if you're just going for surfing and word precessing, just get a Athlon X2 4800 with a 'just enough' motherboard for less than 150 USD.
2009/1/14 Lennart Sorensen <[email protected]>: > On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 02:34:27PM +0100, Jochen Schulz wrote: >> Then you definitely don't need a quad core CPU and even if you insist >> you shouldn't use the Q6600. > > Yeah something like an E8400 is a nice choice. TDP of 65W (versus 95 or > 105 on the Q6600 or newer quads), and cheap, and 3GHz, which for people > that don't use 4 heavy threads at a time, will work out a lot faster. > > I use a Q6600 in a mythtv/fileserver/webserver/everything else I needed > box running linux. > > When I built a cad system for my father, I used the E8400 because > solidworks doesn't do that much threading and gains nothing going beyond > 2 cores, and 3ghz dual with 1333MT/s bus for less money than a 2.4GHz quad > with a 1066MT/s bus just made more sense. The fact it runs cooler too > was a bonus. > > -- > Len Sorensen > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] > > -- Regards, Umarzuki Mochlis http://gameornot.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
