Building my first rig
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ShadowGates
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You should come over to the tread I made called My Dream Build. The guys and gals here are giving me some good ideas and help me in finding cheaper prices.
Ankur
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In SNB "K" series are with HD 3000 and non "K" are HD 2000, In IVB "K" series are with HD 4000 and non " K are with HD 2500 except i7 3770.
http://www.anandtech.com/show/5626/ivy-bridge-preview-core-i7-3770k/3
IVB will be priced almost same as SNB, as I said there is big boost in its inbuilt GPU power, but not much increase in CPU power, so I would tell you go ahead with a 2500k and a good Graphic card. In gaming you won't find much of difference between 2500k and 3570k.
claptonman
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For the price of 2 550tis, it would be way better to go for a single 560ti.
MineIQ1701
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You always want to go for the best card you can.
ok thanks alot! so much good information. looks likes itll be SNB i5 unless i can find a cheap i7 and ill have to look more into graphics but i think the 560ti is the way to go for me.
what are the general deciding factors about the performance of video cards? i figured since they were close enough in model that the 2 550ti's would be harnessing more graphic processing power... trollololo
what are the general deciding factors about the performance of video cards? i figured since they were close enough in model that the 2 550ti's would be harnessing more graphic processing power... trollololo
claptonman
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It may be a little more powerful with two, but you get more heat and drivers issues. It'd be better to get one 560ti so then you could get a 2nd 560ti in the future.
maroon1
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Actually some cheaper desktop i3 has HD3000 like i3 2105 & i3 2125
http://ark.intel.com/products/59080/Intel-Core-i3-2125-Processor-(3M-Cache-3_30-GHz)
http://ark.intel.com/products/55448
i3 2105/2125 are same as i3 2100/2120 but the only difference is that the ones with "5" at the end has better graphics.