At 07:15 AM 3/16/2013, you wrote:
It seems as if the only real benefit, of dubious value it seems, is PCI 3.0.
If my applications are start number crunching (like in Matlab),
video editing and encoding, what is the payoff of a 3rd gen over a
2nd gen Core processor, assuming one is using a discrete GPU and not
the internal intel HD graphics. 3nd gen uses less power? (I think I
read this is so which translates into them not overclocking as much,
a reason to stick with a 2nd gen).
Also, the i7-2600k is roughly the same price as the i7-3770k.
Is there any REAL advantage now to PCI 3.0? How about 2 years from
now? (I'm planning on 4 years on a processor, IF I get one).
The other option is to just keep the i5-2500k I have now. I could
always use this in a hackintosh build, though, so it's not going to
waste either way. If I get the i7, I will probably just put OS X on
a separate HD and swap the boot drives (I'm not convinced I want to
bother with dual booting).
I'm hoping to order something today so I can get this build over
next week, when I'm off from work.
Thanks.
I'd keep the 2500K for now, especially with Haswell right around the
corner, which will hopefully solve the
crappy TIM issues that IvyBridge has.
My i7 920 D0 @ 4GHz is getting old, like Miss July 1970 :P
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