Also, I'm not telling him how to spend his money. This conversation turned into a discussion of the merits of the i5 and i7, rather than direct advice to the OP. Not once did I say you must buy this, rather I suggested an alternative which everyone but the OP and 2 others were quick to knock down, albeit with no backing.
skippy2421 said:
Spot on, and this thread is perfect for him. He's had his 2 main choices disected over 3 pages. If he's not well informed at this point then it's a lost cause.
I just have to reitterate again though that he's building a gaming system. There's no groundbreaking Crysis-esque titles en route that are going to shatter the requirements for gaming, what the OP cares about. I think he should be building for the now, for Borderlands, for MW2, for Aion. We've had no developers saying they're going to fully adopt Hyperthreading or 6+ cores. We don't need to spend exhorbitant amounts of money building a system that will pump out 80fps when 60fps is ample.
While the talk of more bandwidth and cores is awesome to think about, we simply can't advise the OP to buy a system like that because we can't guarantee to him that he needs it. I very rarely post in recommendation threads because I don't think anyone has the information needed to tailor a PC for someone they don't know. I only chose to reply to these few lately because I've been reading a lot of reviews before my purchase.
People who specify computers that have fantastically good components are more or less ripping off the person, even though they asked for it. I shudder to think how many people bought a £2k+ PC for the mediocrity that was Crysis. Beyond that game they had nothing at all to utilise what they'd built. Maybe it was throwaway money, but that's not the point. You're being asked your opinion on what they should buy. They're trusting you to give them good advice and not mislead them into buying equipment that they don't need. That's my biggest issue with these threads. You should be giving out information based on what you'd be comfortable buying. Everyone here knows how quickly things advance.
Kinda deviated from the topic, but it should give you a better idea why I'm debating the merits of the 750 so stoutly, even though it is only £100. That's £100 he can spend on games instead, which it'll run amazingly and with no perceivable difference anyway!
