amd bulldozer or i7?

[David Woodmass]

Hi guys,

I am looking at buying a pc, reading the recommended specs on f1 2012 it says amd bulldozer or i7. Now i know the more you spend generally the more you get but an amd bulldozer system is coming in quite a bit cheaper than an i7.

Is there a huge performance difference here?

 

[Peter]

All games and GPU's run perfect on a i5.

 

[David Woodmass]

cheers mate

My mind is fried with all these pc specs lol wish there was a site i could just select the games i play then it would give me the best pc at the cheapest price haha

 

[Peter]

If it's for gaming the i5-3570k is a very good choise for every game. The only advantage an i7 has is hyperthreading and most games don't use that.

 

[David Woodmass]

See something like that i would never have known lol cheers bud much appreciated

 

[Jim Cole]

Yep, what Peter said The i7 is great if you do other things like Photoshop or 3ds Max as well as your racing, but for games, stick with the i5 as nothing beats it right now.

 

[William Levesque]

The i7 will be truly useful for gaming in just a few years I would think, so until then you have time to save money

 

[David Woodmass]

Thanks guys. In the middle of speaking with scan who are being very helpful would recommend them to anyone based on my dealing with them so far. Gonna go with the i5 and make sure i have the funds available to upgrade when i need to

 

[David Woodmass]

How does this sound?

Case : Galaxy 3 Gamers Style Midi Tower Case
Motherboard : Gigabyte H61M Motherboard Technology
CPU : Intel Quad Core I5 2380P 3.1Ghz CPU
Hard Drive : 500gb Sata Hard Drive
Memory : 4gb DDR3 1333 Memory
Graphics Card : ATI Radeon 5450 1gb DDR3 with HDMI
Optical Drive : 24x Dual Layer Sata DVD Writer

£300

 

[Peter]

It's good enough for email, internet and Freecell.

 

[David Woodmass]

Lmfao think i will stick to what scan advise me then! just thought i would have a browse around and look for what people have told me and came across this lol

 

[David Woodmass]

is this better peter?


System Case
1 Coolermaster K-350 Performance Case with 450W Corsair PSU
Motherboard
1 Gigabyte GA-Z77-D3H, Intel Z77 Chipset
CPU
1 Intel Core i5 3570K, Ivy Bridge, 3.4GHz, Quad Core, 6MB Cache
Memory - DDR3
2 8GB Total (2x4GB) Corsair Vengeance 1600MHz
Gaming Graphics Cards
1 1GB EVGA GTX 650 TI SSC, 1071MHz GPU, 768 Cores, 5400MHz GDDR5
Sound Card
1 Asus Xonar DG 5.1 Gaming Sound Card & Headphone Amp!
Solid State Drives - High Performance System Drive
1 *Solid State Drive Not Required use HDD Below*
System Drive
1 1TB Seagate Barracuda, SATA6, 7200rpm, 64Mb Cache
Optical Drive
1 Samsung SH-224BB - 24X DVD Writer
Operating system
1 Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit - OEM

 

[Jim Cole]

That looks like a pretty decent system David. There is room to upgrade, but for the most part it should do fine.

 

[Peter]

That's decent but for future upgrades you need a more powerfull PSU. You can play every sim on medium/high settings.

 

[David Woodmass]

Cool looks like we may have a winner! Thanks alot guys and peter i will keep the psu in mind just waiting to see my commision for payday might be able to stretch the budget a bit more

 

[Wayne Hammond]

is this better peter?


System Case
1 Coolermaster K-350 Performance Case with 450W Corsair PSU
Motherboard
1 Gigabyte GA-Z77-D3H, Intel Z77 Chipset
CPU
1 Intel Core i5 3570K, Ivy Bridge, 3.4GHz, Quad Core, 6MB Cache
Memory - DDR3
2 8GB Total (2x4GB) Corsair Vengeance 1600MHz
Gaming Graphics Cards
1 1GB EVGA GTX 650 TI SSC, 1071MHz GPU, 768 Cores, 5400MHz GDDR5
Sound Card
1 Asus Xonar DG 5.1 Gaming Sound Card & Headphone Amp!
Solid State Drives - High Performance System Drive
1 *Solid State Drive Not Required use HDD Below*
System Drive
1 1TB Seagate Barracuda, SATA6, 7200rpm, 64Mb Cache
Optical Drive
1 Samsung SH-224BB - 24X DVD Writer
Operating system
1 Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit - OEM

Would definitely spend some cash on a ssd, i've just upgraded my PC with a 60gb ssd and wow what a difference.