Quote Originally Posted by chew* View Post
Ok so price point since you mentioned it.

We will ditch the ram, GPU, PSU,HD all out of the equasion since it's all the same for the most part save the SSD in the sandy rig and the 16gig matched 2133 set is a tad pricy but no sense crying over spilt milk.

The cpu and mainboard are the leftovers.

2600k newegg $314
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...name=Core%20i7

M4E B3 $309
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813131700

BD 8150 $279
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819103960

Ch5 $229
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813131735

So a person in my position who wants a secondary rig without sacrificing gaming performance at real world settings and already has a sandybridge rig can save $100 bucks.........

If i need to run some super pi for daily use i can use the sandy rig but usually that gets boring after 1 or 2 runs then i go back to actually using my pc
how about a 2500k and a cheaper MB? you set HT off anyway..
how about someone that have a faster VGA (2x, 3x 580), or will buy a new VGA next year? or play more games? or lower the details for higher framerate (one example, 120fps for 120hz, is it possible with these CPUs with lower settings to achieve a minimum of 120?)
if you want to test at those settings OK, but you could lower the resolution to and anti aliasing to see what happens, it's a valid and easy thing to do, also you could lower the i7 clock to analyze the impact, and test the FX with the 8c enabled... why not?