i3 530 @ 4ghz or q9550 @ 4.1?

ziggo0 said:

Which would you go with? Uses include GAMES, multitasking in Windows, some streaming/video transcoding etc etc. I'd love to upgrade this i3 to a i5 but funds are lacking at the moment...and I've already got the q9550 setup, my old gaming rig haha. GPU it will be with is a 6870...opinions?

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Aynjell said:

Streaming as in xsplit? q9550 gets my vote if so.

You'll miss the 9550 a LOT more when streaming than you'll miss the i3 when gaming.

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Loveamegood said:

Oh 1156 socket, I was thinking 1155 LOL

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ziggo0 said:

Yeah a bit like that. Xsplit runs so bad...like TF2 goes from 200fps to 60/choppy rofl.

The biggest deciding factor atm is my i3/6870 barely runs DayZ playable in towns. My wife's q9550 @ 3.6/4850 runs DayZ at the SAME SETTINGS (1920x1080) about 20fps higher in towns than mine does............damn games are finally taking advantage of quads.







Yeah she is a bit old xD

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