I've been told i7 is really for those who want to do some serious editing or design stuff. I most likely won't need it for gaming. BUT your opinion is noted, and I will consider this when making my final purchase.
Well yes and no, there is an advantage to take an i7 but for most people the price difference with a i5 isn't worth the difference. I mean if you really want to pour in 2000$ yeah why not take an i7, if you want to spare some money though the i5 is probably more approriate.
As for the OP: if you go for an unlocked intel processor you have to take overclocking into account otherwise this is a shame. You can get great performance with only an heatsink. It's still air cooling but it requires you to get a specialized heatsink that is a little trickier to mount in than the basic cooling system.
Also get a really good ram with low lags and fast frequency (don't know whats top nowadays). Also, very important, get a SSD of 128 or 264G and a normal HDD of like 2TB. I'm too lazy to search specifics since it takes time bet also get a good psu (power supply), high enough power but especially take a good brand.
What else... If you have only one screen I can't help but recommend a second one, if your first is top you can get a cheap one as second. I will never go back to 1 screen on my computer, it's so useful for work and gaming + whatever.
See if you'd like a sound card too. Most gamers underrate their sound card don't know why. I mean I don't know why but I often meet guys that have uber gpu and cpu that really show the best graphics ever but then they have only one monitor, there sound is cheap etc... Please don't do that it's like having a smelly ugly car with a porsche engine.
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Well yes and no, there is an advantage to take an i7 but for most people the price difference with a i5 isn't worth the difference. I mean if you really want to pour in 2000$ yeah why not take an i7, if you want to spare some money though the i5 is probably more approriate.
As for the OP: if you go for an unlocked intel processor you have to take overclocking into account otherwise this is a shame. You can get great performance with only an heatsink. It's still air cooling but it requires you to get a specialized heatsink that is a little trickier to mount in than the basic cooling system.
Also get a really good ram with low lags and fast frequency (don't know whats top nowadays). Also, very important, get a SSD of 128 or 264G and a normal HDD of like 2TB. I'm too lazy to search specifics since it takes time bet also get a good psu (power supply), high enough power but especially take a good brand.
What else... If you have only one screen I can't help but recommend a second one, if your first is top you can get a cheap one as second. I will never go back to 1 screen on my computer, it's so useful for work and gaming + whatever.
See if you'd like a sound card too. Most gamers underrate their sound card don't know why. I mean I don't know why but I often meet guys that have uber gpu and cpu that really show the best graphics ever but then they have only one monitor, there sound is cheap etc... Please don't do that it's like having a smelly ugly car with a porsche engine.