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Re: When to buy a pc and what to buy (big budget)
Right now the obvious cpu to get is the i7-4790k. Very soon Intel will launch their Brodwell lineup where the top cpu is the i7-5775C. AFter the summer around september I think Intel will launch another new generation called Skylake. The top Skylake cpu is called i7-6700. All these cpu's have 4 cores and 8 threads. So… -
Re: When to buy a pc and what to buy (big budget)
Awesome thanks for all the replies ^^ With all the stuff supposedly coming out this summer i will wait and save a bit more and probably stick to quad core and get the pc custom built by either me or pay the extra charge to make sure everything works correctly -
Re: When to buy a pc and what to buy (big budget)
Yeah I would go with the 4790 as well, anything higher than that and you're paying more for not much gain. More expensive mobo, more expensive ram, and as others have said, if your apps aren't really well optimized for multi-threading, a 6 core cpu with a slower clockspeed will tend to be slower than a 4 core of roughly… -
Re: When to buy a pc and what to buy (big budget)
hexacores make sense for rendering but i would not personally want to trade clock speed for more cores. that's for a machine that is primarily used for working interactively, not a render box. you might also require equipment other than the PC. screen(s), wacom, backup solutions? 1500 isn't quite such a massive budget to… -
When to buy a pc and what to buy (big budget)
So i'm currently working towards getting myself a massive desktop for doing 3D and gaming. Now i don't know which is the best period for buying PC's so that is why i'm asking here and the question should i wait for windows 10 also comes to mind. I'm also looking to get the best around. I'm looking to go all the way to 1500…
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