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murali1003 Original post #1
Mar 15, 2011 at 6:00 PM
I am looking for cpu for gaming. I have no idea for overclocking. In stock amd x6 1100t or i5 2500 which one performs best in games?
I am planning to install win7 x64 will it have any effect in game performance considering most games come in 32 bit.?
I planned to install raid seagate 1 tb x2 in raid 0 if intel how about raid performance in intel h67 with its in build raid controller?
utkarsh009
Mar 15, 2011 at 6:02 PM
^^i5-2500k better for games.
d3p
d3p #3
Mar 15, 2011 at 6:11 PM
@OP: Welcome to TDF.

Refer the below threads first.

*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/pc-components-configurations/132775-read-first-thread-starting-tips.html

If you are planning to make any purchase & you are seeking some suggestion related your buy then fill the below templete.

*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/pc-components-configurations/128247-pc-build-questionnaire-template.html
Devil Hunter 47
Mar 16, 2011 at 5:22 AM
i5 2500 beats 1100T in Gaming
You will have no problems playing Games on Windows 7 x64
M
Mar 16, 2011 at 11:18 PM
Ty all. If somebody clarify about raid performance who had experienced that would be better
topgear
topgear #6
Mar 17, 2011 at 3:46 AM
For gaming i5-2500K FTW!
Ishu Gupta
Mar 17, 2011 at 4:00 AM
Ty all. If somebody clarify about raid performance who had experienced that would be better
I don't like the onboard RAID controllers.

If you want speed, buy a SSD for games and OS and use a HDD for storage.
skeletor
Mar 17, 2011 at 8:37 AM
I am planning to install win7 x64 will it have any effect in game performance considering most games come in 32 bit.?
All the above processors are amd64 processors and they're backward compatible with x86 (32bit). So, no performance penalty.

2500k is the processor to go for. :)
topgear
topgear #9
Mar 18, 2011 at 6:13 AM
All the above processors are amd64 processors and they're backward compatible with x86 (32bit). So, no performance penalty.

2500k is the processor to go for. :)

err - what - all the processors are amd64 procs means even a core i5 2500K is amd 64 bit instruction set ??? !!

Buddy all the cpus Op mentioned has 64 bit instruction set and 64 bit support for AMD and Intel has a little bit difference - in AMD cpus it's known as AMD64 technology and for intel it's called Extended Memory 64 technology (EM64T)

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skeletor
skeletor #10
Mar 18, 2011 at 6:58 AM
err - what - all the processors are amd64 procs means even a core i5 2500K is amd 64 bit instruction set ??? !!

Buddy all the cpus Op mentioned has 64 bit instruction set and 64 bit support for AMD and Intel has a little bit difference - in AMD cpus it's known as AMD64 technology and for intel it's called Extended Memory 64 technology (EM64T)

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amd64 + very minor differences = EM64T.

The point is, when you download Ubuntu, you find Ubuntu-amd64 ;) not Ubuntu-em64t. Some companies call this only amd64 while some use the 'neutral' x86_64. No one calls it EM64T/Intel 64.

Intel wanted us to use Itanium IA-64, which no one did because it wasn't backward compatible.