Originally posted by: Extelleron
Originally posted by: keysplayr2003
I just can't my mind around why you would buy an i7 when you have an e8400 running over 4GHz. But that's just me.
Unless you are doing rendering or encoding it is bragging rights.
That's the way it is for me, I have absolutely no need for i7 (all I do is game) yet I still want it, despite the costs.
I do wonder at times just what the typical consumer with an i7 is doing with their i7.
For me it would be a no-brainer, I run multiple instances of a single-threaded app in which each instance fully loads a core to 100% 24x7. But my app of interest probably has <10,000 users world-wide so I know I am not the typical user.
Is i7 intended for the lucrative at-home encoders and rendering folks? Is there such a big crowd?
Not that going for the big bad ass rig is not an acceptable rational. Heck Nascar, formula 1, etc are based on the idea that some folks simply like to watch other folks run rigs that have no practical value in everyday life.
(yes I know I am abouts to get flamed by the nascar fans here for suggesting there is no day-to-day practical value of a nascar car in our commute to work life...am prepared to be proved wrong
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At any rate if we scrutinized our car purchasing decisions as closely as we scrutinize our computer purchasing decision then we'd all be driving 150mpg golf carts at 20mph. None of us really need a 20mpg 270hp V6 AWD vehicle to drive 20 miles on pavement to work every day. But we still buy/drive them anyways!