Yes sir i am serious i allready have the hardware in plsce, just waiting for the game .
Well even if its not suported atm , there are other games out there like BF 3! That is lol
Cool, could you post a video of your rig, I'm really interested in seeing how it turned out ?
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Maybe so, but not for gaming. Way too expensive if you're not utilizing them for video/photo editing or extreme multitasking.
They are not way too expensive, they are pretty affordable (maybe not for your personal budget but that is another story).
Benchmarks are attached to this post. I didn't include gaming results since we already know that the i7 beats its AMD competitor.
The 1100T is about $200 CAN while the 2600 is about $325 CAN. Yes, a "significant" difference, yet, you get better performance.
Bottom line is, if your budget doesn't allow you to go over 1K$ and you are OK with the performance of the 1100T, sure go with it, it will be a good machine performance/price wise. If you really want to get better than that, the 2600, and even the 2600K are a very good choice, if you are willing to spend about 250$ more.
If your only intent is gaming, then the i5 2500(K) is a no brainer, you can get a complete system with one for less than 1K$ CAN, that would allow you to play any modern games at max settings with a Geforce GTX 560. If you only want to play Diablo 3, then you would be fine with a more modest configuration.|||Quote:
Maybe so, but not for gaming. Way too expensive if you're not utilizing them for video/photo editing or extreme multitasking.
Extreme multitasking ...
Sorry have visions of watching people trying to do multiple things on fueltv show now and doing them TO THE EXTREME!
Anyway yes Photo-editing is one of them. I also use CAD among other programs that are tuned to using more threads. And the i7 is not that much more expensive we are not even talking terms of double for price for 2 that are in the same range. Also the i5 is the cat's meow for gaming if that was my sole purpose for building a machine.|||Justify paying double or more for a processor that zips files .3 seconds faster or encodes zideo 4 seconds faster. Money is better spent towards a video card any day of the week. The difference is seriously minimal for a modest amount of money spent.|||Quote:
I've been thinking about it, but I think I'd rather see how it runs on my current janky set up before putting down the cash. It's not beastly but it's passable.
2ghz Dual Core
8600gt
2gb RAM
...haha
I don't trust myself to build one, but I have been looking at Digital Storms stuff and it looks like a safe bet. (Not that I would know.) Without derailing this too much, anyone know anything about them?
To be completely honest... without a doubt your computer will run Diablo 3 even with those specs. People with these dual-vga setups are just running extra non-needed electricity. Have fun paying the bill

Asus P8P67 Pro Mobo
Corsair TX 750 PSU
2500k oc'd to 4ghz
EVGA 550 ti
1tb hdd, 250 gig ssd
plays Witcher 2 at 40 fps minimum with everything maxed but ubersampling, so it's safe to say "I'm pretty prepared for the non existent performance battle of D3"
Only thing I want to upgrade is the gfx card, probably to a 580. These new gfx cards handle things awesomely, even the low end "just breaking into gaming series" cards, but having your res being 1920x1080, things kinda slow down on it when there's lots going on, heat can be a issue too.|||would like
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/ASUS+-+L...4176827&loc=01
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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16834214394|||Quote:
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http://www.bestbuy.com/site/ASUS+-+L...4176827&loc=01
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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16834214394
*Shivers*....I don't know how anyone can play anything on a laptop unless it's sitting in a docking station with a keyboard, mouse, and monitor. But I guess you'll be able to go to McDonald's and eat a cheeseburger while you play on their free wifi

These intel i7's are sooo overrated for gaming. If you're doing video editing a lot, then yes. For gaming, AMD wayyyyy more bang for your buck.
I agree if you're only talking about the i7 extreme cpu's. If you're talking about all i7's all I can do is laugh, point and say "haha silly fanboy"
1) nobody uses their pc just to play games, even if you only have your game open there are tons of things your cpu does in the background that has nothing to do with gaming, better cpu = more computing time spent on your game
2) fps vs price :
buying an i7 2600k now would cost me € 269
buying an AMD Phenom II X6 1100T now would cost me € 174
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/CPU/62
i7 good for 118.5 fps = 2.27 € / fps
PII good for 77.8 fps = 2.23 € / fps
What happened to the "wayyyyy more bang for your buck" when it takes me less than a minute to find a game that proves you wrong?
3) power consumption is lower :
http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/forum...review-20.html
Initial cost is higher but you'll save on electricity bills.|||For the OP, I would argue using a single GTX 580 instead of 2x GTX 560, as it's arguably approximately as powerful. Then, of course, with a single 580, you can upgrade later to 580 SLI. It depends on your monitor setup as well, of course.
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