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Swearwolf
08-09-2009, 12:03 PM
do you think i could get a decent custom build with £500? it'd be used for games such as WoW and typical lan games such as L4D, MOHAA, GRID etc

prefer to spend less than that but yeah :P
N!ck
08-09-2009, 12:25 PM
Yes, you could get something reasonable.
Swearwolf
08-09-2009, 12:28 PM
nice thanks ;D ill talk to some mates when theyre on msn and see what i can find
Stephen!
08-09-2009, 02:44 PM
I'd consider getting the new i5's that were released today. Reasonable prices.
N!ck
08-09-2009, 02:49 PM
I'd consider getting the new i5's that were released today. Reasonable prices.

I agree at £150 for the 2.66GHz, but I'd probably wait a little bit for the motherboard manufacturers to get some practice in at making boards for them.

How to the i5s perform in comparison to i7s clock for clock?
Stephen!
08-09-2009, 02:56 PM
Very similar so I have read. The main difference being that the i5 does not have HyperThreading, which wasn't that great on the i7's anyway
N!ck
08-09-2009, 02:58 PM
Very similar so I have read. The main difference being that the i5 does not have HyperThreading, which wasn't that great on the i7's anyway

Yeah, I had a look on anandtech. Only performance difference is the bits where triple channel DDR3 is helpful and HT.
Stephen!
08-09-2009, 03:02 PM
Sucks for Jewbear, but he probably won't care because he seems to have lots of money :p
J0SH
08-09-2009, 03:08 PM
Yeah, I believe you can get a good stable build for around £300.
N!ck
08-09-2009, 03:12 PM
Sucks for Jewbear, but he probably won't care because he seems to have lots of money :p

Yeah, but apparently they're not going to overclock as well as the i7s?

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