Mr.D. Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 Stumbled upon a site that compares CPUs for you - Intel v Intel, Intel v AMD, i5 v i7, etc... Its a pretty cool site and hopefully this will help you pick your next processor. 1 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/285840-which-cpu-do-you-really-need/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
3.14r2 Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 One more site worth (IMO) visiting: https://helpdesk.wisc.edu/showroom/page.php?id=4927 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/285840-which-cpu-do-you-really-need/#findComment-1883169 Share on other sites More sharing options...
FransNetwork Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 Well, Think about it like this.... Q. How many cores dos OS X need? A 1. If it needs 2 cores and 2 threads then a Intel Core 2 Duo with the highest CPU speed. A 2. If it takes 4 cores and 4 threads then Intel Core 2 Extreme again with high CPU speed. A 3. Intel i7 takes 4 cores and 8 threads but dos OS X need that many cores and threads? Also to mention what would you be doing on your Mac? Facetime HD? Intel Core 2 Extreme Photo editing? Intel Core 2 Duo Video editing and Music editing? Intel i7 AMD's in my eyes isn't made for Macs Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/285840-which-cpu-do-you-really-need/#findComment-1883437 Share on other sites More sharing options...
santa1 Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 If you look only for a CPU model (frecv, cores and so on) you risk to make a disequilibrate computer, you need to coordonate a CPU with speed of RAM, speed of GPU and the spped of HDD to avoid bottlenecks. So the CPU it self not say much about a computer and his capabilities. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/285840-which-cpu-do-you-really-need/#findComment-1883451 Share on other sites More sharing options...
FransNetwork Posted January 25, 2013 Share Posted January 25, 2013 If you look only for a CPU model (frecv, cores and so on) you risk to make a disequilibrate computer, you need to coordonate a CPU with speed of RAM, speed of GPU and the spped of HDD to avoid bottlenecks. So the CPU it self not say much about a computer and his capabilities. true Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/285840-which-cpu-do-you-really-need/#findComment-1883570 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.D. Posted January 27, 2013 Author Share Posted January 27, 2013 If you look only for a CPU model (frec, v, cores and so on) you risk to make a disequilibrate computer, you need to coordonate a CPU with speed of RAM, speed of GPU and the speed of HDD to avoid bottlenecks. So the CPU it self not say much about a computer and his capabilities. Agreed - By no means should this be the ONLY tool you use, these tools are here just to help you pick the CPU. Perhaps I'll start a thread that is more generic so people can post online resources for helping choose the best system components for their needs/budget. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/285840-which-cpu-do-you-really-need/#findComment-1884079 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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