Wanglicious posted...
the FX, while AMD's latest line, isn't their best unless you're doing servers. if you use windows 8 then it probably will be, but it's not the right one. not sure how the 8150 fairs exactly, but if it can beat the hexacores is another story.
the 3770 and Ivy Bridge in general isn't worth it if you overclock and have a dedicated vid card. if you don't use photoshop a lot then it's also not worth it. if you DO then okay go for an i7, and if you DON'T overclock then okay go for ivy bridge. but those with a K at the end are meant to be overclocked and a good case will allow you to do it well, in which case Sandy Bridge is the superior one.
I picked the 8150 because from what I've been reading it's their newest and more current CPU. Octocore sounds like it'll serve me well for what I need now, and still be a good thing a few years from now. Seriously, I'm just trying to play Guild Wars 2, but I very much want to have the power for the heaviest games right now and down the road a while on max settings. Overclocking sounds like something I might tinker with in the future, but I don't know if it'll be necessary right away with a strong rig.
Any particular reason you're going with a 580 instead of a 680? Price? Availability?
In the last topic, I think Vlado(?) posted a link to several GPUs charted by performance, and the 580 was second highest on the list. <.<
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