Metroid Prime Rig

[LordVador]

(06-03-2014, 05:17 AM)Porobu Wrote: i5 3570k is a lot worse than i3 4130

I find your "a lot worse" really disturbing. If you consider that 99% of games work just fine with a 3570k

[Elvis]

About the processor you recommended, would i be able to substitute it with an i5 4570, or would there be a drastic drop in performance? The reason i ask is because it's $50 less than that which you recommended.

[Porobu]

(06-06-2014, 02:16 AM)Elvis Wrote: About the processor you recommended, would i be able to substitute it with an i5 4570, or would there be a drastic drop in performance? The reason i ask is because it's $50 less than that which you recommended.

You should wait for haswell refresh, pentium anniversary edition will be overclockable if paired with z97 board

[admin89]

That Xeon is equivalent to i7 4770 but 50$ cheaper due to the lack of integrated GPU
i7 4770 : 4 cores 8 threads
Xeon :4 cores 8 threads
i5 4 cores 4 threads

Quote:or would there be a drastic drop in performance?

In Dolphin : No
In other programs such as video encoding software , some PC games that support Hyperthreading : Yes

[Elvis]

So if I don't plan on doing any serious graphic design or things in that line, the 4570 will be fine for everyday stuff and dolphin?

[LordVador]

It will if you don't need to overclock. Anyway it should be OK for most games