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

[Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@gmail.com>]

On 22/07/12 06:18, Alecks Gates wrote:
> 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

I mean performance that doesn't suck :-P