Yep, pretty much a no-brainer for Bobby's needs.
On Mon, 03 Jan 2011 12:19:19 -0600, Brian Weeden <[email protected]>
wrote:
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.
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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
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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
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