Recommended CPU for HM2 & NC (only for poker & poker apps)

[bigus45]

Hi All,

I would like to buy new machine strictly for poker. Which cpu You recommend :

1) Intel Xeon E3-1230 v3 (8M Cache, do 3.70 GHz) BOX BX80646E31230V3
2) Intel Core i5-4690K, socket LGA1150, 64bit, do 3.9 GHz, 88W, cache 6MB, BOX (BX80646I54690K)
3) Procesor AMD FX-9590 socket AM3+, 64bit, 4,7GHz, 220W, cache 16MB, BOX (FD9590FHHKWOF)

Maybe other i5/i7 or Xeon or AMD ? I read on poker forums that most people buy i7. Is it worth it or Xeon (AMD) is enough ? I read that people dont recommend AMD for HM2 and NC

[HossendeHaai]

2), and it isn't close.

[bigus45]

So are we only looking for i7 ?

[HossendeHaai]

Not specifically, we are looking for a quadcore Intel with a high single-core speed, which is either i5 or i7.

[bigus45]

Procesor Intel Core i7-4790K, socket LGA1150, 64bit, do 4.4 GHz, 88W, cache 8MB, BOX (BX80646I74790K) - Haswell Refresh ?
what about OC ?

[HossendeHaai]

That one is fine as well.

OC might have some benefits but I never found it worth the hassle to look into that for a few extra h/s.

[xbytewalker]

Buy 16Gb RAM, and SSD and later the processor you can afford it will work fine no matter what.