Help Me Decide !

[P]

I'm planning to buy a comp the primary use of it being to crunch
numbers.

Do I go ahead with Pentium® D Processor 820 with Dual Core Technology
(2.80GHz) or Intel® Pentium® 4 Processor 630 w/HT Technology ?

What are the pro and cons of having the aboce processors?

THanks !

 

[Mistoffolees]

I'm planning to buy a comp the primary use of it being to crunch
numbers.

Do I go ahead with Pentium® D Processor 820 with Dual Core Technology
(2.80GHz) or Intel® Pentium® 4 Processor 630 w/HT Technology ?

What are the pro and cons of having the aboce processors?

THanks !

Need to know much more about the number-crunching. That is,
how complex of a problem is involved, such as pure math or
problem-solving or statistical analysis? Is there any unique
software or application that is going to be used and what
special requirements if any, such as dual-processor or HT?
The old standard would be the fastest CPU with the largest
L2 cache. But the variables are more today, including 32-bit
vs. 64-bit. IOW, don't expect an Intel or AMD to do the job
when a Cray is needed.

 

[Prash]

Number crunching would involve some Computational Fluid Dynamics stuff
that I would be doing. Purely for my pleasure to learn some stuff and
not for any hi- fi projects.

So What do I do ?

 

[NoNoBadDog!]

I'm planning to buy a comp the primary use of it being to crunch
numbers.

Do I go ahead with Pentium® D Processor 820 with Dual Core Technology
(2.80GHz) or Intel® Pentium® 4 Processor 630 w/HT Technology ?

What are the pro and cons of having the aboce processors?

THanks !


You'll be sorry for buying either. Get and AMD X2. It'll run circles
around any Intel, will run cooler, will not have to go through the
Northbridge for Memory I/O, is a dual core chip instead of a multi-core
(Intel makes multi-core, not dual core...the cores in an Intel Core Duo
cannot see each other..they are simply two single cores fused together).

Bobby

 

[Frank]

I'm planning to buy a comp the primary use of it being to crunch
numbers.

Do I go ahead with Pentium® D Processor 820 with Dual Core
Technology
(2.80GHz) or Intel® Pentium® 4 Processor 630 w/HT Technology ?

What are the pro and cons of having the aboce processors?

THanks !


You'll be sorry for buying either. Get and AMD X2. It'll run
circles around any Intel, will run cooler, will not have to go
through the Northbridge for Memory I/O, is a dual core chip
instead of a multi-core (Intel makes multi-core, not dual
core...the cores in an Intel Core Duo cannot see each other..they
are simply two single cores fused together).

Bobby

ASTROSPAM

 

[NoNoBadDog!]

ASTROSPAM

Brilliant response!

It brings so much to the thread.

Perhaps you could get your two remaining brain cells to function together
and come up with something a little more worthy?

WTF is astrospam?

Every point in my post is true and verifiable.

Sorry to hear that you got duped into buying Intel.

Bobby

 

[ANONYMOUS]

A basic cheap computer is all you need. Computers these days are very
powerful and people like Newton, Euler, Gauss, etc would have relished
if they had 25% of the computational power we have today!

hth