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Originally Posted by thegreatsquare 
That the other reason I'm waiting to 2014, for the consoles to get out. I'll still expect my hardware I pick to last ~5 years except for the GPU when I pick it. That's what I'll be shooting for anyway. I'm figuring that means an Intel of at least 6 cores if not 8. "Moar cores" is actually a good path to longevity, let the advancements in coding for an increasing number of cores that will come during the life of the rig do the work. It worked well for my quad core that was chosen when dual cores reigned supreme.
That's another thing. I will most likely never go beyond 1080p [...or my current 1152p], not this decade anyway. [....well, maybe I'd move to a 21:9 monitor, still not terribly taxing on the hardware]
That the other reason I'm waiting to 2014, for the consoles to get out. I'll still expect my hardware I pick to last ~5 years except for the GPU when I pick it. That's what I'll be shooting for anyway. I'm figuring that means an Intel of at least 6 cores if not 8. "Moar cores" is actually a good path to longevity, let the advancements in coding for an increasing number of cores that will come during the life of the rig do the work. It worked well for my quad core that was chosen when dual cores reigned supreme.
That's another thing. I will most likely never go beyond 1080p [...or my current 1152p], not this decade anyway. [....well, maybe I'd move to a 21:9 monitor, still not terribly taxing on the hardware]
You may want to wait until 2016, assuming a similar console cycle occurs. That or build a "small" build or get some upgrades to tide you over until then. It takes a year or two for developers to get comfortable with new consoles. Until then, its entirely up in the air as to what will reign supreme in terms of hardware for ported / cross platform games (which, lets face it, covers pretty much every pc game).
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