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Should i go Core I5 for Christmas?
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Should i go Core I5 for Christmas?
I know this has been asked(except for christmas part
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anyone?
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I would NOT. Your current processor is good enough for now, and you can't go SLI with i5. I don't know why anyone would go that route unless they're satisfied with building a new rig within 2 years. If you went i7, you could gradually upgrade and probably keep it 4 years.
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Ummm you can go sli but it would be in x8 not x16 like on i7 boards. There wouldn't be a diffrence in alot of occasions but I rather it be x16. Anyways yeah I would get a i7 over the i5.
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Nope, your current setup is fine. i5 is more expensive than i7 anyway, idk why anyone wants i5.
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i5 is a load of budget crap tbh.
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wow, no love for the i5 itt lol.
i will say this, my next build is gonna be i5, best performance/dollar.
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I don't think that it'd be worth the expense when your system is already good. I also think that most i5 are overpriced. But I did just buy an i5 rig yesterday. I wasn't going to buy anything, but Fry's has a good deal on the if 750 and evga P55 ftw. For $300 I couldn't pass it up.
Am I going to notice the difference between it and my sig rig, probably not. I only did it to try out something new.
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I am thinking the lowest amount of money to spend on a i7 rig(ram,cpu,mobo) would be lets say around 380 bucks if you go to microcenter to get the cpu. I would really prefer to go with phenom 2 over the i5 if I were on a budget because the mobo's of the i5's or expensive. But of course in your situation that does not a option lol.
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