xeon might suit him better.

depend if you plan to do any upgrade in future I would say.

The major downside for h81 probably is less ram slots and pcie2.0. Going b85 hds improved on pcie2.0 but still two ram slots. Higher end b85 all have 4slots ram.

As for pcie2.0 vs 3.0, I will say it depend on whether you plan to upgrade your gpu in future. 2.0 having less bandwidth, but it isn't really a big/significant concern for low/mid end cards. Only if you plan to upgrade to some monster cards in future, then the 2.0 vs 3.0 might has a more significant effects.

This post has been edited by Human10: Jul 23 2014, 04:09 PM

if online purchasing, try idealtech or dotatech (aka lingloong), they more femes in online sale.

go for xeon, i7 specs (0.1ghz slower than 4770) at i5 price (rm7xx)

Btw, 4790 out already.

In other words, we only suggest i7 when you opt for the unlocked version. If you opt for locked i7 might as well save some bucks and go with xeon.

This post has been edited by Human10: Jul 23 2014, 04:18 PM

the hyperthread of i7/xeon will be faster/helpful for multithreaded applications.

from my opinion and 2cents, nope (even got also real marginal).

But to be safe ask google for some evidence first b4 your purchase.

also dig out some info about Xeon too, cause i5 or i7 become irrelevant if Xeon suit you more, haha.

Bro, 280 and 280X make some quite serious different better be clear bout that.

Actually 280X come out first, and later may be they feel like want to milk more money come out with 280.

Still, they both are pretty much rebrand of the older topdog cards, LOL.

This post has been edited by Human10: Aug 14 2014, 09:07 PM

Lol, you don't often get double performance for double the price...

Also, 265 is a power hog for its performance.

And if you are serious bout performance, you shouldn't be looking at card cost under rm800.

Any frame rate over 60Hz won't be helpful unless you have a corresponding monitor of 120Hz. Though, higher frame rate will be "safe" and still in the non-lag region just incase a sudden frame rate drop (a drop of frame rate below 30Hz is interpreted as lag). Anyway, what's the most advanced game and resolution/setting details you plan to play at?

If you want efficient cards, check out Nvidia's new line of card with Maxwell architecture. Those cards can easily be twice as efficient as current Kepler line. Though currently they only launched lower mid end card, GTX750(ti). Hence you need to wait till this year end or next q1 for their flagship with the new architecture.

If you going for an overclocking build?

This post has been edited by Human10: Aug 15 2014, 06:15 PM