i5 2500K and i7 2600K for CoD

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Originally Posted by akodonnell

I guess the basic question is:

i7-950 (1366 socket) - $200

i5 2500k (1155 socket) - $180 (could overclock up to ~5Ghz)

i7 2600k (1155 socket) - $280

What makes the newer i7s (and the new 1155 socket mobos) worth all the extra money? Is COD really going to take advantage of the hyperthreading in the i7s? I think I might as well save the money and get more RAM or a better monitor or GPU. Am I wrong?

For this price - go with 2500k and don't think a second of it. 2500k is far better "bang for the buck" if these are the prices in your area / at your local retailer.

HT will only be useful if you do a lot of programming or work in software that uses and can utilize more threads (e.g. video editing). There is absolutely no sense in purchasing a HT CPU that apart from HT has the same performance as the i5 counterpart, in this case 2500k. If those were real cores, than maybe - but the very marginal increase in performance (questionable in games) makes it a pointless purchase.

Originally Posted by Biggs

so would these two be a good combo?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813128475

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819115072

Would work. But I would go with a P67 chipset, in order to fully utilize 2500k's OC potential. I doubt that you will be able to with H67. If you're going with an H67 then save some money and get an ordinary 2500 with a locked multiplier that can't be OC-ed.