I am in the process of picking parts for my second rig, this one oriented around gaming. I have been looking into processors and have a few questions. Thanks!
Questions:
Specs:
Questions:
Which of the following processors do you think is the most worth-it in cooperation with the rest of my specs listed below? i5-3570 Ivy Bridge, i5-4670 Haswell, 17-3770 Ivy Bridge, 17-4770 Haswell
Also, I plan to overclock my rig. Is there any real benefit to purchasing the "K" versions of these processors with the unlocked multipliers?
Specs:
Case: RAIDMAX Vampire ATX-001WBTi ATX Full
Motherboard: MSI Z77A-GD65 LGA 1155 Intel Z77 -OR- MSI Z87-G45 Gaming LGA 1150 Intel Z87 (Motherboard based on CPU choice)
GPU: Zotac GeForce GTX 660 ZT-60901-10M -OR- Zotac GeForce GTX 660 Ti ZT-60802-10P -OR- GeForce GTX 760 (To be released June 25)
RAM: G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 1600 (I already own this RAM and just plan to transfer it to this new rig)
HDD: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200rpm Internal Hard Drive
SSD : Samsung 840 Series 2.5 inch 120GB SATA III Internal Solid State Drive (For booting off of)
PSU: CORSAIR Enthusiast Series TX650 V2 650W
Optical Drive: ASUS 24X DVD Burner