RE: Re: [Slightly OT] Intel CPU

["Phil Harris" <phil@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Once again I'm looking at the same thing myself - I still run an
Athlon 64
4000+ under Vista and I do tend to find that it groans (OK - it bloody
stops) when trying to run two copies of CloneDVD (two optical drives
ripping
simultaneously), Azureus and playing TV off a DVB-S or DVB-T source. :-D

With the price of Quad core processors what they are now - and with the
price of memory having plummeted - I think it has to be a bit of a
no-brainer ... Quad core and 4 Gig RAM for me! :-D

Phil

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of Paul Bendall
> Sent: 06 April 2008 22:18
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: [ukha_d] Re: [Slightly OT] Intel CPU
>
> Thanks Mal. Main purpse of the box would be for ripping DVD's,
> streaming video around the house to PS and Wii boxes. But I am
> thinking I might install Ubuntu Server (JoSE) and then VMWare Server
> so I can host Windows 2008, Vista and Ubuntu Desktop.
>
> Paul
>
> --- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, Mal Lansell <mal@...> wrote:
> >
> > Depends what you're using it for. If you are going to be running
> several
> > CPU intensive applications, then the quad will be better.  If
not,
> the
> > extra speed of the duo will be preferable (remember - not many
> apps are
> > written to take advantage of multiple cores).
> >
> > An even bigger factor is the bus speed - get a motherboard with a
> > 1333FSB  - the difference that will make will outweigh a slighly
> faster
> > CPU clock speed.
> >
> > Mal
> >
>
>
>
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