2012/7/21 Nikos Chantziaras <rea...@gmail.com>: > 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.
For those don't want an integrated graphics, buy Xeon E3-123? serise CPU. the same price as i5 2500K , but you got 8 thread :) > > 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. > >
