re: New Case for PC Gaming Build.

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From what I've read, the 3820 overclocks really well and will outperform the 3770k.

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Well, yes and no. It OCs great but hard to get them to 4.8GHz +

Really a waste because it won't be pushing more FPS unless he gets a QUAD setup.

3770K and 3820 w/ 2x 7970 CFx will bench about the same. Those extra cores aren't used in game rendering and by benchmark programs. Only thing that will help it is the extra cache.

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It really is just the chipset for that socket that allows more bandwidth and PCI-E lanes. You can do 4 lanes @ x16 with a x79 chipset. Z77 chip sets don't allow 4 lanes @ x16. They really are almost the same chip except with extra cores. It really just comes down to bandwidth when you SLi/CFx a Tri/Quad setup.