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<blockquote data-quote="Rackhir" data-source="post: 5013637" data-attributes="member: 149"><p>The core i7 (socket 1366) and the newer core i5/i7 (socket 1156) are so much superior to the core 2s, that it doesn't make sense to go with something lesser in a reasonably expensive gaming machine. They finally replace the biggest bottleneck on the intel systems, the front side bus, with what is essentially a knock off of AMDs Hypertransport. </p><p></p><p>I would skimp on the graphics card or other features if necessary to get one. The main difference between the socket 1366 and 1156, is that the 1366 supports triple channel memory (vs dual) and generally more PCIe lanes. However, there is minimal advantage to triple channel ram and unless you want to go with 2-3 graphics cards (largely pointless if you don't have a 30"+ monitor), a single decent card is sufficent. The 1156 socket systems are a decent chunk less than the 1366.</p><p></p><p>The 260 is a perfectly decent card and sufficient for running most things on a non-30" monitor. Nvidia is coming out with new cards sometime next quarter and the recent AMD video cards are a substantial leg up over the current gen nvida's though.</p><p></p><p>6gb of ram should be plenty. If you don't go with a 64 bit windows, there is no point in more than 4 gb ram. There doesn't seem to be a good reason not to go with a 64 bit version of windows 7 though.</p><p></p><p>Don't spend extra money for "fast" or low latency ram though. They simply don't offer a significant boost for the money.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rackhir, post: 5013637, member: 149"] The core i7 (socket 1366) and the newer core i5/i7 (socket 1156) are so much superior to the core 2s, that it doesn't make sense to go with something lesser in a reasonably expensive gaming machine. They finally replace the biggest bottleneck on the intel systems, the front side bus, with what is essentially a knock off of AMDs Hypertransport. I would skimp on the graphics card or other features if necessary to get one. The main difference between the socket 1366 and 1156, is that the 1366 supports triple channel memory (vs dual) and generally more PCIe lanes. However, there is minimal advantage to triple channel ram and unless you want to go with 2-3 graphics cards (largely pointless if you don't have a 30"+ monitor), a single decent card is sufficent. The 1156 socket systems are a decent chunk less than the 1366. The 260 is a perfectly decent card and sufficient for running most things on a non-30" monitor. Nvidia is coming out with new cards sometime next quarter and the recent AMD video cards are a substantial leg up over the current gen nvida's though. 6gb of ram should be plenty. If you don't go with a 64 bit windows, there is no point in more than 4 gb ram. There doesn't seem to be a good reason not to go with a 64 bit version of windows 7 though. Don't spend extra money for "fast" or low latency ram though. They simply don't offer a significant boost for the money. [/QUOTE]
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