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iKill[ShocK]
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Medrea
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On April 02 2012 08:32 iKill[ShocK] wrote: isnt that what happened to the 560 ti 448? Yes the 560ti w/448 has nothing to do with a 560ti. It is in fact a 570 with an additional shader module cut out. | ||
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Myrmidon
United States9452 Posts
On April 02 2012 08:23 Medrea wrote: Correct. In fact pretty much any tech product in the last 10 years you can think of is either a binned product or a product that is then binned to give other products. Somewhere around the pentium 4 era people realized they can sell defective products as different products and still make money as long as they make sure it doesn't blow up. Also consider that back in the day before they started doing this (for CPUs / GPUs; it's very common in other fields too), the percentage of a die that could be defective and leave you with a working product, would be relatively small. There weren't multiple CPU cores, the CPU cores were larger relative to the cache, and of course GPUs looked nothing like they do now. Hard drives, memory, etc. are binned as well. | ||
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Medrea
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Kovaz
Canada233 Posts
Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3 There's a deal on where you basically get 8GB of ram for free with it, just wondering whether this is something I should jump on right away, or if it's not a big deal. I'll be building a PC with an i5-2400 and a gtx 460 which I plan to overclock. Hoping this motherboard won't cause any issues there. | ||
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Myrmidon
United States9452 Posts
Both the motherboard and RAM prices are high compared to alternatives of equal features and quality; furthermore, depending on what you really need, you could probably use a motherboard in the range of $60-100 cheaper and be no worse off. So no, that sounds like a pretty bad deal. There aren't exactly $45 of savings there, despite what it looks like. | ||
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skyR
Canada13817 Posts
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iTzSnypah
United States1738 Posts
So basically its a 2500k without a IGP that is stock clocked 100Mhz higher. From the review's, I gathered that it should be able to OC higher. Any grain of truth to this? | ||
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skyR
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Medrea
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skyR
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Medrea
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Raithed
China7078 Posts
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skyR
Canada13817 Posts
Games do not utilize hyperthreading so both would be similar in gaming, the negligible difference would come from the negligible difference in cache and frequency. | ||
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Raithed
China7078 Posts
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Drmooose
United States390 Posts
(Basic budget build. Some of you helped me with it. i5 2500k, 560ti, etc etc) | ||
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skyR
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Medrea
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Alryk
United States2718 Posts
I had no idea  that's why I was asking XD | ||
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Tapatio
United States9 Posts
I currently play Battlefield 3, Starcraft 2, and Star Wars the Old Republic. I have about $400-$500 to mess around with. Motherboard: Foxconn P45A-S LGA 775 Intel P45 ATX Intel Motherboard CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q8300 Yorkfield 2.5GHz LGA 775 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor BX80580Q8300 GPU: EVGA 768-P3-1360-TR GeForce GTX 460 Video Card - 768MB GDDR5, PCI-Express 2.0, Dual DVI, Mini HDMI, SLI, DirectX 11 RAM: G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F2-8500CL5D-4GBPK HDD: Western Digital Caviar Blue WD5000AAKS 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive PSU: Rosewill Xtreme Series RX750-S-B 750W Continuous @40°C ,80 PLUS Certified, ATX12V v2.2 & EPS12V v2.91, SLI Ready CrossFire Ready, Active PFC Compatible with Core i7, i5 Power Supply OS: Windows 7 (64 bit) | ||
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