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[steveyos]

plug drugs I appreciate your help if you want to help but you have to understand I need the best of everything including hard drive, and I think this is the tower I want http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811147157 I'm gonna stick with air cooling because it's 60F in my room

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I5 2500K is the unofficial gold standard for a Gaming Rig CPU and even it when OCed is overkill for just gaming. There is really little difference between i7 2500K and i5 2500K other than money wasted between the two and HT on the i7 which games don't use anyway. From what I have seen in some game benchmarks the i5 2500K out does the i7 2500K all others are a wash funny enough but really the i5 2500K is a Cadillac stop thinking you might get more from an i7 cause all you will get more of is a lighter wallet.

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/326220-28-gaming

Ivy Bridge CPUs are about 5% more powerful than Sandy Bridge CPUs at the same clock speed.

i7 CPUs have Hyper Threading which games do not use. Benchmarks have shown that HT actually reduces game performance by 1% or 2% on average, so if you do not use any programs that can take advantage of HT, then buying a Core i7 CPU is not worth it.

Ivy Bridge CPUs do not overclock as well as Sandy Bridge CPUs. IB CPUs generally maxes out at 4.5GHz while Sandy Bridge can go as little further at about 4.8GHz to 5.0GHz. It varies from CPU to CPU and very good cooling is required.

IB CPUs generally consume about 15w - 20w less less power than SB CPUs under load.

IB CPUs have either the Intel HD 2500 / HD 4000 graphic core vs. the Intel HD 2000 / HD 3000 graphic core. For a gaming rig the integrate graphic core doesn't make much difference.

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/34...e-sandy-bridge

That is correct, but by the time there is a noticeable difference between i5 and i7 even the i7's on the market today may be kinda old

http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/...ure-games.html

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so as of right now, it has been the contention of the PC community for the past year and a half or so, that an i5 is better for gaming until the games of the future are able to take advantage of hyperthreading, and even when they do, the current I7s may or may not be obsolete by then