| Index | Recent Threads | Unanswered Threads | Who's Active | Guidelines | Search |
 |
World Community Grid Forums
Category: Community
Forum: Hardware Chat Room
Thread: Intel CPU's and time completed. Has it changed that much per core since ivy bridge? |
| No member browsing this thread |
|
Thread Status: Active Total posts in this thread: 5
|
|
| Author |
|
|
wolfman1360
Senior Cruncher Canada Joined: Jan 17, 2016 Post Count: 176 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
|
So the question speaks for itself - though I suppose a little backstory is in order...
----------------------------------------Currently running an AMD fx8350. I know - it was already being smacked around by sandy bridge i7's when released buuut... Served me well. Now, I'm looking for something new. This machine is starting to give me problems and not only do I want a smaller case but something a little newer. Also don't want to spend a ton of money - buying pc parts in Canada is killing me. Even an i3 is half the price of this AMD and to add insult to injury I'm debating not building this time. So the ultimate question. I have the chance, at least until I figure out what I'm doing, to buy an older i7 3770 HTPC. I know it won't even come close to holding a candle to coffee lake - although my personal opinion is it was a frantic response to AMD's ryzen and I'm curious how hot it runs, as I've heard things about that. Compared to skylake or Kaby Lake, as far as WCG goes, how does ivy bridge compare in completed time? Am I really missing out on a ton of computing power here or is it all hype? My other option is, of course, dell xps 8920 (or 8930 when they ever come out with it featuring coffee lake). Nice, small chassis with plenty of expandability for what I personally need, and financing to boot. I do a little encoding here and there though being someone who can't see, when I built this the graphics card wasn't really a deciding factor. Now that I'm deciding to game more this Radeon 6450 is seeming like a pretty poor choice and I'm resorting to even Intel'd hd graphics on the laptop side. Will be nice not having to go play around with graphics settings if I had something newer, even a GTX 1060. One more menu I don't have to memorize ;).
Crunching for the betterment of human kind and the canines who will always be our best friends.
AWOU! |
||
|
|
KerSamson
Master Cruncher Switzerland Joined: Jan 29, 2007 Post Count: 1684 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
|
I would look for a RyZen CPUs instead of i7.
----------------------------------------The AMD fx CPUs were not very well designed, nevertheless the RyZen provides an effective design. Looking on the price/performance ratio, I am still building my own machines (usually based on Asus MB) instead to buy a ready-to-use machine. Cheers, Yves |
||
|
|
enels
Senior Cruncher Joined: Apr 25, 2008 Post Count: 286 Status: Offline Project Badges:
|
+1
If I was in the market I would buy a Ryzen 1700 and then underclock and undervolt it, me. I haven't looked at Coffee Lake, but suspect it would be awesome at crunching as well. Starting with the Intel 4xxx series added another APU and AGU per core. This really helps when hyperthreading two threads with 1 core. So I wouldn't shop for any 3xxx parts or lower, me. Also, the Ryzen only has 1/2 the AVX throughput of Intel's AVX chips. This could be very significant in the future if the WCG has any AVX or OpenCL projects. |
||
|
|
KLiK
Master Cruncher Croatia Joined: Nov 13, 2006 Post Count: 3108 Status: Offline Project Badges:
|
Here you go for single core speed:
----------------------------------------https://www.cpubenchmark.net/singleThread.html & here for user ratings: http://cpu.userbenchmark.com/ ;) |
||
|
|
wolfman1360
Senior Cruncher Canada Joined: Jan 17, 2016 Post Count: 176 Status: Offline Project Badges:
|
Hmm.
----------------------------------------Yup, might be tempting if I decide to custom build. Also - I just like AMD and the fact they're finally forcing Intel's hand. I hope they do well on the mobile side of things too as there is now a huge need for an Intel atom replacement on the tablet side. Wish Dell would make an xps Ryzen. Only one I see is an Inspiron gaming and that's not really smaller ;). Hmm.
Crunching for the betterment of human kind and the canines who will always be our best friends.
AWOU! |
||
|
|
|