Posted: 3/17/2017 5:33:15 AM EDT
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Like the title says. I'm kind of looking for the current price/performance sweetspot (prefer to go with Intel)
I am rather confused by whats on offer. |
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Really depends on what you are planning to do.
For instance, I work with CAD software, which doesn't utilize hyperthreading but benefits most from highest single core clock speed. You'll notice that single core clock speed has somewhat levelled off, so a gen 4 i7 (can't remember the particular build) performs equally to the newest i7 for this purpose. My IT guy had work recently spec'd out a laptop for me and it's got a fairly decent i7, but it absolutely sucks for any SOLIDWORKS models because the CPU has a clock speed of 2.5 GHz. I'm not an expert in this field, but I'm sure this question will arise from others, as this is only one example of purpose playing a key role in the component selection. You can waste a lot of money a great item that doesn't work well for you. |
| Like said above, it really depends on what you are trying to accomplish with the computer. Dollars to performance, the new Kaby Lake Pentium G4560 is incredible, but that doesn't mean that it's going to be good for hardcore gaming, or other tasks. But for what my wife uses it for, which is college work in MS Office spread across 3 monitors, it's perfect. |
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Whenever my mobo or whatever smoke checks, I hop on new egg and look at mid range priced stuff, check benchmarks on cpus and gpus, then buy a gigabyte mobo with lots of features and lots of good reviews. It's worked on my last 3 rebuilds, so I am sticking with it. I don't see the point in spending all of the money to get in the top 1% of performance, since they are going to be mid tier next year. My last build I ended up with really healthy performance specs with an I-5, mobo, ram, liquid cooling cpu setup for ~500.
Here it is. October 22, 2014 for $506.34. Still runs great, can run the games I like at max specs (Skyrim Special Edition, Day of Infamy). I ran it like that for a year before I bought a GPU (GTX 960 4gb) in Nov, 2015 for $230. I already had the case and all that jazz, but ended up with a solid machine that has been churning away happily for years. I bought the case in 2006 from my first build, and just keep swapping out parts as they smoke check. 
Attached File I also love my liquid CPU cooler. Sooooo much quieter than having a conventional fan. This beast used to roar like a turbine, but now she purrs like a kitten when doing simple stuff, and doesn't get much louder when gaming. ETA: helps to actually attach the picture.
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Just writing when I am at home. But my son likes to play games. Already has a 1070 gtx in there but want to upgrade the motherboard/cpu as well |
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What do you have currently? You're most likely going to need new RAM as well. What games does he play, and what resolution is your monitor? Quoted:
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Just writing when I am at home. But my son likes to play games. Already has a 1070 gtx in there but want to upgrade the motherboard/cpu as well He cuurently plays the crap out of CS:GO @ 30" 2560x1600 but I am also getting a 4k monitor. My son had to use the main computer becaue my wife doesnt want a gaming PC in his room. Money is really not much of a consideration but I prefer to buy in the current sweetspot |
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Whenever my mobo or whatever smoke checks, I hop on new egg and look at mid range priced stuff, check benchmarks on cpus and gpus, then buy a gigabyte mobo with lots of features and lots of good reviews. It's worked on my last 3 rebuilds, so I am sticking with it. I don't see the point in spending all of the money to get in the top 1% of performance, since they are going to be mid tier next year. My last build I ended up with really healthy performance specs with an I-5, mobo, ram, liquid cooling cpu setup for ~500. Here it is. October 22, 2014 for $506.34. Still runs great, can run the games I like at max specs (Skyrim Special Edition, Day of Infamy). I ran it like that for a year before I bought a GPU (GTX 960 4gb) in Nov, 2015 for $230. I already had the case and all that jazz, but ended up with a solid machine that has been churning away happily for years. I bought the case in 2006 from my first build, and just keep swapping out parts as they smoke check.
https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/76629/computron--167644.JPG I also love my liquid CPU cooler. Sooooo much quieter than having a conventional fan. This beast used to roar like a turbine, but now she purrs like a kitten when doing simple stuff, and doesn't get much louder when gaming. ETA: helps to actually attach the picture. |