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130413 Tamer Higazi wrote: |
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> I am after 7 years buying myself a new developer machine |
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> well for a long time again. With intel I never had problems, |
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> all their systems were REALLY stable |
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> and they were really worth their money up to the last cent. |
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> There are 3 choices: |
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> Intel Xeon E5-2650 |
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> Core i7 3979 extreme edition |
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> AMD FX.8350 CPU |
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When I bought the parts for a new machine in August 2012, |
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AMD CPUs were clearly better value for my CAD than Intel. |
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I bought an AMD Bulldozer X4 FX-4170 4-Core 4,2 GHz 8 MB for CAD 130 |
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from Canada Computers, which does mail orders IIRC : |
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it was the fastest processor around & I was suspicious |
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that most software doesn't make full use of larger numbers of cores. |
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What has speeded my work up enormously is getting an SSD for storage |
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with an HDD for back-up & stuff I don't use everyday. |
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Mine is an OCZ Vertex4 128 GB SATA3 R 560 MB/s W 430 MB/s for CAD 115 . |
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HTH |
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