I haven't upgraded in ages (still on core 2 duo) and am about to finally take a step up.
I have all my components for an LGA1156 build except the CPU. I am waiting for a friend to send me a new Core i3-550 that I traded with him for some web design work.
In the mean time I came across a seemingly great deal on a used i7-870... $175 when they sell new for $325 on Amazon.
So the i3 is 32nm+2cores+3.2ghz while the i7 is 45nm+4cores+2.9ghz. (i7 also has turbo boost)
My main intensive use of computer these days is image editing (16-bit raw files etc) and the next most is video editing... I have 16gigs of Crucial DDR3 ready to go with this build.
Is the i7 worth the extra expense for my purposes?
Edit: Maybe I should have posted this is general hardware.. sorry
I have all my components for an LGA1156 build except the CPU. I am waiting for a friend to send me a new Core i3-550 that I traded with him for some web design work.
In the mean time I came across a seemingly great deal on a used i7-870... $175 when they sell new for $325 on Amazon.
So the i3 is 32nm+2cores+3.2ghz while the i7 is 45nm+4cores+2.9ghz. (i7 also has turbo boost)
My main intensive use of computer these days is image editing (16-bit raw files etc) and the next most is video editing... I have 16gigs of Crucial DDR3 ready to go with this build.
Is the i7 worth the extra expense for my purposes?
Edit: Maybe I should have posted this is general hardware.. sorry
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