hi,
I am wondering if I would be okay with i5 6500 instead of the i7 6700 (it's about 150$can cheaper) the following virtualization tasks:
- I will need to run XP in a VirtualBox VM. I have a particular voice recording software for work and it only runs on XP. (I am dual-booting XP on my current system). The VM can't have any lag at all, because that creates problems in the recording. This is a deal breaker.
- I would like to play some android games with Bluestacks (android emulator).
The context:
I need to upgrade my computer. I have a 10-year old custom build with a core2duo E6400. Before you start laughing, I want to say it served me really well as I am not a power user or big gamer (although I did waste countless hours playing Civ 5).
I was suggested the following system:
INTEL® CORE™ I7-6700 Processor 8M Cache 3.4GHZ
ASUS H170-PRO ATX LGA1151 DDR4 4PCI-E16 Motherboard
Kingston HyperX Fury Black 16G 2X8GB 2133MHZ DDR4 Memory
ASUS GeForce GTX 950 Strix OC 1355MHZ 2GB GDDR5 Video Card
Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA3 (I will likely swap this for an SSD)
LG GH24NSC0 DVD-RW 24X
Cooler Master HAF 912 Black Mid Tower ATX Case
Corsair CX Series CX650M 650W ATX 12V 80
Will I see a difference between the i5 and the i7 in VirtualBox and Bluestacks?
Hopefully, it's okay to ask this question here.
Thanks for your advice. I search over the web, but could not see any relevant info on virtualization performance for those cpus.
I am wondering if I would be okay with i5 6500 instead of the i7 6700 (it's about 150$can cheaper) the following virtualization tasks:
- I will need to run XP in a VirtualBox VM. I have a particular voice recording software for work and it only runs on XP. (I am dual-booting XP on my current system). The VM can't have any lag at all, because that creates problems in the recording. This is a deal breaker.
- I would like to play some android games with Bluestacks (android emulator).
The context:
I need to upgrade my computer. I have a 10-year old custom build with a core2duo E6400. Before you start laughing, I want to say it served me really well as I am not a power user or big gamer (although I did waste countless hours playing Civ 5).
I was suggested the following system:
INTEL® CORE™ I7-6700 Processor 8M Cache 3.4GHZ
ASUS H170-PRO ATX LGA1151 DDR4 4PCI-E16 Motherboard
Kingston HyperX Fury Black 16G 2X8GB 2133MHZ DDR4 Memory
ASUS GeForce GTX 950 Strix OC 1355MHZ 2GB GDDR5 Video Card
Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA3 (I will likely swap this for an SSD)
LG GH24NSC0 DVD-RW 24X
Cooler Master HAF 912 Black Mid Tower ATX Case
Corsair CX Series CX650M 650W ATX 12V 80
Will I see a difference between the i5 and the i7 in VirtualBox and Bluestacks?
Hopefully, it's okay to ask this question here.
Thanks for your advice. I search over the web, but could not see any relevant info on virtualization performance for those cpus.
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