Should I go with "duo-old reliable" or I7 from a Athlon 64

[blakdart]

Hey I'm upgrading from an old Athlon 64 computer.

Should I go with duo-old reliable (core duo)

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115037
(Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 Wolfdale 3.0GHz)



or should I look at i7?


I'm wondering, as I'm affraid that coreduo..is becoming outdated rapidly.


uses-I'm looking to have my computer as an media center,gaming,and very posibly a work computer..in the 3d rendering area....

either way I must order a computer within the end of this week.

[Zephik]

I'd go with i7 if you can afford it. However, if you can't, then go C2D. They're both great processors, being "phased out" or not. Actually, it might be worth getting a really nice C2D for the same price as an i7? Hmm. Food for thought anyways.

Edit: For example...

For the same price as this i7 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115214&cm_re=Core_i7_Processor-_-19-115-214-_-Product), which is the cheapest available, you can get this Core 2 Duo (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115054), which is the most expensive available.

I'm really not sure which one would be the better processor though. :think:

[Locum51]

Hey I'm upgrading from an old Athlon 64 computer.

Should I go with duo-old reliable (core duo)

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115037
(Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 Wolfdale 3.0GHz)



or should I look at i7?


I'm wondering, as I'm affraid that coreduo..is becoming outdated rapidly.


uses-I'm looking to have my computer as an media center,gaming,and very posibly a work computer..in the 3d rendering area....

either way I must order a computer within the end of this week.

I would go with the i7 if your funds allow it. Like discussed around this board and i've gotten the talk as well...the 775 is slowly being phased out.

[Luke122]

If you go low end i7 now, you can upgrade to a better CPU later one when you can afford it. :) If you go with C2D now, you'll have to replace the board later to upgrade anyways.

[blakdart]

If you go low end i7 now, you can upgrade to a better CPU later one when you can afford it. :) If you go with C2D now, you'll have to replace the board later to upgrade anyways.



Ok,you just solved my problems thanks

[ieatyou!]

Just an I7 FYI. If you want to future proof, go for the 1366 socket I7 (9 series) rather than the 1156 socket (8 series). Intel made the 1156 more recently, but it won't be a standard they'll continue to use in their higher end CPUs. However, the 1156 series will give you higher performance/dollar if your not overclocking (motherboards are alot cheaper too).

I had an E8400 but I went for an I7 860

[Twigsoffury]

if i were you i'd wait until Q2/Q3 2010 when the i9 six core processors are released.

AMD has already released theres for CRAY computers, intels following suit. cant really say when they'll hit the consumer end of the market, but from "what i've heard" it should be around the middle of this year.

if you have the money (lol) they (six core) are already available for purchase.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117176&nm_mc=OTC-Froogle&cm_mmc=OTC-Froogle-_-Processors+-+Server-_-Intel-_-19117176

[x88x]

Yup, the Dunnington's have been out for I think almost 2 years now actually, but nobody really buys them because the performance increase isn't anywhere near worth it. AMD released their first 6-core Opterons (x4xx series) I wanna say sometime in Q2-Q3 '09, and you can actually get them as cheap as ~$450 (http://www.buy.com/prod/amd-opteron-hexa-core-2427-2-2ghz-processor-upgrade-2-2ghz-2400mhz-ht/q/loc/101/211220861.html). Unfortunately, Newegg seems to have stopped selling them, but you can get them elsewhere. You can even get the 2.8GHz 2439 for ~$1000 (http://www.nowdirect.com/exec/partInfo/part_detail.tsb?prcpart=AMTOS2439YDS6DGN), which should nicely out-perform that Dunnington Xeon at less than half the cost.

[Twigsoffury]

Yup, the Dunnington's have been out for I think almost 2 years now actually, but nobody really buys them because the performance increase isn't anywhere near worth it. AMD released their first 6-core Opterons (x4xx series) I wanna say sometime in Q2-Q3 '09, and you can actually get them as cheap as ~$450 (http://www.buy.com/prod/amd-opteron-hexa-core-2427-2-2ghz-processor-upgrade-2-2ghz-2400mhz-ht/q/loc/101/211220861.html). Unfortunately, Newegg seems to have stopped selling them, but you can get them elsewhere. You can even get the 2.8GHz 2439 for ~$1000 (http://www.nowdirect.com/exec/partInfo/part_detail.tsb?prcpart=AMTOS2439YDS6DGN), which should nicely out-perform that Dunnington Xeon at less than half the cost.


lol @ 1000$

man thats like 7/8th of the total cost of what i'd spend on building a computer.

To be honest i can't see a really good market for Six core processors in terms of gaming. there are only a handful of games that even support Quad cores.

Not saying i wouldn't want one, or that university labs or scientists somewhere making spider goats wouldn't want one either though.

[x88x]

No, there's not really much market for 6-core CPUs in the consumer market atm, but in the enterprise market, hells yeah. Most processor intensive applications in the enterprise market have been multithreaded for several years now, and when you're dealing with high-load applications like database processing and virtualization, getting 50% more CPU resources in the same physical and thermal footprints is definitely worth the cost, especially if space is at a premium.

[XcOM]

but with the advent of windows 7 even if your program dosen't support multi threading windows 7 tried to simulate this, i loaded FFMPEG which i know is only single threaded encoder, and with windows seven it was using 80% of my total CPU power, so windows 7 was making ffmpeg use all 4 cores as one (I have a q8600)

[x88x]

Interesting; I've seen Win7 balance across multiple cores with single-threaded programs before by just switching between cores, but I haven't seen it do that yet....time for more testing :twisted:

[Kayin]

Pah, I see your overkill and raise you an octal core workstation!

[Twigsoffury]

Pah, I see your overkill and raise you an octal core workstation!

ill see that bet, and raise your ridiculousness.

*pushes four GTX285 classifieds on table*

[XcOM]

pufffff,,


i see you,

and raise you a Nvidia Quadro Plex D system!

[Kayin]

All right now, we're not made of money here.

[Twigsoffury]

All right now, we're not made of money here.

?

http://i47.tinypic.com/2h82xk7.jpg

[XcOM]

?

http://i47.tinypic.com/2h82xk7.jpg

you been to charlies chocolate factory?

[Kayin]

That Plex D system is just not fair. I paid for mine out of pocket.

[Twigsoffury]

you been to charlies chocolate factory?

o who now?

i picked those out of the toilet this morning.

http://i48.tinypic.com/2s61zpx.jpg