EuphoricRage470
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So, for the same price, which would you choose? The i7 970 or the i7 2700K? Why?
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i7 970 v.s. 2700K
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The 970 is significant in that it's the cheapest consumer hex-core you can get from Intel (at least until SB-E). The 2700K is not particularly significant because it brings nothing to the table other than 100mhz extra clock over a 2600k while carrying an unjustifiable price premium. When you're overclocking by almost 2Ghz, a hundred megahertz is a drop in the bucket and all of the chips will probably hit the same top-end overclock.
If you're gaming, go for a 2500k an spend the money you save on a better motherboard and heatsink so that you are able to achieve a better overclock in the end.
If you encode constantly or something that actually makes use of 6 cores then you might consider the 970. At that point it's going to come down to the individual app you are using and how it's optimized.
If you're gaming, go for a 2500k an spend the money you save on a better motherboard and heatsink so that you are able to achieve a better overclock in the end.
If you encode constantly or something that actually makes use of 6 cores then you might consider the 970. At that point it's going to come down to the individual app you are using and how it's optimized.