I'd appreciate your recommendation on a CPU chip.
I'm thinking about getting a new desktop this fall. I can't build one myself, but at least I can have one configured by Dell.
I would like to upgrade to Windows Vista Premium in the spring and keep the computer for 5 years, preferably without upgrading the hardware.
It would be used for general non-work tasks, plus Word and photo editing regularly and video splicing occasionally, but no gaming.
The chips I am considering are Core 2 Duo 6300 and 6400 and Athlon X2 4800 and 5000. How would you rank them performance-wise, without overclocking?
I have not seen direct benchmark comparisons of these particular chips, but it appears to me that the E6300 may be inferior to the 5000+ and equal to the 4800+ when gaming is omitted. What do you think?
By the way, this is the configuration I am thinking of, apart from the CPU:
2 gig 667MHz dual channel RAM
250 gig SATA 3Gb/s 7200rpm drive
ATI Radeon X1300 Pro 256MB GPU
Integrated 7.1 Channel Audio
Thanks,
Fuzzy
I'm thinking about getting a new desktop this fall. I can't build one myself, but at least I can have one configured by Dell.
I would like to upgrade to Windows Vista Premium in the spring and keep the computer for 5 years, preferably without upgrading the hardware.
It would be used for general non-work tasks, plus Word and photo editing regularly and video splicing occasionally, but no gaming.
The chips I am considering are Core 2 Duo 6300 and 6400 and Athlon X2 4800 and 5000. How would you rank them performance-wise, without overclocking?
I have not seen direct benchmark comparisons of these particular chips, but it appears to me that the E6300 may be inferior to the 5000+ and equal to the 4800+ when gaming is omitted. What do you think?
By the way, this is the configuration I am thinking of, apart from the CPU:
2 gig 667MHz dual channel RAM
250 gig SATA 3Gb/s 7200rpm drive
ATI Radeon X1300 Pro 256MB GPU
Integrated 7.1 Channel Audio
Thanks,
Fuzzy