On 20/07/12 10:24, Philip Webb wrote:
I plan to build a new machine in the next few months:
it wb for regular desktop use, but performance is as important as price.
A quick look at what was available in April suggested
an Intel Ivy Bridge i7 ( 22 nm ) ; Phoronix said it works with Kernel 3.2
+ an Intel Z77 mobo (I usually buy ASUS) & that power/watt was excellent.
The best performance for money is the i5 2550K CPU. If you want the
integrated graphics because you don't have an actual graphics card, you
can go for the 2500K.
This is a Sandy Bridge CPU. I normally don't recommend the Ivy Bridge
ones because they run hotter, so changing the clock multipliers isn't as
fun as with Sandy Bridge.
