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What do you prefer (I7 6700 & GTX 970) or (I5 6500 & GTX 980Ti)?

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Depends. If i wanna livestream/render, i'd get the i7, but i'd swap the gtx 970, for an r9 390. If not, i'd get an i5 & 980ti.

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Better GPU, always and in NVIDIA's case, I'd take every opportunity to do things with the GPU than rely on the CPU wherever possible

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These examples arent exactly the best, but id take the 6500 and 980Ti over the 6700 and 970 any day

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Always give your usage with a build/config >< if it's only for gaming go with the 980ti

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4 minutes ago, Mantayd17 said:

Depends on what you're going to do with CPU and GPU?

Cause, you know, they don't exactly do the same thing.

 

3 minutes ago, Fulgrim said:

Depends. If i wanna livestream/render, i'd get the i7, but i'd swap the gtx 970, for an r9 390. If not, i'd get an i5 & 980ti.

 

1 minute ago, DarkRuskov said:

Always give your usage with a build/config >< if it's only for gaming go with the 980ti

 

 

Just and only for Gaming

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4 minutes ago, happyleonardo14 said:

Just For gaming

i5 and 980ti

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Just now, compac2011 said:

I7 6700 and a 980ti

have it all

That's not my question.

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$300 difference between 970 and 980 Ti. How do you get the price difference from 6500 to 6700 to be that?

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6 minutes ago, iDeFecZx said:

These examples arent exactly the best, but id take the 6500 and 980Ti over the 6700 and 970 any day

What example do you think is best?

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8 minutes ago, Fulgrim said:

If i wanna livestream

Intel QuickSync, bruh. No need for the extra threads. 

 

Regardless, i5 / 980 Ti.

if you have to insist you think for yourself, i'm not going to believe you.

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Just now, Suika said:

Intel QuickSync, bruh. No need for the extra threads. 

 

Regardless, i5 / 980 Ti.

No. x264 encoding, or gtfo when livestreaming.

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2 minutes ago, happyleonardo14 said:

What example do you think is best?

6700 and 980 or 6500 and 980Ti. The CPU choices were fine, it was just the fact that you could get 2 970s for the cost of a 980Ti. And the price difference between the CPUs is only about £100

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Just now, iDeFecZx said:

6700 and 980 or 6500 and 980Ti.

and with that example, Which do you prefer? if it's just for gaming.

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2 minutes ago, happyleonardo14 said:

and with that example, Which do you prefer? if it's just for gaming.

still 980 ti, as it was already said, you don't need an i7

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It's not even a contest, the price difference between the 980ti ($660) and 970 ($325) is huge compared to the i7 ($300) and i5 ($195). A better comparison would be a 980 or 390x in which case I would still probably choose the 980 (if it's a 390x, I'll probably go with an i7 6700 and an r9 390).

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I have a 4770 i7 and gtx970. I game at 1080p and use cad programmes so it's an ideal setup for me

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