(30/05/2010 03:09 PM)Hellgiver Wrote: Doesn't the i7's hyperthreading technology allow it to simulate 8 cores, while only having physically 4? Or does the 6 of the AMD still perform better at extremes?
Assuming you're comparing the AMD PII 1090T vs the Intel i7 930 (since these 2 are closest in cost), then the AMD does better at multi-threaded stuff (more accurately, more than 4 threads), Intel does better in less threaded stuff.
Hyperthreading at most only gives about 25% performance (versus if you turn it off), in the best of cases, so it's more like giving you 1 extra core (prob even less) rather than 4, in terms of performance.
(30/05/2010 03:16 PM)PSPkiller Wrote: As for graphics I've explained that a single more powerful card is a better than two low spec cards. I've told him that in future he can add another card if he wishes. All is well in the graphics department.
He's using it for gaming right? Should probably get a more powerful GPU to match his CPU then. Radeon 5850 or something.
(30/05/2010 03:16 PM)PSPkiller Wrote: Right. After realising that I should to make a profit from this I've fiddled with the build.
mmmmhhhh.... Profit....
Want more profit?
- F
uck paying £108.09 on PSU, get some smaller watt or less expensive brand one.
PSU calculator, I doubt you'll even hit 600W.
- Change i7 920 to i7 860 (860 is faster, same cost). Change motherboard to LGA 1366 » LGA 1156, and 3x2 RAM to 2x2 RAM. Will save you like 100 on motherboard/RAM, the only drawback I can see is that if he sometimes in the future wants to upgrade to dual GPU... well he can't. But if you get him something strong (58XX), he shouldn't need to upgrade GPU for a long time to come.