New Config with i-xxxx processor

[vins]

Hello everyone. First, I want to start by saying that it's been almost 4 years since I made a great purchase of a gaming PC with your help. In almost 4 years, I haven't had a single problem with the computer, no repairs or anything like that. The only thing I did was buy a more powerful graphics card a few months ago. I'm more than happy with the purchase I made and what less than to thank you for helping me choose it, really.

Well, now the real question. I think it's time to update the hardware a bit and treat myself (and I say treat myself because I can still play everything with very good graphics). My idea is to change the motherboard, processor, and RAM. I'll keep everything else.

Here's what I bought back in the day:

Processor: Intel QuadC Q6600 2.4/1066 8MB
Motherboard: Gigabyte P35-DS4 ATX S775
RAM: G.Skill F2-8000CL5D-4GBPQ 4GB (2x2GB) DDR2-1000Mhz 5-5-5-15 (2.0-2.1V)
Graphics: 8800GT 512MB 640Mhz XFX (Now I have a 470)
Cooling: Thermalright Ultra-120 eXtreme

At first, I was thinking of something like this:

Intel Core i7 960 3.20Ghz Box Socket 1366 Processor
Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R Motherboard
G.Skill NQ DDR3 1600 PC3-12800 6GB 3x2GB CL9 Memory DDR3

And what I'm seeing now is that the Intel Core i5 2500K 3.3Ghz Box Socket 1155 is mentioned a lot, and that with OC it can be great, but I'm not too sure. I know that with an i5 there's a price difference between what I put above and what it should be with the i5, but I'm not too clear on that.

On the other hand, I'm curious about OCing the Q6600, but I'll put that in the Overclocking section.

What do you think?
Thanks in advance.

[Sylver]

Hello

Well, the truth is that yes, the i5 2500K are going up a lot, I am clear that when I can make the jump to a new platform (in the short term) I will get an i5, among other things because there is quite a difference in price with the i7 and the performance is beastly today.
That said, you have to invest well in cooling, but in my opinion it is well worth it.

As for the memory I would put these in your case:
G.Skill Ripjaws DDR3 1600 PC3-12800 4GB 2x2GB CL7 F3-12800CL7D-4GBRM DDR3 Memory
which have low latencies and are performing very well right now.

The motherboard I would opt for an ASRock, which are also coming out very good now and giving a very high performance, there are several models, take a look.

Greetings!

[Nemo]

I think that as things stand currently, if you're not planning to set up an SLI/Crossfire or even triple, the 1366 platform isn't worth it.

If you're thinking of "tinkering" with OC a K series with a board of a certain quality, that's the way to go, you don't need a 2600K (although it's really cool :))

Best regards

[vins]

Actually my only interest in a PC like this is to play, so I'm interested in the most appropriate one for that.

Why do you say that the 1366 Nemo is not interesting? I don't have any SLI planned to be honest.. just out of curiosity if the i7s have any performance shortcomings for applications like games..

About the RAM sylver I had chosen 3x2 because I was interested in making a TRIchannel.

[Nemo]

Well, literally it's not worth it price/performance.

• Intel Core i7 960 3.20Ghz Box Socket 1366
• GIGABYTE 1366 GA-X58A-UD3R
• G.Skill PI Series 6GB 3x2GB DDR3 1600Mhz CL6

Total :523€

• Intel Core i5 2500K 3.3Ghz Box
• Gigabyte GA-P67A-UD3 B3
• G.Skill Ripjaws X DDR3 8GB 2x4GB 1600Mhz CL7

Total :424€ The difference is that in the 1366 you have 2 PCI-E x16 with a higher bandwidth, which unless you don't mount two or three high-end graphics cards the difference is not so substantial compared to the 1155 which mounts the 2 PCI-E at 8X. The socket 1155 is a bit between the 1156 and the 1366 and soon the new platform with socket 2011 will come out which will be the replacement of the 1366 with a performance much superior to this one. Best regards

[vins]

Nemo, on the board you've put me for the 2500k, only Crossfire support appears, I suppose if I bought another 460 I wouldn't go, as they don't mention SLI anywhere. No? I don't think I would, I suppose I would buy a more powerful graphics card directly, I'm not sure..

[Nemo]

No, note that it is the same model as the X58, I put that board as an example to emphasize that at the same category of components it is more affordable and little difference in performance.
Currently in the mid-range I like the ASRock P67 Extreme4 B3 which at a good price offers good features for OC.

Best regards.

[vins]

Are ASRock any good then? I read somewhere that they are doing well now (which makes me think that they weren't before, or that they had a dark age) but I'm not sure, I've never had an ASRock.

I saw that another forum member has this one, Asus P8P67 PRO, with a 2500k and it's more or less the same price, what do you think about the PRO nemo?

[Nemo]

The history of Asrock is intimately linked to that of Asus since it began as a subsidiary of Asus and a few years ago "became independent" to follow its own path.
It's not that it was a bad brand but it was the "second" of Asus and of course the star products were for Asus.
But since they separated they have been doing things well and offer very competitive products in all ranges.

Between the Asus P8P67 PRO and the Asrock as you can understand the differences are reduced to details that depend on the type of equipment you want to assemble, if you need more SATA 3 connections or if you need 3 PCI-e instead of 2, apart from these important details, in terms of quality I think they go hand in hand.

Best regards