I7-875K or i7-930 , which one is the best choice for extreme gaming?

i7-875K or i7-930 , which one is the best choice for extreme gaming? I want the best performance and reliability in the games of these two CPUs

cpus dont make much of a difference in gaming , either way you are good to go

You might as well get an i7 950, though, since the price difference between the two is no more than $10 now.

I do not need and I do not plan on SLI, then what? Need high performance and stability in dx11 and other games(crysis, bf, FC2)

You might as well get an i7 950, though, since the price difference between the two is no more than $10 now.

SakusEnvoy

This. Here is a link. This makes it your best bet.

Ok as if to choose between 870 and 930 which one is the best in performance in dx11 games or the latest high requirements games? Aswedraq

CPU doesn't even matter, either of those will do fine, get a good GPU.

Just about any phenom II, Icore5 (quad) and Icore7 would be fine for extreme gaming!

Gpu would be way more of a determining factor.

the main reason that i can see for people to go for an i7 (1366 socket)processor is the mobo, a lot of them support 3 cards in sli and crossfire which you cant get with AMD spec mobos (to the best of my knowledge) this is the main reason that i will be going i7 on my build just waiting for the 950 to drop over here in europe :(

the main reason that i can see for people to go for an i7 (1366 socket)processor is the mobo, a lot of them support 3 cards in sli and crossfire which you cant get with AMD spec mobos (to the best of my knowledge) this is the main reason that i will be going i7 on my build just waiting for the 950 to drop over here in europe :(

icyseanfitz

I have an asus m3n ht deluxe mempipe am2-am2+ mobo, (which also supports am3 cpus)

It supports 16x-16x SLI, or 16x-8x-8x, tri sli. I think the motherboard came out as enthusiasts line around 2007, (still a great motherboard too)

ya i was going to go am3 but i cant find any board (europe :roll:) that supports both sli and crossfire as well as having the capacity for 3 cards, im going with the GIGABYTE GA-X58A-UD3R mobo as it has all of these and seems pretty good value, as well as that with the i7 prices coming down it isnt all that expensive to go i7 anymore (still much cheaper to go AMD though)

ya i was going to go am3 but i cant find any board (europe :roll:) that supports both sli and crossfire as well as having the capacity for 3 cards, im going with the GIGABYTE GA-X58A-UD3R mobo as it has all of these and seems pretty good value, as well as that with the i7 prices coming down it isnt all that expensive to go i7 anymore (still much cheaper to go AMD though)

icyseanfitz

Oh yeah i see, mine only supports multi cards with nvidia cards. But I think my next gpu upgrade is going to be a single HD6870, (single cards still are more stable in my opinion, though multi-gpu solutions have greatly improved, I still want a single card for my next upgrade)

ya thats actually one of the reasons i didnt just jump the gun and buy the 5970 seeing as its actually two cards in one, the 6870 should be a great single card (unless ati make some big mistake somewhere or get complacent)