Building a new PC: i5 2500k or i5 3570k?

LolWhyuNoGG · 23-06-2012 08:19PM #1

Hey guys, sorry if this post has already been in a fourm before but I am new to Board.ie.
I am thinking about building my 1st PC and would like to ask for a bit of help off you all.
I purely want to build the PC for a full on gaming rig, nothing more and cant decide weather to get an i5 2500k or an i5 3570k?

At the moment I just want to be able to play games such as BF3 at very high - ultra setting.
Dont really care too much about video editing and stuff. I've done a fair bit of research on both processors
and found out that the 2500k is purely for gaming but the 3570k supports PCIE 3.

When I buy my rig, I will probably get the Sapphire Radeon 6870 or 6850 GPU because I'm on a tight €800-900 budget
and will later (in 2-3 years or so) upgrade it to a more powerful GPU.

I was planning on getting either a Asus P8Z77-V LX or Asus P8Z77-V S1155 Intel Z77 Mobo and a 750 watt PSU to power it all.
If any of you could give me some feedback I would really appreciate it.

Cheers.

uncle_sam_ie · 23-06-2012 09:14PM

If your planning on getting a Z77 MB then go for the 3570K. If money is tight then go for Z68 MB with the 2500k. Both will do want you want.

LolWhyuNoGG · 23-06-2012 09:33PM

Yeah I did a bit more research and found out that the XFX ATI Radeon 7770 HD is way better than the 6870 for the same price. Its also pcie 3 so getting the 3570k processor would be better to go with that

Jaafa · 23-06-2012 10:17PM

LolWhyuNoGG wrote: »

Yeah I did a bit more research and found out that the XFX ATI Radeon 7770 HD is way better than the 6870 for the same price. Its also pcie 3 so getting the 3570k processor would be better to go with that

You seem to be researching in the wrong places, 7770 is way worse than the 6870.

daz801 · 23-06-2012 10:54PM

U_Fig · 24-06-2012 04:14AM

daz801 wrote: »

Here's a full rig within your budget, 3570k and a 7870. If you needed to drop of about €80 you could drop to a 7850.

Item|Price
8GB-Kit G.Skill PC3-10667U CL9|€36.71
WD Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 3 6Gb/s|€61.69
BitFenix Merc Alpha|€31.61
LG GH24NS bare schwarz|€16.47
Intel Core i5-3570K Box, LGA1155|€211.70
ASRock Z77 Extreme4, Sockel 1155, ATX|€128.51
Super-Flower Amazon 80Plus 650W|€70.50
Sapphire HD 7870 2GB GDDR5 PCI-Express|€296.21
Shipping|€18.99
Total|€872.39

advice drop to the 7850 overclock it and add an SSD....more benefit than the 7870 in my opinion

LolWhyuNoGG · 26-06-2012 03:09PM

Yeah I dont think I'll be able to get the Radeon HD 7870.. I dont have 300 quid to spend on a graphics card. Also the prices are different here in Ireland. Yeah I dont know why but my friend told me the 7770 was way better than the 6870 and I just went with his word and said it only to be told by everyone else that its not hah.

Yeah I heard the ASRock Z77 Extreme4, Sockel 1155, ATX is a very good Mobo, I might just switch to that and save another 50 quid or spend that on a better GPU.. Hmm..

Cheers for all your help btw guys, really appreciate it

Tij da feen · 26-06-2012 03:12PM

LolWhyuNoGG wrote: »

Yeah I dont think I'll be able to get the Radeon HD 7870.. I dont have 300 quid to spend on a graphics card. Also the prices are different here in Ireland. Yeah I dont know why but my friend told me the 7770 was way better than the 6870 and I just went with his word and said it only to be told by everyone else that its not hah.

Yeah I heard the ASRock Z77 Extreme4, Sockel 1155, ATX is a very good Mobo, I might just switch to that and save another 50 quid or spend that on a better GPU.. Hmm..

Cheers for all your help btw guys, really appreciate it

That site ships to Ireland. It costs 19 quid to ship to Ireland regardless of how much is in the order.

LolWhyuNoGG · 26-06-2012 04:15PM

Oh, awesome. I didn't even notice the shipping price at the end.. Durp on my behalf. Wow that seems awesome man, thank you very much.

Cheers everyone for the advice :P

Sholden · 26-06-2012 09:31PM

If you can afford it I would get a 7850 and overclock it.

Look here

Building a new PC: i5 2500k or i5 3570k?

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