iCORE help

[normanji]

hi all i'm after building a new pc but just wondering which iCORE to go for
example of the clock speed or the MB cache?
at the mo i'm stuck between choosing the core i5 650 3.20GHz 4MB L3 cache
or
i7 870 2.93GHz 8MB L3 Cache

[pattikins]

I guess it all depends on what performance you need vs your budget. The i7 870 is this quickest + it has 4 cores whereas the i5 650 is a dual core with hyperthreading.

There are plenty of benchmarking sites that will give you a better idea:
http://www.tomshardware.com/charts/d...marks,112.html

[normanji]

see i don't understand dual or quad apart from 2 and 4 ha ha, not sure what they do and how they are better mainly building for gaming got parts that come to £600+ and thats not inculding the case psu or software wanting windows 7 pro 64bit

[Brydo666]

A similar prinicpal to, if you had four cocks you could have four birds on you at once.

[pattikins]

keeping to the same theme, I think he's asking if two big cocks are better performance wise than 4 small ones

[normanji]

thanks guys sums it up for me now.

[pattikins]

You might want to have a look @ this:
http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Intel...21x-95W-Retail

it's roughly the same price as the i5 650 + it's a quad not dual cpu. Personally I'd go with a quad [i7 870 or 860]. That said, the difference between the two is only noticeable if the software - games & applications - is optimised for the extra cores - which isn't always the case.

http://www.overclock3d.net/reviews/c...5_760_review/5