Re: Workstation CPU choice

You are NOT building a "workstation." You might Google the term.
Workstations are much more powerful and are built around Xeon CPU's.

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--DaveW
"Bill Davidsen" <davidsen@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I have an interesting decision, I have to build a workstation, and I can
use either the Intel Core2 Duo 6850 (3.0GHz, 4MB L2), or the Core2 Quad
Q6600 (2.4GHz, 2x4MB L2). The usage is a mix of single threaded
applications and multithread, like video format conversion, building Linux
kernels, and other things which make good use of all of the CPU power.

The object of the build is a system which runs well in spec, so while I
have curiosity if the Q6600 will O/C as well as the E6600, I'm not
planning to run it that way.

This is going to be personal deskside machine, but it will be required to
have reasonable muscle to do some serious computing as well. Any input
regarding which might be better for the described usage would be of
interest, since the price is the same, and performance is about an even
tradeoff between the threaded and unthreaded applications, so it sounds
like a coin flip choice.

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Bill Davidsen
He was a full-time professional cat, not some moonlighting
ferret or weasel. He knew about these things.


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