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Basically need a bunch of advice about which cpu would be best suited. Ive pretty much decided i want an AMD because of the bang for buck. I want to spend about £80 on the processor, motherboard im pretty much set on. I NOT going to use it for gaming, simply running a bunch of programs. but it needs to be snappy and i want it to load and run stuff quickly, mainly because i cant be bothered waiting for the computer to do something. I want something that is fast now and will be for a while until im forced to overclock to squeeze more juice out of it.
Im trying to decide which out of the following is better:
So far im favoured towards an Athlon II x4 640. Purely because it has 4 cores and 3ghz and is a good price for the power. Overclocks quite well and will last a while, or at least until a new OS and applications comes out that maxes out all 4 cores.
However ive been looking at others like a Phenom II x2 560BE, 3.3ghz and loads of cache. However is the cache size difference going to make much of a difference between this and the athlon 640? does the whole less cores more power theory work better than more cores and a bit less power?
Less powerful tri cores are also a good option, ive read lots of good stuff about the Phenom 2 x3 720BE but cant seem to find many of them about. Still a bit expensive though.
Are there any other options about? I dont particularly want to go intel because the motherboards are just as expensive as the chip and all i can get for that price is an i3.
Im pretty much set on this board:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-245-GI
Supports AM3 so if i ever want to whack in a x6 phenom i can, supports ddr3, built in graphics which is more useful to me than having to fork out loads for a decent graphics card, as well as a bunch of other nice stuff. Good strong boards for the money.
Im trying to decide which out of the following is better:
So far im favoured towards an Athlon II x4 640. Purely because it has 4 cores and 3ghz and is a good price for the power. Overclocks quite well and will last a while, or at least until a new OS and applications comes out that maxes out all 4 cores.
However ive been looking at others like a Phenom II x2 560BE, 3.3ghz and loads of cache. However is the cache size difference going to make much of a difference between this and the athlon 640? does the whole less cores more power theory work better than more cores and a bit less power?
Less powerful tri cores are also a good option, ive read lots of good stuff about the Phenom 2 x3 720BE but cant seem to find many of them about. Still a bit expensive though.
Are there any other options about? I dont particularly want to go intel because the motherboards are just as expensive as the chip and all i can get for that price is an i3.
Im pretty much set on this board:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-245-GI
Supports AM3 so if i ever want to whack in a x6 phenom i can, supports ddr3, built in graphics which is more useful to me than having to fork out loads for a decent graphics card, as well as a bunch of other nice stuff. Good strong boards for the money.
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