Sandy Bridge just came out officially this week and it makes pretty much everything else in the mid and low range obsolete:
http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/cpus/2011/01/03/intel-sandy-bridge-review/1 http://www.anandtech.com/show/4084/intels-sandy-bridge-upheaval-in-the-mobile-landscape http://www.anandtech.com/show/4083/the-sandy-bridge-review-intel-core-i5-2600k-i5-2500k-and-core-i3-2100-tested Quote: The Sandy Bridge lineup gives us some of the easiest conclusions to write that we've ever come across: the new range of Intel CPUs renders almost every other processor redundant and pointless. Only if you need incredible performance in multi-threaded applications should you look beyond the Core i5-2500K for your next CPU. ----------- Brian Follow Me [image: LinkedIn] <http://www.linkedin.com/in/brianweeden> [image: Twitter] <http://www.twitter.com/brianweeden> On Mon, Jan 3, 2011 at 12:46 PM, Stan Zaske <[email protected]> wrote: > My best suggestion is to skip the dual core and get a quad core. After all > this is the year technology moves to 8 and there are many games that take > advantage of more than 2 cores. > > > > On Sun, 02 Jan 2011 18:39:02 -0600, Bobby Heid <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hey Mike, >> >> Little piddly games - The Sims, couple of others. >> >> I was gonna put a decent GC in there. >> >> My thinking is that the dual-core with the faster clock speed might be >> better for her because of the type stuff she does. >> >> I already have three girls. And while having a boy sounds tempting, I >> think >> I'll have to pass this time. LOL. >> >> Thanks, >> Bobby >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] >> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Michael >> Resnick >> Sent: Sunday, January 02, 2011 7:11 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [H] Motherboards. >> >> Probably depends on the specific games she plays, although it's >> likely that video card will be more important, >> What games does she play now and what is her level of satisfaction >> with get current setup. >> Does she play games that take advantage of a quad-core? >> >> BTW, would you you adopt me. >> I'd be happy with either system you build <grin>. >> >> -Mike >> >> >> >> At 06:14 PM 1/2/2011, Bobby Heid wrote: >> >>> Hi all. Happy new year! >>> >>> >>> >>> I am starting to look to do a new build for my daughter. Not to start a >>> >> war >> >>> or anything, I want to stay with Intel processors. I will probably throw >>> >> an >> >>> I5 in it. >>> >>> What is everyone liking with the Intel chipset/motherboards nowadays? >>> >>> >>> >>> Also, she is 15 years old. Mainly plays games, chats, and watches videos. >>> Do you think she would benefit more from a dual-core I5 at 3.33GHz or a >>> quad-core I5 at 2.8 GHz (I think)? I will probably throw Win7-64 on >>> there. >>> >>> >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> Bobby >>> >>> >>> __________ NOD32 5754 (20110102) Information __________ >>> >>> This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. >>> http://www.eset.com >>> >> >> >> __________________________________________ >> "Those who desire to give up freedom in order to gain security, will >> not have, nor do they deserve, either one." - Benjamin Franklin >> >> "Politicians will always spend every penny of tax raised, and >> whatever else they can get away with." -- Milton Friedman >> >> >> > > -- > Using Opera's revolutionary email client: http://www.opera.com/mail/ >
