New build feedback plz

[EarthDog]

There's always three groups of people in this argument.

1. The fanboys
2. The "everything is alright don't fight let's all just smile and have fun" group
3. The people who debate the technical differences and know the strengths and weaknesses of each (in which there isn't much of a debate)

Sadly group three tends to be the smallest. .

(This isn't directed at anyone in this thread, just shows why this argument is super pointless.)

I thanked you, but am quoting it anyway.

Spot. ****ing. On!

 

[Babalouis]

my last post was an attempt on keeping the idea of the original post and not sidetracking. the original thought was to see if i was messing anything up in the planning for my next big shiny toy. All my big builds serve a purpose in that they teach me hands on about certain hardware/accessories. I figured i would stick with what i feel most comfortable with while learning something new because i would be throwing money away if i screw something up with water cooling. gravitating towards my comfort zone is acting like a security blanket of sorts because i have more experience with the tweaking of amd. it's all psychological i know because working with all new equipment would be vastly more beneficial. but hey...

 

[Knufire]

the original thought was to see if i was messing anything up in the planning for my next big shiny toy.

This is where I tend to disagree with most, but I advise people to buy in order to get the performance they need to accomplish their tasks for as little money as possible. This involves thinking of the computer as a tool to accomplish some other means (CAD, music production, running games as max settings, whatever it may be) and not as a shiny toy.

However, as shown, the performance and pride difference between the Intel and AMD builds is both rather small and frankly neither is a bad choice.

 

[Babalouis]

i understand

toy to me means that ill be playing with it and doing random stuff. my current build suited me well and is starting to decline in performance so im moving onto my next entertainment. the computer is my life and i want to do multiple things with it for entertainment. hence toy

 

[manu2b]

Ok, didn't go throuh all the posts, but...

Gaming? With 3 monitors?

Go with a 3570k, or a 4570k when Haswell is out the 5th of may, together with an Asrock Extreme 4 whatever chipset (1155 or 2011), grab a single, or 2 7970: bad idea to crossfire mid range cards.

Same budget: a 650W PSU will do the job for current, as will do an hyper 212 for cooling. Not even talking about the bucks saved on the MoBo. Keep in mine that nVidia launches 7XX series in May. the 780 should allow VeryHigh settings with any games @5760x1080p with its 4GB of vRam.