i7 buying guide and motherboard need help!

[sn1ptr3x]

Hello everyone I have an amd quad core and broken motherboard so I want to buy an i7 because my friends have i5 and its like x3 better than my amd but I have only 285 pounds and need to buy a i7 and motherboard for it.
Im going to use it for gaming,film making and rendering and making my own game.
please help...

 

[andrewmchugh]

Its like 250 for an unlocked i7, I would grab an i5.

 

[sn1ptr3x]

help

Ok but i see i7 3770k for 220 pounds and like i7 2700k for 199 pounds.
Even if I buy an i5 and motherboard what should I buy.

 

[jamesriley94]

A 3570k with an MSI z77 G45 is a good combo for the price.
Maybe push to a gd55, 65 or mpower if you can afford it.

 

[GiftedReflex]

easy solution.

Ok but i see i7 3770k for 220 pounds and like i7 2700k for 199 pounds.
Even if I buy an i5 and motherboard what should I buy.

the 3770k is a newer gen part. the 2700k is still a hell of a processor, both are great, 3770k plus a M-power board is what I would push for, but your price limit will have to bump to accomodate all that. Otherwise, I would recommend looking into a 3570K with the same board. Still a great part, and you would be able to only spend somewhere around £20-30 more than what you had originally thought.

 

[SnW]

If you are going to do heavy encoding/rendering, a I7 would be better !
if its only for gaming , a 3570 is more then fine...........

 

[GiftedReflex]

If you are going to do heavy encoding/rendering, a I7 would be better !
if its only for gaming , a 3570 is more then fine...........

true enough, but if you are looking to stay within a budget, the parts can fit the same socket, upgrading later is possible.

 

[seumasbeathan]

I don't get the relevance of that gif?

 

[GiftedReflex]

it's not relevant. It's my sig. Just meant to be funny. look back at all my posts, it's there with it.

 

[Writer's Block]

You need cores for rendering; the more the better.

i7, sandybridge i7, or xeon are best. You can't afford that now, but you could save your money for a while.

Doing that would give you more options and allow another intel processor to become available (Haswell).

It's also possible that you could use a GPU to render what you want - some software packages support gpu acceleration of their rendering process.

You specify what you want it for; my advice would be to organise your list into what is most, and what is least important to you.

If they are all about the same, you need a seriously beefy system to do all of those options well. If one takes precedence, then you can optimise your rig for the most important to you.

 

[Ov3erclock3R]

If you are going to do heavy encoding/rendering, a I7 would be better !
if its only for gaming , a 3570 is more then fine...........

Its nice to know tho that you have the power there tho even if you are gaming

 

[BesiX]

Its nice to know tho that you have the power there tho even if you are gaming

You'll only see a slight improvement in performance with an i7 IF the game you're playing supports hyperthreading though.
A lot of "i5 vs i7 for gaming" reviews and benches have been done before. (Google is your friend.)
It's a 50-50 situation really regarding FPS in games.

Simply put: if you really don't require an i7 for rendering software, you're better off with an i5 budgetwise.