Those are just theoreticals calculated from the specifications of the cards. I would advise from using stuff like that when not comparing cards from the same family.
not sure what motherboard but is an old one which does not support anything past my current processor.
Windows Vista.
allright, yeah the phenom II is getting a bit long in the tooth,
i'd go for the system with the 4690k, the 5930K is an expensive toy, pretty cool, but its not really certain that it will have any longer legs than the 4690k when it comes to gaming. I guess getting a 4790k would be a compromise, incase games start using more threads in the future.
8 GB of ram is fine, but i would probably get 16 if i bought a pc today, cause why not.
Like other people have said, get 200+GB's of SSD, 120 is only enough for windows and BF4 pretty much.
Why are you building a new PC? I question this because you make it clear you are not upgrading the GPU and if you are not doing that... I fail to see the need for a new build unless your current PC blew up or you think the CPU is bottlenecking the 7970 you have in there now. You said this is mostly for gaming so when building a whole new PC, I always start at the GPU.
Yeah, that is a good question, what does your current build look like OP?
@kylenalepa: I've got a 212 Evo on a 4670K and it's a great investment at £25 even if you're not overclocking. The stock Intel fan (which I think is the same on the Haswell refresh chips) is noisy and doesn't do a great job of cooling. Mine didn't, anyway.
When I got the 4670 I did some stress testing with OCCT on the stock cooler and it was running at 85C before powering off. With the Evo I'm getting mid 60s and it's massively quieter.
oh, the new intels shut down at 85? the older gens go all the way to 100.
A regular 770 doesn't consume more than 230 watt's at most.
The reason they said 5-600 minimum is partly because they have to guard against bogus advertised power supplies. ( potentially including your own )But also because margin doesn't hurt. The graphics card and CPU, along with most other components take their juice from the 12 volt rail.Some power supplies have a total delivery of 600 watt simultaneously, but only 400 of those are from the 12 volt.
Others actually deliver the full load and then some on the 12 volt rail. Check your PSU sticker for exactly how much your power-supply claims that it can deliver on that rail.
Your math is sound, but even if you have 450 on the 12volt, I'd probably feel that it 100 watt is borderline too close for comfort.
@mb: well to be honest i used to read up on it and there are conflicting accounts. but it seems like most things, everyone is different. but for me and at least my circle of friends, while we may be able to see a difference after 80hz, we cant see a difference past 120hz. while it may not be a gimmick to everyone, i just see it as another reason to needlessly jack up prices on displays for these increasingly minor enhancements
well what have you used to try and see past 120 hz?
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