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| henryv |
Looking for a high end CPU any good suggestions ?
thank you. |
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| thecYrus |
| quote: | Originally posted by Subtle
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that's quite slow in comparison to a i7/nehalem xeon |
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| henryv |
| 899 for a CPU? yay! :) |
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| Subtle |
| quote: | Originally posted by thecYrus
that's quite slow in comparison to a i7/nehalem xeon |
Much better price/performance ratio, the Nehalem is what, 10-15% faster ? |
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| thecYrus |
| quote: | Originally posted by Subtle
Much better price/performance ratio, the Nehalem is what, 10-15% faster ? |
i wouldn't buy the 975 either. but the cheapest i7 (920) has a very good price/performance ratio imho and it's around 150% as fast as the amd 955.
and it's even cheaper than the 955 (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Intel-Core-i7...%3A1%7C294%3A50) |
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| DigiNut |
AMD has been a bit player ever since Intel released the Core Duo, and still hasn't caught up. Their hardware is OK, but similarly-priced Intel CPUs tend to be a lot better.
You obviously never buy the top of the line, no matter who you buy from. |
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| Subtle |
| quote: | Originally posted by thecYrus
i wouldn't buy the 975 either. but the cheapest i7 (920) has a very good price/performance ratio imho and it's around 150% as fast as the amd 955.
and it's even cheaper than the 955 (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Intel-Core-i7...%3A1%7C294%3A50) |
You have to take into account the expensive motherboard and RAM needed for the i7.
The i7 is faster (about 22%) but the Phenom II certainly is no turtle, and if you have an AM2 motherboard which can be 2-3 years old it will fit right in. |
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| sixofour.604 |
| quote: | Originally posted by DigiNut
You obviously never buy the top of the line, no matter who you buy from. |
Why is that? |
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| Lucidity |
| quote: | Originally posted by sixofour.604
Why is that? |
Because you pay crazy prices, and within not that long of time, it is way cheaper and you pay all that money just to have the top end for a couple months or whatever.
OP- I am running the AMD Phenom X2 955 AM3 3.2ghz, I love it, no regrets here, I pretty much never freeze tracks anymore. |
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