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Re: Going to do a new pc build in the near future...
At the moment, yes. This is has two reasons, first, because Intel has a much better IPC (Instructions Per Cycle, or let's call it power per mhz). So one Intel core at 3 ghz is a lot faster than one AMD core at 3ghz (funny how things got turned around, back in the Pentium 4 days it was exactly the other way around and AMD… -
Re: Going to do a new pc build in the near future...
really?? is there a benchmark website with this stuff on because that doesnt make sense, 8 core amd 8350 4/4.2ghz is slower than 4 core intel i5 4570 3.6ghz so the ghz means nothing and the cores mean nothing for performance? -
Re: Going to do a new pc build in the near future...
There's a lot more than than to take into account : L2, L3 cache, instructions, architecture... Do you remember the Pentium D era ? The Pentium D 965EE was a dual core 3.73Ghz CPU, it cost a grand when new and it was a lot slower than a 2.4Ghz Core 2 Duo E6600 that came out a few months after, and still slower than the… -
Re: Going to do a new pc build in the near future...
is there a reason people avoid 8 core amd cpus? they seem pretty cheap. -
Re: Going to do a new pc build in the near future...
i7's are a waste of money if you are only gaming and not rendering anything. I would only go for an i7 if you are rendering or want to brag, the extra cores help a ton. If you aren't then save the money, buy an i5, and put the money saved into a higher end graphics card or a bigger SSD. My Priority order: 1. Graphics Card… -
Re: Going to do a new pc build in the near future...
I would wait a bit because there are some awesome new technologies coming up this year: affordable PCIe SSD's (with double or even triple speed than standard SATA ones), nVidia 800 series GPU's, Haswell-E with new LGA2011 socket and DDR4 memory, affordable Thunderbolt 2 motherboards and afferent storage. Also, cheaper 4K… -
Re: Going to do a new pc build in the near future...
Mines a 128gb, it's big enough to hold the OS, a few work programs and have enough space left over for a page file & windows updates bloating. Maybe even a game or two and an assets folder if I'm working on a bigger project. Unless you have another SSD with your boot on it I'm not sure why you would want to use it as a… -
Re: Going to do a new pc build in the near future...
Because AMD's good CPU times are over (when AMD CPU's where faster and more energy efficient as Intel. Good ol' Athlon times :/ ). There are even ongoing rumors since ~1 1/2 years that AMD will not produce a successor to the FX series for the mainstream market. It's just like ZacD wrote: Intel CPU's have a much better IPC…
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