I was just wondering of someone could give me some tips on which would be better for "GAMING". A high end 775 motherboard with a high end core 2 duo cpu, or an x58 mobo with the cheapest i7 cpu?? thanks.
Neither for gaming. My advise, you want a good GPU and an i5 2500k so you can overclock. Since I don't know your budget this is just a recommendation.
What resolutions will you be playing at? Are you a hardcore gamer or just do it every once in a while? What kind of budget do you have? Do you currently have any parts to this build?
I agree with Buckshot but from a little different perspective. You would be throwing your money away on old tech. I'm not one to push for over-clocking abilities but from a gamers perspective you would want to purchase new tech.
My Core2Quad Q6600 coupled with a HD6870 handles the games I play fine at 1920x1080, but I'm not playing games like Battlefield 3 or Modern Warfare 3 either. It'll play Metro 2033 at 1920x1080 at medium detail okay though, as own that game myself. The same goes for Crysis too. I agree with others though, set a budget and get the current tech. It is counterproductive to build a new system using old generation computer tech, especially for intensive tasks like gaming.
If you are building a new rig go SB and 2500k If these are used parts and you don't have the money to build new the x58 will be better.
Wow, that's special.! I probably couldn't think of a better system than that, even if I searched all the parts stores on the web. I agree, the OP should have one of these...!! You should cut him a check for it, since you're trying to make it so patently obvious you have money to burn.. :rolleyes: LGA775 is a dead end, you shouldn't really consider it for a new PC. Even the early Clarkdale Core i CPUs, beat up on Wolfdale pretty bad on benchmarks.
Just chill, the DX79TO is a $200.00 board. The BLKDX79TO is a bulk pack of ten boards and it costs $2000.00 plus.
