Newbie Advise: My Spec
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James?
Cool, Xeons are ok. I'm curious as to why you didn't choose a new Core i series.
Why not just go with the P55A-UD3? You save $20 and there's no big difference.
If it's possible to purchase in Malaysia, I would recommend the G.Skill Eco Series 1600MHz RAM which is also DDR3 and 2x2GB but faster with CL7, consumes less power, and creates less heat.
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jimx86 said:
James?
[quote:3hsqdzlx]Need your opinion on this spec, if its any good.
1)Intel Xeon Processor X3450 (8M Cache, 2.66 GHz) (ES)
Cool, Xeons are ok. I'm curious as to why you didn't choose a new Core i series.
Why not just go with the P55A-UD3? You save $20 and there's no big difference.
If it's possible to purchase in Malaysia, I would recommend the G.Skill Eco Series 1600MHz RAM which is also DDR3 and 2x2GB but faster with CL7, consumes less power, and creates less heat.[/quote:3hsqdzlx]
Jim,
Its undecided yet. Its only because a friend is letting go his hware above cheap so i am just considering.
BTW, what is the difference between a Xeon and an i5/i7 in term of real world performance?
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darthkir said:
Honestly there's no difference between processors that's big enough to require a change, but I'll try to list as many differences as possible, starting from most important to least:
1. The Core i series has turbo boost, which saves energy when all that power isn't needed and uses it when it is. Of course both the Xeon and Core i series have speedstep which saves energy, but turbo boost actually speeds up the processor.
2. The Core i series is for mainstream (from low-end to high-end), the Xeon series is a server processor. It performs better doing server tasks.
3. The i7 is newer, the Xeon series doesn't get updated too much. The Core i series supports Nehalem architecture and 32 nm. The Xeon recently got updated to 32 nm, but it costs freaking a lot of money.
4. I think the Xeon uses less energy, but probably nothing to boast about.
I mean the rest is about the same. In the end, both of them ARE processors, they WILL perform everyday processor tasks, and they WILL perform like anything labeled a processor will.
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