i5-4570

Hunter99

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Is it i5-4570 good and enough ?:headscratch:
When i buy this in my desk pc i wont take so much electrisity ?
Or reccomend YOU some better CPUs
Is it worth for first rig ?
 
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If you're gaming, the i5 4570 will be plenty. If you're doing a lot of video editing and rendering or maybe 3D-modeling, you might want to stretch to an i7.

I'm assuming that you don't want to overclock?
 
As for the power consumption, don't get too excited about it. Unless you're stressing the CPU 24/7, the cost saving in the year it's totally negligible.

Just for giggles lets do some power calculations for the AMD systems Vs the Intel ones in gaming. Using Tom's own figures (with a 7970 for the CPU & GPU load), and the current cost per KWh here in Ireland.

Intel i5-3570K + 7970 = 320W Power Draw
Cost = 0.32*€0.1895 = €0.0606/hour.

AMD FX-8350 + 7970 = 370W Power Draw
Cost = 0.37*€0.1895 = €0.0701/hour.

Lets say you do 4 hours gaming per day:
i5 Cost/year = €0.0606*4*365 = €88.53/year
FX Cost/year = €0.0701*4*365 = €102.36/year

Considering the FX is cheaper (about €25 looking at the retailer I get most of my PC hardware from), it'll take me nearly 2 years (discounting inflation etc.) before the Intel actually would save me money on power consumption.

And for the record, I don't game 4 hours a day, somewhere around 10 per week would be a better approximation, then the time is over 6 years. :lol:

Of course if you're stressing the CPU 100% 24/7 the picture changes drastically, but I don't really have any interest in doing that.
 
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