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    Single Threaded Apps

    I was contemplating an overclock on the 2500k, but that is the build that is in the 800$ range. From Accord's link earlier, and a couple other SolidWorks CPU benches I found, it looks like the performance gap between the 2500/2600 and other cpus is significant. Thanks for the input everyone...
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    Single Threaded Apps

    The build is for SolidWorks, which is sadly a single threaded application. It looks like an AMD Phenom build would be about 500$, but going SB would push it to nearly 800$. Although, either would be better than running it on the current 2.2GHz laptop processor.
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    Single Threaded Apps

    I've been asked by a friend to put together a build for a program that is single threaded. I'm wondering if anyone has an opinion on Sandy Bridge vs Phenom vs Bulldozer performance. I've seen the results saying SB is x% faster than everything else clock-for-clock, but would that be manifested in...
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    Is Vertex 3 120GB worth it compared to Intel 320 160GB

    Where did you see that? Sata 3.0 (aka 6Gb/s) shows a pretty big difference on the Vertex 3 120 review that anand put out a couple weeks ago. And to further drive the performance difference across, the Intel 320 drive in that chart is the 300GB, which has higher performance than the 160GB.
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    intel 320 priced out on the egg

    Compatibility for those of us (too scared) to try a SATA III in a macbook 2011. Of course, these haven't even been tried in a mbp, so it's still a gamble.
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    SSD Releases Mon Mar 28

    I've been following this forum for a while. Isn't today the rumored release date for the Vertex 3 and the Intel G3 series? Anyone have any updates?