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which processor is better?
Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2007 6:53 pm
by SG's Son
Intel® Pentium® Dual-Core E2140 (1.6GHz, 800FSB, 1MB)
or
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4000+ (2.1GHz, 512KB + 512KB)
Posted: Fri Aug 17, 2007 3:09 am
by Shlomart Ben Yisrael
Energy efficiency = X2 4000+
Overclockability = Pentium E2140
Honestly, the L2 cache wont matter much for most day to day apps. They're just about even.
Posted: Fri Aug 17, 2007 2:43 pm
by ElTaco
who cares? On your desktop either will do above and beyond what you'll need in the next 3 or 4 years. Take either CPU, stick it on a semi-decent Intel or Asus mobo, stick 2gb of ram and a 256mb video card on there and it will play just about every game out there and then some.
These days its just not worth spending $2k and getting best of breed shit because you'll pay out the ass for something that will only marginally beat out something that cost $800.
Posted: Fri Aug 17, 2007 8:59 pm
by SG's Son
I'm buying a desktop for my brother in Australia through Dell Australia.
These are the processors that come with their lowest priced new desktops (about $900 australian).
I don't think I have a lot of other options for buying in Australia.