Re: [gentoo-user] Re: new machine : (1) which CPU ?

[Alecks Gates <alecks.g@gmail.com>]

On Sat, Jul 21, 2012 at 7:33 AM, Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 20/07/12 10:24, Philip Webb wrote:
>>
>> I plan to build a new machine in the next few months:
>> it wb for regular desktop use, but performance is as important as price.
>>
>> A quick look at what was available in April suggested
>> an Intel Ivy Bridge i7 ( 22 nm ) ; Phoronix said it works with Kernel 3.2
>> + an Intel Z77 mobo (I usually buy ASUS) & that power/watt was excellent.
>
>
> The best performance for money is the i5 2550K CPU.  If you want the
> integrated graphics because you don't have an actual graphics card, you can
> go for the 2500K.
>
> This is a Sandy Bridge CPU.  I normally don't recommend the Ivy Bridge ones
> because they run hotter, so changing the clock multipliers isn't as fun as
> with Sandy Bridge.
>
>

Actually according to the link Florian linked here[1], AMD is doing
extremely well regarding price/performance.  Unless you want a Celeron
or a Pentium.  i5s do rate up there, though... these tests are also
from Windows.

[1] http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu_value_available.html