Phenom II vs i7 for multitasking

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lol...me too..let's all agree to callthe phenom the PHII not the P2. lot less confusing to everyone.

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That's what I'm assuming, but every now and then I read something that says Hyperthreading is just a gimmick.

btw changed all the P2 to PII, sorry if it was misleading.

i7 will outperform the ph2. but it's not like the ph2 sucks or something. ph2 is a very good cpu as well. it should do well just like c2q. i don't even think you'll have to spend $500 for a good amd build with that upgrade from your system. and with that extra money, you can get yourself another hdd and go raid 0, then more ram. that is more enough to fill the gap in terms of performance. besides, unless you're into benching, i don't think you'll be able to notice the difference between the two.

For Multitasking, the Core i7 walks any CPU out right now. I can do an anti-virus scan, both Super Anti-spyware and Malbytes Anti-malware scans, surf the web, have 3dmark06 going, and it will not even use 15% of my CPU (less than 10 sometimes), can post a screen shot for proof. I am also running my Core i7 at 4.02 Ghz and at that speed it is a true monster.

For price/performance, either Phenom II or higher end Core 2 Quads will perform about the same. Phenom II might be able to do that performance for slightly cheaper, much cheaper if you can use your current motherboard and memory.

Phenom II is a good way to go on a budget, but Core i7 is where it is at if you want the ultimate in multitasking. I have seen many threads where people claim the Phenom II is like LOADS cheaper. In reality, you can spend around $600 or more on either setup. It's only much cheaper if you already have all the parts on hand, or if you skimp on parts. But to even compete with a Core 2 Quad you will need the best CPU or next to best.

Hyperthreading has never been a gimmick, but Core i7 Hyperthreading definitely works. You have the option to turn it off and can see as high as a 10% performance hit with it disabled on most apps ( for games it does not do much as it is simply not needed, unless of course new games come out that will take advantage of it. I think if that happens the gap between Core i7 and Phenom II/Core 2 Quad will get even wider). This is why on my task manager I show 8 Threads instead of just 4. Anyone who said it is a gimmick is probably a fanboy of AMD and has no knowledge of a Core i7 in reality.

The best part: no matter what you decide to get, they are all nice and considerably faster than what you have now.

Just a few more questions, AM2+ doesn't support DDR2 1066 on all 4 slots right? So am I limited to DDR800 and how will effect OCing if I plan to use these.

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True I'm putting a few combos together on Newegg (PII 940 & the Biostar mobo + 8GB of those G.Skill rams linked above) and its coming out to $364 shipped so another $60 for a TRUE and a couple of Yate Loons the total comes out to $424.

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it does. but there are some cases that you just have to manually set them.

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That's what the thread title is implying..

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Too bad everyone didn't say that..

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Still the same thing.

http://www.overclock.net/rants-raves...phenom-ii.html

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I got 640GB hard drive and I'd like to run that with my 320 GB in RAID 0, the mobo I have now doesn't support RAID unless I get a RAID card. And to be honest I not really like my current mobo, it's NB gets too hot for my liking.