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<blockquote data-quote="Originality" data-source="post: 3355587" data-attributes="member: 123382"><p>The SandyBridge CPUs will be released next month as "Core i3" and "Core i5". Don't ask why Intel decided that. Supposedly they're even more efficient at handling tasks (meaning more work done in shorter time without needing to increase speeds) and will have an integrated graphics media accellerator that'll be twice as powerful as the ones currently built into Clarkdale Core i3/5s. Those ones can play games like Borderlands on medium, so it should handle most games on low/medium. The new ones should, in theory, be able to play any non-intensive game on medium/high and intensive games (like Modern Warfare 2) on low, which puts it higher than current low-end graphics (the ones costing £40-80).</p><p></p><p>If you're going for a Core i5, I think it's definitely worth waiting a couple weeks for the new range to be released. If you're going for a Core i7, the SandyBridge E CPUs won't be out for a bit longer (using LGA 2011 to match the year of its release), so it might not be worth the wait. On the other hand, VAT goes up to 20% in January, so you will be paying a higher price than if you buy it now. Personally, I'd still wait since better hardware is better (or at least I hope it will be), but that decision really depends on you.</p><p></p><p>EDIT: Also I've not said anything about SSDs so far because of the bit in the OP about keeping prices low. SSDs may provide considerable speed boosts (which means faster loading times all around) but they're still expensive. IIRC, at best they're around £2.60 per GB. A 1TB HDD can be grabbed for around £45, with 2TB for around £80, and it's not like you're going to bottleneck the system with a HDD.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Originality, post: 3355587, member: 123382"] The SandyBridge CPUs will be released next month as "Core i3" and "Core i5". Don't ask why Intel decided that. Supposedly they're even more efficient at handling tasks (meaning more work done in shorter time without needing to increase speeds) and will have an integrated graphics media accellerator that'll be twice as powerful as the ones currently built into Clarkdale Core i3/5s. Those ones can play games like Borderlands on medium, so it should handle most games on low/medium. The new ones should, in theory, be able to play any non-intensive game on medium/high and intensive games (like Modern Warfare 2) on low, which puts it higher than current low-end graphics (the ones costing £40-80). If you're going for a Core i5, I think it's definitely worth waiting a couple weeks for the new range to be released. If you're going for a Core i7, the SandyBridge E CPUs won't be out for a bit longer (using LGA 2011 to match the year of its release), so it might not be worth the wait. On the other hand, VAT goes up to 20% in January, so you will be paying a higher price than if you buy it now. Personally, I'd still wait since better hardware is better (or at least I hope it will be), but that decision really depends on you. EDIT: Also I've not said anything about SSDs so far because of the bit in the OP about keeping prices low. SSDs may provide considerable speed boosts (which means faster loading times all around) but they're still expensive. IIRC, at best they're around £2.60 per GB. A 1TB HDD can be grabbed for around £45, with 2TB for around £80, and it's not like you're going to bottleneck the system with a HDD. [/QUOTE]
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