Which Intel CPU for my needs no overclocking

[2is]

No, it doesn't have better image quality. Come back when you can provide me with a $20 video card that can outperform HD4000 like you claimed

Thanks.

 

[borisvodofsky]

no

Sandy Bridge is about 13% faster than Nehalem on average. In AES or AVX capable applications, this should increase significantly.

Ivy Bridge is usually about 6% faster than Sandy Bridge.

Ivy Bridge is a die shrink. The fact any performance gain came out of it is exceptional.

bah.. 13%.. hell no... :sneaky: maybe if you cherry picked around.. there's been 5% average at best.

 

[borisvodofsky]

No, it doesn't have better image quality. Come back when you can provide me with a $20 video card that can outperform HD4000 like you claimed

Thanks.

clearly you can't read graphs. 😉 :thumbsdown:

 

[palladium]

I say get the 3570k. Since you don't do graphics stuff the HD4000 would be more than adequate. I wouldn't bother with a cheap discrete since it only adds cost and power with little or no benefit . You mentioned that a discrete is on the cards in the future if your friend needs it, I think that is a wise decision.

The 2500k is a good choice too, but you need to OC (i.e. more power consumption) to reach the 3570k performance. Consider if that extra $20 is worth the extra performance at the same (or lower) power envelope. I think it is.

 

[borisvodofsky]

I say get the 3570k. Since you don't do graphics stuff the HD4000 would be more than adequate. I wouldn't bother with a cheap discrete since it only adds cost and power with little or no benefit . You mentioned that a discrete is on the cards in the future if your friend needs it, I think that is a wise decision.

The 2500k is a good choice too, but you need to OC (i.e. more power consumption) to reach the 3570k performance. Consider if that extra $20 is worth the extra performance at the same (or lower) power envelope. I think it is.

WTF?? why would he buy a K cpu to begin with if he 'wasn't going to OC. 😀

 

[2is]

clearly you can't read graphs. 😉 :thumbsdown:

What's that got to do with what you said?

Like I said, come back with a $20 card that can outperform HD4000? not expired deals on cards that are slower in just about everything except a 10 year old OpenGL game.

Keep digging.

 

[palladium]

WTF?? why would he buy a K cpu to begin with if he 'wasn't going to OC. 😀

It applies even if he overclocks. He needs to OC the 2500k more to be on par with the 3570k at a given frequency. That means more heat and power consumption (and faster degradation).