Guru3D PC Buyers Guide Winter 2015

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Fierce Guppy

2015-12-02 05:17

The Winter Edition? Yesterday was the first day of Summer and it's now 33C (91F) outside! I hear my PC fans spin up and down while writing this.

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fantaskarsef

2015-12-02 06:53

Hehe love the buyers guide. Running somewhere between Megabyte and Byte I'd say.

#5200128

Colt M4

2015-12-02 07:14

what case is that on the first page?

#5200132

sverek

2015-12-02 07:23

I am not sure about CPU for high end build. Balance between CPU is GPU is not there. My opinion: Nibble = Core i3 processors or AMD higher end APUs. Byte = Core i5 processors. Megabyte = Core i7 processors 4/6 cores and beyond. You don't really need Intel 6 core CPU to drive 970, even 2500k still gets a job done.

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lucidus

2015-12-02 07:43

"Less than 30 FPS ->" The cinematic console experience :P

#5200142

fantaskarsef

2015-12-02 07:46

"Less than 30 FPS ->" The cinematic console experience :P

aka slideshow, as PC users like to call it.

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lucidus

2015-12-02 07:51

aka slideshow, as PC users like to call it.

Yup 😀 Nice article, HH!

#5200153

sverek

2015-12-02 08:14

"Less than 30 FPS ->" The cinematic console experience :P

PCMR is leaking again.

#5200374

Calmmo

2015-12-02 15:07

Maybe i've lost touch with market realities but I do somehow doubt anyone looking for guides for buying their PC will find the water cooling viable as a solution, starting at a mainstream PC version no less.

#5200457

scoter man1

2015-12-02 16:55

I am not sure about CPU for high end build. Balance between CPU is GPU is not there. My opinion: Nibble = Core i3 processors or AMD higher end APUs. Byte = Core i5 processors. Megabyte = Core i7 processors 4/6 cores and beyond. You don't really need Intel 6 core CPU to drive 970, even 2500k still gets a job done.

Yeah I was gonna say I'd still consider myself a byte.

#5200616

chlamchowder

2015-12-02 21:30

I suspect 6/8 core CPUs were included because high end users might do things like rendering, which scale well with more cores. For just gaming and general use though, four cores should be enough for now. Actually, four highly clocked cores might even be better than 6-8 slower ones. And hey, I used to game at ~20 fps and target 30 fps when all I had was a GT 740M. It's not quite as horribly unplayable as you might expect. I even went down to <10 fps before that with integrated graphics (ATI HD 4200). It's surprisingly playable if you know what to do (i.e., look down at the ground or up at the sky for instant >20 fps when you need to run somewhere fast).

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kendoka15

2015-12-02 22:16

I even went down to <10 fps before that with integrated graphics (ATI HD 4200). It's surprisingly playable if you know what to do (i.e., look down at the ground or up at the sky for instant >20 fps when you need to run somewhere fast).

That sounds horrible, but it's cool that you made it work :P I get headaches below 45fps

#5200659

LimitbreakOr

2015-12-02 22:57

I think it's rediculous to get the 5930k just because of the extra lanes, 5820k with 28 lanes will drive an sli just fine as 8x pci-e3 is already overkill. And also, good luck trying to match my 5960x@4.5ghz with a 6 core 5330k, I highly doubt you'd get similar performance by overclocking lol. Articles like this need to be very accurate as they're meant for people who dont know any better.

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fantaskarsef

2015-12-03 07:44

I think it's rediculous to get the 5930k just because of the extra lanes, 5820k with 28 lanes will drive an sli just fine as 8x pci-e3 is already overkill. And also, good luck trying to match my 5960x@4.5ghz with a 6 core 5330k, I highly doubt you'd get similar performance by overclocking lol. Articles like this need to be very accurate as they're meant for people who dont know any better.

For gaming the 5960X doesn't make that much sense either 😉

#5200956

LimitbreakOr

2015-12-03 15:51

For gaming the 5960X doesn't make that much sense either 😉

Right now it doesn't but it will in the future, for gaming alone I'd get an i5. You don't spend 1000$ on a cpu for gaming alone, specially with directx12 that is the future. Edit: BTW I just realized that 5930k is what you have, what I said wasn't meant in a derogatory way.