💬 OT 💻 Post your computer setup
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I know you made a thread about it, but why did you go with the i5 over the i7? I'm looking to upgrade to quad core and DDDR3 but don't have much experience with intel CPUs. I was looking at the Phenom II's but have heard mixed reviews. I don't game or anything, but I do work with CS5 and watch movies a lot and want something a bit faster then the old Athlon X2 5000+.
price is really the only reason id go with an i5 over a i7 imo. its like a couple hundred if im not mistaken
My pc is far from cranked and is oooollldddd. It also does has all the traits you described above.
my netbook runs osx "silky smooth". doesnt mean it's a better machine. hell, i could very easily install osx on my intel desktop, but i have no use for it.
Well I guess I should take that as a challenge and install it... hows your Windows 7?
my netbook runs osx "silky smooth". doesnt mean it's a better machine. hell, i could very easily install osx on my intel desktop, but i have no use for it.
WERD
you have to write code to parallelize things well and rarely do you scale out linearly with cores, and never in the architecture of a normal pc. the i5 and i7 have the same number of cores but with hyperthreading you get 4 more virtual cores. which i think requires even more programming talent to optimize. for anything else i do i consider the performance satisfactory anyway, ie. the rare times i edit a video or something. i was playing crysis at the time and here are some benches:
http://www.overclock.net/t/671977/hyperthreading-in-games
crysis: clock matters more, and HT is a lil better
crysis warhead: clock matters more, and non-HT is a lil better
even today the i5 is $80 or so cheaper, back then it was a bit more. stock clock is 3.3 ghz with 1 core turbo to 3.7 ghz, then 3.6 for the 2nd, etc. the k model lets all cores clock to whatever you set on turbo. i've settled at 4.8 ghz for everyday usage, i don't think it's too big a deal to get 4.9 or 5.0 but i've left it at this.
surely either will be quicker than your current rig but you should check out the performance for the apps you use to determine whether the i7 is worth it or not.
The pain mainly just the hassle of setting up a brand new system with a new OS and getting all my shit safely transferred - leaving the simplicity of a single logical hard drive in favor of a system drive/storage drive that you need to kind of situate right (move program directories around and whatnot)
My SSD is 120gb and I wouldn't really suggest anything smaller if you actually do anything with your PC. One thing that took me some time to find out is you need to have the Windows 7 install disk that already has SP1 on it or newer for it to install. I tried a bunch of roundabout ways with the older windows7 disc without success.
Worth it though - it's faster than shit! The P.O.S.T. and pre-boot stuff takes a good 10+ seconds like any typical computer but as soon as you get to loading the OS you blink your eyes and the computer's waiting for you lol
My SSD is 120gb and I wouldn't really suggest anything smaller if you actually do anything with your PC. One thing that took me some time to find out is you need to have the Windows 7 install disk that already has SP1 on it or newer for it to install. I tried a bunch of roundabout ways with the older windows7 disc without success.
Worth it though - it's faster than shit! The P.O.S.T. and pre-boot stuff takes a good 10+ seconds like any typical computer but as soon as you get to loading the OS you blink your eyes and the computer's waiting for you lol
i see. so nothing too out of the ordinary then. is that the revo drive?
swingin so hard
Yeah like I said, just need to make sure you have >windows7SP1 installer disk or you're in for a lot of shit. the pre SP1 7 installed doesn't work right with it even if you use the updates and all that.
yeah it's a Revo2? 120gb pci-e2 x4
The only reason I even got a new system was to run the Revo. My old socket 775 system only had one pci-e slot which I obviously used for the vid card.
Finished up my build for the most part
Asus P8Z68-V PRO/Gen 3 Mobo
Intel i5 2500k OC'ed to 4.2ghz @ 1.21V (54c under load) (working on 4.4ghz @ 1.3XV)
Corsair Hydro H50 setup push/pull with Cooler Master 600-2000rpm fans
8gb Gskill DDR3 1600
Hitachi 500GB 7200rpm x 2
EVGA GTX 260
Corsair TX750M
LG Optical drive
NZXT Tempest case
Once i get some downtime i want to tear it all down, tape it off and spray the inside flat black
Asus P8Z68-V PRO/Gen 3 Mobo
Intel i5 2500k OC'ed to 4.2ghz @ 1.21V (54c under load) (working on 4.4ghz @ 1.3XV)
Corsair Hydro H50 setup push/pull with Cooler Master 600-2000rpm fans
8gb Gskill DDR3 1600
Hitachi 500GB 7200rpm x 2
EVGA GTX 260
Corsair TX750M
LG Optical drive
NZXT Tempest case
Once i get some downtime i want to tear it all down, tape it off and spray the inside flat black
I'm sure i have pics around here somewhere. As cool as all that below is, I have to say my favorite thing is my Dlink DIR-655 router. So far I've seen peak transfer speeds of 117MB/s, and avg transfer speeds in the 100MB/s range. Damn impressive home network, blows my works network out of the water.
Photoshop and Video editing
Mac Pro (2008)
Dual Xeon 2.8ghz Quad core CPUs
4GB ram
2x250gb Raid 0
2x500gb Raid 0
Geforce 8800GT 512mb
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Home Theater PC
Mac Mini
Core 2 Duo 1.83ghz
2gb RAM
Internal 250gb SATA
Runs Boxee + iTunes shared libraries
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Daily PC (Ubuntu 10.10 OS). Also doubles as super quiet file server. Low Power, lower maintenance.
Antec 900 case
Cheapo intel mobo
Core 2 Duo 3.2ghz
4gb ram
128gb SSD
1TB WD Black Sata
1.5TB WD Green Sata x2 Raid 1.
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Work provided laptop
Macbook Pro (2008)
Core 2 Duo 2.4ghz
4gb ram
500gb hybrid SSD HD Seagate drive (4gb SLC SSD + 500gb disk)
Photoshop and Video editing
Mac Pro (2008)
Dual Xeon 2.8ghz Quad core CPUs
4GB ram
2x250gb Raid 0
2x500gb Raid 0
Geforce 8800GT 512mb
_____________________
Home Theater PC
Mac Mini
Core 2 Duo 1.83ghz
2gb RAM
Internal 250gb SATA
Runs Boxee + iTunes shared libraries
_____________________
Daily PC (Ubuntu 10.10 OS). Also doubles as super quiet file server. Low Power, lower maintenance.
Antec 900 case
Cheapo intel mobo
Core 2 Duo 3.2ghz
4gb ram
128gb SSD
1TB WD Black Sata
1.5TB WD Green Sata x2 Raid 1.
______________________
Work provided laptop
Macbook Pro (2008)
Core 2 Duo 2.4ghz
4gb ram
500gb hybrid SSD HD Seagate drive (4gb SLC SSD + 500gb disk)
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