C2D vs C2Q vs SB i3

[wkingsnorth]

I'm planning on building an office PC, and I was wondering what would be best. It would be used for mainly MS Office, and occasionally light video and image editing. Thanks

 

[El Jimben]

Using a quad will reduce the amount of time it takes to edit a video so I'd go with that as the other two options are both dual core.

 

[wkingsnorth]

Using a quad will reduce the amount of time it takes to edit a video so I'd go with that as the other two options are both dual core.

I would, but nowhere seems to have them (not even those evil ones that will not be named as per forum rules)
I could try for an i5...

 

[RJC]

What Quad core cpu were you looking at?

Link shows below the difference between the Q9450 & i3 2100, the i3 is dual core with hyperthreading and does seem to stand up well against the true quad cpu.

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/289?vs=51

 

[Zybekk]

Sorry to hijack thread, but RJC can you help me with some problems, can't seem to PM you. Check my recent threads please? Thanks

 

[wkingsnorth]

What Quad core cpu were you looking at?

Link shows below the difference between the Q9450 & i3 2100, the i3 is dual core with hyperthreading and does seem to stand up well against the true quad cpu.

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/289?vs=51

Thanks, I spose it all comes down to whichever one is cheapest - my mate says he can sell me a C2Q + Mobo

 

[RJC]

Sorry to hijack thread, but RJC can you help me with some problems, can't seem to PM you. Check my recent threads please? Thanks

Will do, give me al little time to read through

Thanks, I spose it all comes down to whichever one is cheapest - my mate says he can sell me a C2Q + Mobo

Indeed if your on a budget and then system is at a good price

 

[wkingsnorth]

The C2Q is a q6600. Looking at benchmarks, I really don't know. For just everyday office/internettings, would the i3 be best?

EDIT: i3 2100 looks best as the q6600 only wins on video editing/rendering, and even then, not by much. I'll go with that unless anyone (except cleeecooo - it's his q6600) has anything else to say

 

[RJC]

Done a couple of build below, one would allow you to install a K series cpu and allow you to overclock, and he second one would not allow anyoverclocking.


Your basket
Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Intel Core i3-2100 3.10GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £95.99
(£79.99) £95.99
(£79.99)
Gigabyte Z68AP-D3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £84.98
(£70.82) £84.98
(£70.82)
Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/4GX) £23.99
(£19.99) £23.99
(£19.99)
Sub Total : £170.80
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £9.50
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £36.06
Total : £216.36


2nd option:


Your basket
Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Intel Core i3-2100 3.10GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £95.99
(£79.99) £95.99
(£79.99)
MSI H61M-E33 Intel H61 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard **B3 REVISION** £46.99
(£39.16) £46.99
(£39.16)
Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/4GX) £23.99
(£19.99) £23.99
(£19.99)
Sub Total : £139.14
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £9.50
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £29.73
Total : £178.37

 

[wkingsnorth]

Done a couple of build below, one would allow you to install a K series cpu and allow you to overclock, and he second one would not allow anyoverclocking.


Your basket
Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Intel Core i3-2100 3.10GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £95.99
(£79.99) £95.99
(£79.99)
Gigabyte Z68AP-D3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £84.98
(£70.82) £84.98
(£70.82)
Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/4GX) £23.99
(£19.99) £23.99
(£19.99)
Sub Total : £170.80
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £9.50
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £36.06
Total : £216.36

I like the look of that, but with case, psu etc. Thanks guys

 

[RJC]

Case, you want a case, these are for wimps

Give me moment

 

[RJC]

Your basket
Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Intel Core i3-2100 3.10GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £95.99
(£79.99) £95.99
(£79.99)
Gigabyte Z68AP-D3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £84.98
(£70.82) £84.98
(£70.82)
Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 500W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £49.99
(£41.66) £49.99
(£41.66)
Cooler Master Elite 430 Windowed Case - Black £39.98
(£33.32) £39.98
(£33.32)
Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/4GX) £23.99
(£19.99) £23.99
(£19.99)
Sub Total : £245.78
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £11.75
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £51.51
Total : £309.04


Use "CMDOUBLE" in the voucher box and save £20 on the case and PSU.

I did not add hard drive or dvd drive, you can use on board graphics via the HDMI port on the motherboard.

 

[wkingsnorth]

Your basket
Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Intel Core i3-2100 3.10GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £95.99
(£79.99) £95.99
(£79.99)
Gigabyte Z68AP-D3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £84.98
(£70.82) £84.98
(£70.82)
Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 500W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £49.99
(£41.66) £49.99
(£41.66)
Cooler Master Elite 430 Windowed Case - Black £39.98
(£33.32) £39.98
(£33.32)
Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/4GX) £23.99
(£19.99) £23.99
(£19.99)
Sub Total : £245.78
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £11.75
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £51.51
Total : £309.04


Use "CMDOUBLE" in the voucher box and save £20 on the case and PSU.

I did not add hard drive or dvd drive, you can use on board graphics via the HDMI port on the motherboard.

Thanks. Just to check, Windows 7 Home Premium (Retail) won't have any problems with being put on a new PC (formatting the old PC's HDD ofc) will it?

EDIT: I also have an old ATi HD 2400 in an unused rig. What's better? That or Intel's HD 2000?

 

[RJC]

Thanks. Just to check, Windows 7 Home Premium (Retail) won't have any problems with being put on a new PC (formatting the old PC's HDD ofc) will it?

Nope, you be fine. You might need to use the the automated telephone activation if its fails to do it over the internet

EDIT: I also have an old ATi HD 2400 in an unused rig. What's better? That or Intel's HD 2000?

I would probably use the onboard GPU, this will be fine

 

[wkingsnorth]

Aye Aye, will order ASAP
Merci

 

[IvanDobskey]

Dual core CPU's are so 2004, get a quad

 

[wkingsnorth]

Dual core CPU's are so 2004, get a quad

Why pay more for something you won't use?

 

[GTA767]

sb anyway it will last for office forever

 

[wkingsnorth]

sb anyway it will last for office forever

"640k of ram ought to be enough for anyone"

 

[cmndr_andi]

+1 for the i3 option - it performs a good deal better than a Core 2 in lightly threaded scenarios and when running multithreaded apps it still holds its own.

Plus, it also gives you SATA3/USB3 connectivity options and the ability to upgrade to sandy bridge quad cores or Ivy Bridge CPUs in the future as well as use DDR3 RAM (which is now much cheaper than DDR2 which most Core 2 boards use).

One thing I would suggest adding is a small and cheap SSD to install Windows and your key applications on (something like this). This will allow for very fast loading of the OS and the applications, plus everything tends to "feel" much smoother.