8-core setup for <$1000

[Ivy Bridge]

@Ivy: Thanks a bunch for the advice!

If you personally have an i7, could you run that little program that I posted?

I'll find it;

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http://www.maxon.net/downloads/cinebench.html

If not, could you run it anyway :'D Again, thanks so much for the help thus far.

Yep I'll run it for you. I don't have an i7 2600k, but I have the i5 2500k. The differences between the two are very small, just in case you were unaware. The 2500k is exactly the same minus hyperthreading and 2mb of L3 cache. Real world performance is within 2-3% of a difference in most applications.

My score was:

I know it says my CPU is only at 3.3GHz but it's actually overclocked to 4.8GHz so keep that in mind lol. Also the GTX 480 is significantly faster than a 560 Ti, so YMMV.

 

[kill dank]

If you really want 8 cores, I'd rather go with a motherboard that supports 2 1366, 1155, or 2011 socket cpu's and load it with a couple quad cores..
very expensive though
And as far as the bench, I didn't do it right and the fps wouldn't test. 5.3 on the second one though.

 

[pakadz]

Would this sound good for a setup?

CPU: Sandy Bridge Core i5 2500k, Overclocked to 4.4ghz, Antec Kuhler 620 H2O CPU cooler.

Motherboard: Asus Sabertooth P67

GPU: (2x SLI) MSI N560GTX-TI Twin Frozr II/OC GeForce GTX 560 Ti (Fermi) 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card

MEMORY: G-Skillz 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory (overclocked)

PSU: Antec Truepower 23754 TP-750 BLUE LED 750-Watt PSU NVIDIA SLI Certified 80 Plus Bronze Advanced Hybrid Cable Management Power Supply

CASE: Silverstone Raven-02EW

Do NOT buy those graphic cards in sli. GTX 460 works much better in sli

 

[Ivy Bridge]

Do NOT buy those graphic cards in sli. GTX 460 works much better in sli

Uhh, what lol? There's nothing wrong with 560 Ti SLI.

 

[n4n0]

This is while running a shitload of stuff too lol

 

[Jiwi]

Thanks a lot for the input so far guys.

http://www.amazon.com/Intel-X5260-3...ITKE/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1324745789&sr=8-2

any reason why that's %80 off?

 

[Rawrasaurus]

Thanks a lot for the input so far guys.

http://www.amazon.com/Intel-X5260-3...ITKE/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1324745789&sr=8-2

any reason why that's %80 off?

From what I can tell.. It's very overpriced.

It's only a dual core, and has 2 threads.. launched in 2007. $200 seems unreasonable, let alone $1k.

 

[Noam]

Not the best, but if you bought 4 of those and got a good server mobo you'd be set. OFC that would cost nearly 2k at least.
Literally the only reason Xeons exist is so that you can get multiple CPUs on a single motherboard.

 

[Ivy Bridge]

Thanks a lot for the input so far guys.

http://www.amazon.com/Intel-X5260-3...ITKE/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1324745789&sr=8-2

any reason why that's %80 off?

Don't bother, it's another server CPU. If you're looking at spending that amount of money, the i5 2500k is the absolute best in terms of performance. No reason to look any further IMO.