2gb video card for around $180. Now, I saw an article over at legitreviews.com (link below) that did various tests using a 7950 with various ranges of cpus and their results seemed to show that it may be better to get a beast graphics card (7950)with a cheaper cpu (g850). I was just curious what other peoples opinions on the matter might be.
Should I stick to my current plan of getting an i5 3570k with the powercolor 7850 2gb or should I get a g-series processor for $100 less and spend the savings on a nice $300 graphics card?
legitreviews link - http://www.legitreviews.com/article/1877/7/
Note: I plan on using the build to play FPSs, MMOs, and simulation games such as Sims3, flight sims, Civ5, etc. I want it to be my main gaming device and not rely on consoles anymore.