CPU for Visual Studio 2008

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Can someone please recommend me the cheapest CPU which can process the UI of Visual Studio 2008 responsively? At the moment, I have a P4 3GHz single core, which takes about 10 seconds to load Visual Studio and the UI has to catch-up with me.

Reply to oshirowanen

Intel Core i3-2125 Sandy Bridge 3.3GHz LGA 1155 65W Dual-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 3000 BX80623I32125
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6819115093

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Reply to abekl

Any dual core @ 2.5GHz is more than enough, 4-8GB or ram and quick hdd.

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Reply to das_stig

das_stig wrote :

Any dual core @ 2.5GHz is more than enough, 4-8GB or ram and quick hdd.

Agree on that currently I use this:

Office: Core 2 Duo E8500 4GB (3.2GB for x86 OS) normal HDD
Home: X6 1090T 8GB fully usable and SSD

The difference is on memory and HDD or SSD not in CPU.

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Reply to saint19

abekl wrote :

Intel Core i3-2125 Sandy Bridge 3.3GHz LGA 1155 65W Dual-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 3000 BX80623I32125
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6819115093

I highly recommend you dont go with this, It would require you to buy another motherboard where as a dual core or even quad core would not.

Reply to seumas_beathan

Yeah, I'm not sure why I recommended the i3, I should have recommended a core2-duo or core2-quad and stuck with the original socket.

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Message edited by abekl on 02-13-2012 at 11:23:45 PM

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abekl wrote :

Yeah, I'm not sure why I recommended the i3, I should have recommended a core2-duo or core2-quad and stuck with the original socket.

Its ok, You are forgiven for your error

Reply to seumas_beathan

IIRC, almost all the P4 single cores were Socket 468, while the P4D dual cores used Socket 775. Core 2 Duos COULD possibly run on Socket 775, but I doubt any mainboard that was running a P4 single core could run a Core 2 Quad. If you are looking at a Socket 468 mainboard, then you are at end of life for that mainboard and you will need to buy a new mainboard (and, most likely, memory) along with a new CPU to see any appreciable performance improvement.

Reply to Houndsteeth

First of all there is no such thing as a P4 Dual cores. Secondly all Core 2 Duos are socket 775

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Reply to seumas_beathan

seumas_beathan wrote :

First of all there is no such thing as a P4 Dual cores. Secondly all Core 2 Duos are socket 775

pentium Ds are often refered to as pentium 4 dual cores.

@Houndsteeth

there were 775 p4s

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentium_4

@ OP

you need to check what your mobo is but upgrading to a new system would probably be best as the p4s are getting really old and processors that fit your motherboard are nearly antique and are probably over prices for the performance even if you could get a better cpu to fit your motherboard.

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Reply to esrever

Sorry, should have made this clear from the start, I will be building the system from scratch, and wanted to know the cheapest CPU I should get to give me lag from quick Visual Studio 2008 environment. In the original post, I typed 10 seconds startup time. This is incorrect, it actually takes about a minute. I was thinking of something else when I typed 10 seconds. I tried to edit it, but was not allowed. So I'm after a cheap CPU, which will give me a lag free (or very responsive VS2008) environment. It would be nice to have the loading time ov VS2008 reduced hugely too at minimal cost.

Reply to oshirowanen

Please ignore above post:

Sorry, should have made this clear from the start, I will be building the system from scratch, and wanted to know the cheapest CPU I should get to give me lag free or a very quick Visual Studio 2008 environment. I'm not too concerned about the compiling time, as long as the overall UI is fast. In the original post, I typed 10 seconds startup time. This is incorrect, it actually takes about a minute on my old P4 3GHz CPU. I was thinking of something else when I typed 10 seconds. I tried to edit it, but was not allowed to. So I'm after a cheap CPU, which will give me a lag free (or very responsive VS2008) environment. It would be nice to have the loading time ov VS2008 reduced hugely too at minimal cost.

Some have suggested that the speed is more dependant on the HDD/SDD and/or RAM?

Will I need to start a new post to get details on recommended cheap HDD/SDD + RAM + CPU, or can I get an answer to that here?

Reply to oshirowanen

You can start a new thread in the Systems forum, but I will say this here. To get a responsive environment means upgrading to a cpu that will also require a new motherboard.

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Reply to abekl

abekl wrote :

You can start a new thread in the Systems forum, but I will say this here. To get a responsive environment means upgrading to a cpu that will also require a new motherboard.

Thanks, will start a new thread in the systems forum.

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