QUOTE(djronzai @ May 25 2013, 11:47 AM)
hi there, is me , erm i decided to buy sapphire hd 7970 vapor-x ghz edition 3gb, because i can get it for RM1200 which i think its a good deal, but the processor that i m going to buy was i5 3570 , which is not good to OC right? i m just afraid i might get bottleneck when gaming because i will OC my GPU, i found some comments from tomshardware, there is a guy who use same processor as i do , get bottleneck on crysis 3, is it better to get 3570k? oh ya BTW my PSU Corsair 650W VS ( A/80+) enough to support my GPU ,right?
bottleneck? yes, but how much? not much
a quad core by today's standards are fast enough to cope with whatever games thrown at it. some may benefit from the use of a quad core+HT tech, but not much games can utilise it fully.
so by default, with an i5 3570, you have the best i5 can offer for Ivy Bridge lineup. theres no need to worry about bottlenecks
QUOTE(SGSuser @ May 25 2013, 05:37 PM)
ahh haswell processors coming out...having 3k budget for a gaming cpu now, think i should wait for haswell
Haswell will be released in June (not locally) and will always be priced at a premium at first