Core 2 Quad Q9400 = $295
Core 2 Quad Q9450 = $325
Core 2 Quad Q6600 = $210
ASUS P5Q Pro = $155
Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3R = $184
Gigabyte GA-EP46-DS3R = $195
Corsair DDR2 800 2GBx2 = $90
640GB WD should be around $75
The price range for 500GB - 750GB is around that range
Radeon 4670 ~ $120...
Okay then, there seems the have been some misunderstanding.
So here are what I was thinking these choices :
Getting a 2.66GHz Core i7
Getting a good Athlon X2 and upgrading to a Quad Core Deneb later
Getting a 2.66-2.83 Core 2 Quad
After thinking about my choices, I think I am going...
The whole work is not GPGPU friendly, it can speed up things for *some* parts of the work though.
Not to mention that it is waaaay over my budget limit :eek:
Well, before we begin, I want ideas on two possible choices, a powerful machine, and a less powerful and upgradable machine, I will call them machine A and machine B.
1) What will you do with the computer ?
It will do a lot of data crunching, think of a lot of pattern and regular...
In stream processing , yes , but in normal processing (gaming and branch prediction) - I don't know (i will try to get my hands on some)
It so much depends on who makes the game and how it is implemented, though i hope to manage to tell it more accurately in the newer versions.
Version 1.2.0.0;
After witnessing scattered PS3.vs.XBOX360 wars (and several incomplete and misguiding comparison like one's found in WinSuperSite) I finally decided to do a more complete comparison of these two machines.
Revision History :
1.0.1.1 : Corrected some mistakes now the CPU...