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Originally Posted by aufkrawall
There is none, not even really with 1333 Mhz and IVB.
As long as you don't plan to do massive encoding, anything faster than 1600 Mhz is pointless, waste of money.
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I briefly considered getting an i3 (Sandy Bridge) and 1833 MHz RAM when building my HTPC but then I realised that a Celeron (Sandy Bridge), 1333 MHz RAM* and a GT 430 was cheaper and offered other advantages (such as hardware decoding with CUVID, better hardware deinterlacing, and custom refresh rates).
The i3 route would've given me a better CPU but I had no need for that when using hardware decoding and deinterlacing, so I considered it a waste of money.
If I were making the decision now, it'd be tougher because of the introduction of QuickSync and DXVA2 into LAV Filters, plus the fact that having a better CPU (i3 vs Celeron) would help with on-the-fly transcoding etc.
*Celerons only support running DDR3 SDRAM at 1066 MHz but 1333 MHz RAM was actually cheaper at the time.