[AccessD] OT: Shopping for a new comp

LOL.  And if we are not Jedi, then who is?

 > Many sites think that the i7 proc from Intel is the current best performance, and the i7 950 is 
not so expensive now (approx $190)

And this is absolutely true.  i7 is a high end proc with high end power, and I would love to own 
one.  My biggest issue is that for some reason Intel screws around with sockets.  I must admit I 
never spent the time to truly figure it out but there are sockets LGA1155, LGA1156 and LGA1366.  To 
my knowledge processors that use LGA1155 will not run in LGA1156 etc.  So when doing the Intel thing 
one needs to select the processor, select the motherboard to match and then if you want a processor 
that uses the next socket up... start all over.

With AMD you select a MB with the highest level socket (more recent motherboards) and then drop in 
any of their (recent) processors.  It truly is that easy.

That is why I suggested the AM3+ socket because that is the latest and greatest socket and yet the 
older processors will work just fine in that socket.  But when the new bulldozers come along you can 
drop in one of those and off you go.  Maybe with a bios upgrade but probably the bios is already set 
to work with bulldozer since the bulldozer is already available to the bios manufacturers.

So for my money, AMD is just easier for the novice builder to get going and to upgrade later.

John W. Colby
www.ColbyConsulting.com

On 6/14/2011 9:43 AM, Mark Breen wrote:
> Hi Rocky
>
> All Mr Colbys suggestions are super.
>
> If you want another more simple measurement, simply ignore the brand of
> proc, and just pick a price point
>
> USD
> 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 100, 120, 140, 160, 200, 240 ...
>
> for all these prices there is a proc to match, and more or less
> corresponding performance.
>
> Also, there is a m/b to match the proc, and as always in life, there is a
> cheap board to match the cheap proc, and the same for the high end stuff.
>
> I built two lovely little machines with AMD proc and m/b, fun to build and
> no enormous investment if it went wrong.
>
> AMD have a one core proc, but for the sake of about $5, you may as well
> start with a dual core AMD for about $45 - $50.
>
> Many sites think that the i7 proc from Intel is the current best
> performance, and the i7 950 is not so expensive now (approx $190)
>
> Windows will not care which brand  you go with.
>
> Building the machine is like Mecana, it is not only about the finished
> product, it is the process.
>
> Remember*, "Jedi Warriors build their own light sabres"*
>
> :)
>
> Mark
>
>
> On 13 June 2011 21:58, Rocky Smolin<rockysmolin at bchacc.com>  wrote:
>
>> So what's the processor of choice?
>>
>> Rocky