Dhint23
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I am going to be building my first gaming rig sometime very soon and am wondering which processor would be better. I am not a hardcore gamer who plays all the latest FPS games. I will be mainly playing Star Wars the Old Republic, Worms Armageddon, X-Plane 10, and Age of Empires 3. I want to be able to play those games at the highest possible settings. Which processor would suit me better?
Newegg.com - AMD FX-4170 Zambezi 4.2GHz (4.3GHz Turbo) Socket AM3+ 125W Quad-Core Desktop Processor FD4170FRGUBOX
Or
Intel Core i7 2700K 3.5GHz LGA 1155 Boxed Processor BX80619I72700K - Micro Center
I will also be getting a graphics card similar to this: EVGA - NVIDIA GeForce GT 640 2GB DDR3 PCI Express 3.0 Graphics Card - 02G-P4-2645-KR - Best Buy
I guess my questions are how the AMD processor can have a 4.0 GHz processor and still be $80 cheaper than the intel. Another concern is that the AMD uses 125 watts compared to the 77 watts of the intel. Is that something that should be taken into consideration? Also, would I be better suited getting a completely different processor than the ones I mentioned?
Any comments and help will be greatly appreciated as this is my first rig.
Thank you all in advance!
Newegg.com - AMD FX-4170 Zambezi 4.2GHz (4.3GHz Turbo) Socket AM3+ 125W Quad-Core Desktop Processor FD4170FRGUBOX
Or
Intel Core i7 2700K 3.5GHz LGA 1155 Boxed Processor BX80619I72700K - Micro Center
I will also be getting a graphics card similar to this: EVGA - NVIDIA GeForce GT 640 2GB DDR3 PCI Express 3.0 Graphics Card - 02G-P4-2645-KR - Best Buy
I guess my questions are how the AMD processor can have a 4.0 GHz processor and still be $80 cheaper than the intel. Another concern is that the AMD uses 125 watts compared to the 77 watts of the intel. Is that something that should be taken into consideration? Also, would I be better suited getting a completely different processor than the ones I mentioned?
Any comments and help will be greatly appreciated as this is my first rig.
Thank you all in advance!