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Mossietheno1

1. What is your budget? €800

2. What will be the main purpose of the computer? Gaming

3. Do you need a copy of Windows? No

4. Can you use any parts from an old computer? Yes an asus gtx 660, cyborg v7 keybord and a r.a.t.3 mouse

5. Do you need a monitor? No

5b. If no, what resolution is your current monitor and do you plan to upgrade in the near future? yes I do plan to upgrande soon it an 720p 19 inch

6. Do you need any of these peripherals? No my tv has speaker and as said be for i have a keyboard and a mouse

7. Are you willing to try overclocking? Yes i would like to go around 4.5 ghz but i will depend on the chip and cooler

8. How can you pay? any dont mind.

9. When are you purchasing? At the end of the j.c

10. If you need help building it, where are you based? Mayo

Monotype

In a month's time? Best off coming back at that time, as we're expecting some new CPUs around then.

Tinie

Monotype wrote: »

In a month's time? Best off coming back at that time, as we're expecting some new CPUs around then.

Got some info to the upcoming CPUs? Any idea of what the price range of them will be?

Serephucus

Similar in price and performance to Ivy, by all accounts, though it looks like they might be a bit better in the overclocking department.

..Brian..

Serephucus wrote: »

Similar in price and performance to Ivy, by all accounts, though it looks like they might be a bit better in the overclocking department.

Is that even worth waiting for? My 3570k OC'd to 4.5ghz with hardly any effort. Is anything higher going to have a discernible effect on gaming? Also the release of Ivy had very little effect on Sandy prices back at release iirc.

Serephucus

Yeah, previous gen stuff doesn't get discounted much when it goes EOL. You might well get some decent deals on Adverts though.

As to whether it's worth waiting for, I don't know. It's going to be awesome for laptops, no question. Desktops though is another ballgame entirely. Is there going to be a performance difference? Probably. Will it be noticed or even needed in games? Not right now. When next gen consoles drop, this could well change, but right now, it's really hard to say either way.

Monotype

It wouldn't be worth upgrading to, but it's worth waiting for since it's a new platform - the socket should last for two generations by the looks of things so you'd have a much longer upgrade path.

Mossietheno1

Do you mean the 1155 socket will last for the next two gens or will the new gen socket last for two gens when it come out

Serephucus

Next gen. Socket 1150.