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Originally Posted by Subcutaneous 
That's the whole point of my above edit, the i5 2500k didn't yield any additional FPS in the situations where I was below 60(even when overclocked) so it was like, how is this expenditure helping me?(answer: it's not)
I agree Tomshardware is an excellent point of reference and I like to use that website to learn about component speed and their relative inter dependencies. But I am gaming on a 1680X1050 monitor and the GTX 480 is a bit overkill for that resolution, so it really does make sense, I see 60+ almost all the time even with settings maxed.
Edit: Sorry didn't notice the OS requirement, but there was that one post linking to like 30$ windows. That's pretty cheap. They could also just slap the windows 8 beta on there(free download), I'm sure with a little tweaking it runs games well enough.
That's the whole point of my above edit, the i5 2500k didn't yield any additional FPS in the situations where I was below 60(even when overclocked) so it was like, how is this expenditure helping me?(answer: it's not)
I agree Tomshardware is an excellent point of reference and I like to use that website to learn about component speed and their relative inter dependencies. But I am gaming on a 1680X1050 monitor and the GTX 480 is a bit overkill for that resolution, so it really does make sense, I see 60+ almost all the time even with settings maxed.
Edit: Sorry didn't notice the OS requirement, but there was that one post linking to like 30$ windows. That's pretty cheap. They could also just slap the windows 8 beta on there(free download), I'm sure with a little tweaking it runs games well enough.
So when you game on a higher resolution you need a better CPU???
White Night
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| CPU | Graphics | RAM | Hard Drive |
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| Intel i7-2620m | Intel onboard | 4gb RAM | 500gb |
| Optical Drive | OS | Monitor | |
| DVD-Writer | Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit | 1600 x 900 | |
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White Night
(23 items) |
My Office/Setup
(34 photos) |
Makes the Money
(7 items) |
| CPU | Graphics | RAM | Hard Drive |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intel i7-2620m | Intel onboard | 4gb RAM | 500gb |
| Optical Drive | OS | Monitor | |
| DVD-Writer | Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit | 1600 x 900 | |
| View all | |||
i am just giving an example of what you can do with that money. iam not saying you should get the same specs, maybe you can pull it off getting a better PC 
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