E7300 vs Q8200

Hi,

Which one should be better for a administrative task like office?
I thought E7300 should be a good choose but the shopkeeper said Q8200
would be better. I always thought that you had to choose a quad when
you want to do video, 3D or gaming and the dual core should be fine
for adminstration.

What is your opinion?

HDI wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Which one should be better for a administrative task like office?
> I thought E7300 should be a good choose but the shopkeeper said Q8200
> would be better. I always thought that you had to choose a quad when
> you want to do video, 3D or gaming and the dual core should be fine
> for adminstration.
>
> What is your opinion?


E7300 2.66GHz/FSB1066/3MB L2 dual core 45nm 65W TDP

http://processorfinder.intel.com/de...spx?sSpec=SLAPB

Q8200 2.33GHz/FSB1333/4MB L2 quad core 45nm 95W TDP

http://processorfinder.intel.com/de...spx?sSpec=SLB5M

In single threaded tasks, the 2.66GHz core is going to beat
the 2.33GHz core.

Given the choice, I'd rather have the faster dual core E7300.
My current computer uses a Core2 2.6Ghz dual, so I didn't buy
into the "quad thing".

Paul

"HDI" <hdinf@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> Which one should be better for a administrative task like office?
> I thought E7300 should be a good choose but the shopkeeper said Q8200
> would be better. I always thought that you had to choose a quad when
> you want to do video, 3D or gaming and the dual core should be fine
> for adminstration.
>
> What is your opinion?

I run an E7300 admittedly overclocked to 3.2GHz. I haven't noticed any lack
of real world performance in any program. It has a really low power
consumption most of the time on an Asus board with all the power saving
speed-step & fan stuff on, and makes for a an almost silent efficient PC
with the option of going to quad core if it ever proves necessary (unlikely
IMHO). I built mine 7 months ago and it was the obvious solution to my
needs at that time, but AMD now have options and shouldn't be ignored.