Best processor

[petstar522]

What is the best processor speed and type?

 

[rohan chougule]

till 3.0 Ghz
its a very good speed
and if u overclock it
its a beast
and amd is a good choice for a cpu

 

[Lmeow]

The higher the processor speed, the better. In terms of overall efficiency, it depends on the CPU. For AMD Phenom II X6s for example it's best to run them at 3.4 GHz but with Core i7 it's better to run them at 3.66 GHz or so, for maximum efficiency based on what I've read.

In terms of type, Intel's current architecture is faster than AMDs, and the very best CPU for desktops right now is the Intel Core i7 980X.

 

[ulysses35]

CPU Mhz is no longer the best way to judge CPU performance. Intel ditched the old "Netburst" architecture because they realised the higher Mhz didnt not mean best performance.

The current leader in CPU architecture is Intel's i7 range of CPU's (9** series), for example the i7 920 = 4 x phyiscal cores & 4 x logical cores (HT) means Windwos sees effectively 8 CPU's. But its the design and effificeny that brings the performcne increase over the older C2D range.

 

[shubham1401]

i7 980x is the fastest.. But best speed would be around 3.5Ghz as that's sufficient and doesn't significantly increase the power consumption(depends on the processor too..)