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For ultrawide the 1070 with 2600 is better, you get 8gigs of ram more than the pther system, which might help with your machine learning. If you go that way I reccomend you to run your machine learning on the gpu anyway.

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I'm planing a budget gaming pc from used parts. Currently I have 2 deals and I can't decide what to go for. First one is a i7 2600 with 16 gigs ram and gtx 1070. And another one is a 4670k with 8 gigs ram and gtx 1060. I have a 2560x1080 ultrawide monitor. I intend to game and train some machine learning models. Which one should I go for and why? Pros and cons??

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For ultrawide the 1070 with 2600 is better, you get 8gigs of ram more than the pther system, which might help with your machine learning. If you go that way I reccomend you to run your machine learning on the gpu anyway.

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The first deal is the best, double the ram, better gpu, the con is the cpu, the i5 4670k is a bit better.

But the 1st deal will work better as a whole 

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Do you plan on upgrading either build? If the answer is yes grab the 4670k while it is only about 20% faster than the 2600, that build has more potential and is a bit newer, but if you plan to keep the build as is just grab the 2600 build.

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I would get the one with an i7-2600, 16GB RAM and GTX 1070. The i7 is a bit faster on multi-core than the i5 but slower on single-core and it has 16GB RAM which is a lot better than 8GB. And the GTX 1070 is a lot better than the GTX 1060.

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1 minute ago, Wh0_Am_1 said:

Do you plan on upgrading either build? If the answer is yes grab the 4670k while it is only about 20% faster than the 2600, that build has more potential and is a bit newer, but if you plan to keep the build as is just grab the 2600 build.

I'm a student and I plan on using this for at least 2 years without any need for upgrades. So, do you think haswell is worth upgrading 2 years down the line? LMK

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The first deal is the best, double the ram, better gpu, the con is the cpu, the i5 4670k is a bit better.

But the 1st deal will work better as a whole 

Thought so. Just so you know, the 2600 and it's mobo was pulled from old dell optiplex pc. I'm adapting it for a new case with some expansion cards and case. All the extra parts I need just come equal to the 2nd deal.

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7 minutes ago, Mephi00 said:

For ultrawide the 1070 with 2600 is better, you get 8gigs of ram more than the pther system, which might help with your machine learning. If you go that way I reccomend you to run your machine learning on the gpu anyway.

Ya. I'm still new to the topic and currently still learning libraries that run on CPU but will start learning tensorflow and DL concepts this summer.

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7 minutes ago, BeeBee8 said:

I'm a student and I plan on using this for at least 2 years without any need for upgrades. So, do you think haswell is worth upgrading 2 years down the line? LMK

Thought so. Just so you know, the 2600 and it's mobo was pulled from old dell optiplex pc. I'm adapting it for a new case with some expansion cards and case. All the extra parts I need just come equal to the 2nd deal.

Then you should probably grab the 2600 build.

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2600 it is. That was quick. I never expected to reach a decision this fast. Should start using the forum more often. Thanks a lot you guys!

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11 minutes ago, BeeBee8 said:

2600 it is. That was quick. I never expected to reach a decision this fast. Should start using the forum more often. Thanks a lot you guys!

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what do these deals cost?
maybe you could upgrade the cpu to an unlocked one, then there would be no disadvantage to the first build at all

 

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Just now, Devryd said:

what do these deals cost?
maybe you could upgrade the cpu to an unlocked one, then there would be no disadvantage to the first build at all

 

I'm building from scratch. Both come around $350. The first one is pulled off from a Dell Optiplex and guy wants to sell it together with RAM, PSU and Cooler. I have to get a case, a USB 3.0 card. I want to pair it with 1070 which brings it around 340. The second one is completely built. Found it on facebook marketplace for 350.

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