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Subject: Need Help With Computer Purchase

shorterbus opened this issue on Aug 02, 2010 · 6 posts
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shorterbus ( ) posted Mon, 02 August 2010 at 11:53 AM · edited Mon, 23 December 2024 at 1:46 PM

Hi, I want to speed up my rendering time and  am about to purchase a new computer to be used exclusively for rendering.

The one I am considering in my budget has an Intel i5, with 8gig of ram and Windows7 64 bit. I will upgrade my P8 to the 2010 or whatever they are calling it that takes advantage of the 64 bit processing.

My primary concern is whether or not this Intel i5 processor is a quad core. In the ad description it mentions "4" over and over again but does not come out and say "quad-core".

Can someone offer some advice? Thanks!

markschum ( ) posted Mon, 02 August 2010 at 12:13 PM

Do you have an exact model number ?

It seems the I5 has several types, one quad core - no hyperthreading , the others dual core but hyperthreaded so none provide more than 4 actual or simulated threads.

It does automatically change to run faster under certain load conditions so should give good performance.

shorterbus ( ) posted Mon, 02 August 2010 at 1:26 PM

Markschum, it is an Intel i5 - 650. Does that help?

Dizzi ( ) posted Mon, 02 August 2010 at 1:37 PM

It only got 2 cores and hyper threading, better get a real quad core.


markschum ( ) posted Mon, 02 August 2010 at 3:18 PM

thats 2 cores hyperthreaded for 4 threads , and with a 4mb processor cache. Newegg reviews seem good.  

I dont know how well  the hyperthreading works with very processor intensive applications.

jonnybode ( ) posted Mon, 02 August 2010 at 10:37 PM

If you can afford it, buy one of intels I7 processors.
I bought that when i built my new computer last fall,  no regrets so far.


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