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| Thread ID: 136306 | 2014-02-16 03:38:00 | CPU upgrade | BrotherDragon (10117) | Press F1 |
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| 1367697 | 2014-02-16 03:38:00 | I've been quite happy with the i5-760 Lynnfield I've had for the last 4 years though recently I've considered upgrading to the i5-3350P Ivy Bridge. With the 3350P about to be discontinued in March I'm feeling forced to choose. I use my computer mostly for games such as the Dragon Age series and with the new version coming out this fall with the Frostbite 3 engine I want to avoid CPU bottlenecks. The reason I like the 3350P is that the onboard graphics processor is disabled which suits me just fine because I of course use a graphics card. For reasons I don't understand all of Intel's CPUs have onboard graphics even though people like me don't have any use for them. There are no 'P' series CPUs for Haswell and apparently no plans to make one. I don't like being locked into the LGA1155 motherboard but I like the US$180 price of the 3350P. Any thoughts? ______________________________ "I'm trying to think but nothin' happens-Jerome "Curly" Howard |
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| 1367698 | 2014-02-16 08:58:00 | Ignore the graphics and just get the best deal you can, if an equivalent haswell with integrated graphics costs a similar amount then consider it. Having a built in GPU doesn't hurt and can come in handy at times. I understand the attraction to the P series but it's really no big deal. Maybe an i5 4570 ? why lock yourself into an older motherboard just to avoid a gpu that won't make any difference anyway. |
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| 1367699 | 2014-02-16 20:34:00 | Though the performance difference appears minimal between the two, the i5 4570 option would give me more time to make a decision and is only US$20 more than the i5 3350P. I'm wondering if we're coming to the end of the line in desktop CPU advances with rumors that there won't be a desktop variant of the Broadwell series which seems more driven by product placement towards mobile devices. Being a desktop user I obviously don't like that thinking. ______________________________ "I'm trying to think but nothin' happens-Jerome "Curly" Howard |
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