Originally Posted by
IBooNI
I would just like to add a couple things. As far as overclocking I would say leave it stock for awhile. You say you are kind of new, and once you have had your system for awhile and more comfortable over clock away. That's how I learned I didn't overclock at first and overclocked after my computer started to age and needed a little boost to keep it performing with the newest stuff out. I am currently hooked up to an hdtv using my comp kind of as an htpc. The closer you are to the screen the more important higher pixel density is. For example, 1080p is fine for me across on the couch, but as mentioned before, a big screen tv at only 1080p may cause you to see the pixels if you use it at regular monitor distances. Someone mentioned that the 6 core processor giving you an effective 12 cores is misleading. You will have 12 threads from you 6 core processor, but you will not get true 12 core performance, but you are able get more than 6 core performance with the correct applications. I think I read somewhere that hyper threading could get you something like 20% more performance with the correct applications. Also, for only gaming, I think the 6 core processors are slight overkill and believe something like a 4770k will still be good for this next generation of games coming out. Though if I had the budget for it, I could see me going for the 6 core, even though I believe I would not see much of a difference in gaming.
As far as monitors what kind of games do you play? From what I have read, it seems like the first person shooter players tend to like the faster refresh rate monitors, like the 120 hz monitors. I personally find the higher resolution monitors more intriguing. I almost purchased a 1600p monitor, but it was backordered and ended up getting an hdtv instead and using it as a htpc due to my current living situation, It just made sense to have my computer hooked up to my tv. You could always go with some of the 1440p monitors which can be overclocked to 120h such as the yamakasi catleap monitors, those were the ones I was looking at, except the 1600p version called the yamakasi sparta, the 1440p version which may be overclocked to 120hz depending on which version is called the catleap.