RE: CPUs...

["Phil Harris" <phil@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

...I know it's bad form to reply to your own posts but I've had one of
those
"epiphany" moments (OK - not quite but you know what I mean).

Now, I knew that the Athlon X2 and the Pentium D were supposed to be about
equivalents from the opposing camps but I hadn't realised where the Core
Solo / Duo and Core 2 Duo sat in relation to those ... I'd *ASSUMED* that
they were further up the horsepower tree than the Pentium D but they seem
to
be similar (ish) in processing power but mainly lower power consumption
with
the "2" in "Core 2" signifying the evolution of
"Core" rather than
signifying anything to do with Hyperthreading or virtualisation.

That's the way I'm reading the differences in the processors now - is that
how you guys understand it? That Pentium D, Core Duo and Core 2 Duo are all
roughly on a par as standard but the newer versions are lower power
consumption (and as a byproduct of this can be overclocked harder before
termal considerations become an issue but that's not of any interest to
me).

Phil

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx]
> On Behalf Of Phil Harris
> Sent: 21 January 2007 14:59
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: [ukha_d] CPUs...
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> Right - Vista brings my 2Gb Athlon XP 2400+ machine to a
> crawl and I've had a number of BSODs (the best one of which
> was telling me I had faulty RAM although I can run memtest
> for as long as you like and it's fine) so maybe it's time to
> forget reusing old hardware (I had previously been trying to
> reuse stuff like DDR RAM instead of changing to DDR2) and get
> a bit more up to date hardware-wise.
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> So - Athlon X2, Pentium D or Core 2 Duo?
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> I know the Core 2 Duo is the current flavour of the month but
> it's also quite expensive and I don't know whether it would
> even be of any real advantage to me.
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> I use my desktop PC for ripping DVDs, watching stuff that has
> been recorded on the MCE box downstairs or DVDs off the
> network server, email, bittorrent, web browsing, MSN, IRC
> etc. Nothing excessively taxing except for the DVD ripping
> and DVD playback I guess.
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> Any opinions on the pros and cons of the different processors?
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> Phil
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