RE: CPUs...

["Paul Gale" <groups2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I'd definitely recommend Core 2 Duo over Pentium D - just for the
energy sa=
ving and considerably lower running temps. I moved all my server, HA PC,
Ge=
ovision PC etc over to Core 2 Duos (x4 PC's) (E6400 - lowest spec) and
they=
've been running fine and about 20 deg cooler!!!! Of course, if you have a
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spare Pentium D lying around, that=92s a different matter as you may just
w=
ant to use that?

Or you could do what I did and buy the Core 2 Extreme Quad CPU for a
deskto=
p PC!!! (bit pricey though). Storming performance though, overclocked to
3.=
2GHz.

I would have thought the Pentium D and all the Core 2 duo CPU's will run
Vi=
sta fine.

Graphics is a real killer with Vista - what card were you using?

Paul.


> -----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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