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Need some advice on this

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460 1GB SLI on i5 760 (p55)

OR

460 1GB SLI on i7 950 (x58)


Which would perform better (for gaming)? Or would there be any difference at all? From what I understand, the i5 (p55) only has 8x PCI ports while the i7 (x58) has 16X PCI port speeds.
 
For gaming, not a large enough difference to justify the $100 difference in CPU alone IMO.
 
Depends... If you're near a Microcenter, there isn't any reason to not get the i7 950 in that price range. I mena, you didn't provide any details. Is it for gaming only? Which games do you play?
 
lockheed2266 said:
Depends... If you're near a Microcenter, there isn't any reason to not get the i7 950 in that price range. I mena, you didn't provide any details. Is it for gaming only? Which games do you play?
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Actually, the i7-950 is still more expensive than the i5-760 even after the discounts at Microcenter. That's because the i5-760 is also discounted over there. As such, the i7-950 is still $60 more expensive than the i5-760 at MC - and then, the i7-950 also needs a more expensive X58 motherboard and three sticks of RAM to run at its best. The total cost of an i7-950 would actually be about $160 more expensive than an i5-760 (and that's for an entire platform, not just the CPU).
 
E4g1e said:
Actually, the i7-950 is still more expensive than the i5-760 even after the discounts at Microcenter. That's because the i5-760 is also discounted over there. As such, the i7-950 is still $60 more expensive than the i5-760 at MC - and then, the i7-950 also needs a more expensive X58 motherboard and three sticks of RAM to run at its best. The total cost of an i7-950 would actually be about $160 more expensive than an i5-760 (and that's for an entire platform, not just the CPU).
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Exactly, hence my curiosity.
 
unless you can really benefit from the hyperthreading on the 1366, you're probably better off with the i5-750/760 route. with the 1366 build you're also likely going to pay more for the motherboard and ram (no reason to run dual-channel on 1366, if you gotta go that cheap go 3x1gb danm it! lol), and last time I checked the closest you could get with decent builds on both ends was a difference of ~$170.

if you're main concern is mostly gaming, I'd say go with the i5.
 
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