Intel processor chip heirarchy

[EJFan]

can anyone briefly outline the heirarchy of the intel processor chips for me? i'm about to get a computer and have totally lost track of them... i see so many different ones but have no idea how to compare with any certainty.

thank you for the help.

 

[DWade3]

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[Acanthus]

Theres a lot of different types of processors out right now.

Single chip value
Single chip performance
Dual core value
Dual core performance
Dual core high end

Single chip value is Celeron and Pentium 4 600 series.

Single chip performance is the high end Pentium 4 600 serious and Core Solo chips.

Dual core value is the Pentium D 805

Dual core performance is the Pentium-D series

Dual core high in the brand new Intel Core 2 Duo line.

If you tell me what you do with your PC, i can make a much better reccomendation on what you would want.

 

[EJFan]

this is going to be a 2nd pc... just for convenience when i don't have access to my home-office pc. the biggest drain on its power will be adobe creative suite. i'll be doing some internet stuff but i'm stuck with ONLY dialup here so my internet work/play is limited to simple things.

a lot of the stuff in my price range has the pentium M but i don't know how to compare that to any of the other intel chips. their site's not a lot of help as i'm not that aware of much of the jargon.

thanks for your help thus far. i hope this information might allow you guys to give me more feedback.

 

[cd1_christine]

Huh?

this is going to be a 2nd pc... just for convenience when i don't have access to my home-office pc. the biggest drain on its power will be adobe creative suite. i'll be doing some internet stuff but i'm stuck with ONLY dialup here so my internet work/play is limited to simple things.

a lot of the stuff in my price range has the pentium M but i don't know how to compare that to any of the other intel chips. their site's not a lot of help as i'm not that aware of much of the jargon.

thanks for your help thus far. i hope this information might allow you guys to give me more feedback.

The Pentium M is usually only used in laptops. Is this what you're looking at?

The Adobe suite will probably use more RAM than processor, although I wouldn't recommend a Celeron for this. Get a minimum 512MB, preferably a Gig. RAM's cheap right now, so make the most of it. A 3GHz P4 would be plenty for what you need. If you find a 2.8 for a good price, go with it.

You could also go with the Core Solo or Duo, and it'll use less power and generate less heat, but you'll probably pay a premium just because it's new.

I'd also recommend something with a 7200 RPM Serial ATA hard drive. Preferably Seagate, Maxtor or WD. Seagate and the good Maxtors have the best warranties, at 5 years. They're also pretty quick drives. Don't waste your money on a 5400 RPM. Some places still sell them, because they're cheap, but this will slow your computer down much more than a slower processor will.

I once moved a 486 (circa 1994) from a 5400 RPM to a 7200 RPM drive, and the speed increase was noticable. The 486 would have originally come with a 4200, or maybe even a 3800 RPM, so you call tell just how big a bottleneck the hard drive is.

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[Acanthus]

I would highly reccomend a Core Duo based system if you are doing video encoding.

All of adobes software is multithreaded and supports dual core processors.

Most of their programs are not very cpu intensive though, with the exception of video editing software, especially during encoding, and even moreso during High Definition encoding.

If you are considering a laptop, Core Duo is the only dual core solution. The pentium-D sucks way too much power and is slower overall.

What's your budget?

 

[DWade3]

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[SubNebGuy]

I've got a few questions about computers.

Currently, I have a pentium III, with 128 ram and a 10gb hard drive.

First, how much of a difference is there in a processor speed of 2.5 and 3.0? My process speed is like .5 and is plent fast enough, loads pages in under 10 sec with a slowspeed connection.

Second, what is with all computers coming with 100+gb hard drives? Do any of you actually use this much space?

1. difference is 500mHz worth of processing power. it'd be noticable to power users, but not to an average internet surfer. Like, if you're creating mp3's, using a video editor to create clips (or an audio editor for that matter). RAM is more about multi-tasking, and fast use via DDR (dual data rate). A PC with 512meg of non ddr vs a PC with 1gig of ddr RAM...the 1gig PC not only has twice the memory...it can read and write to that memory faster...and its noticeable.

2. hell yes. I have almost 10gig alone of mp3's, and I'm still missing a ton of stuff I want. I have like, 6gig in porn.
I have a lot of data to keep track of. I have a buddy that has a terabyte (1,000gig) in his home server.
Hell the company I work for has two 64terabyte file servers (Dell EMC Clarion SANs), one primary, one redundant.

 

[EJFan]

yes... i'm looking at laptops. i want something to be available to me when i don't have access to my desktop in my home office. i might use it a couple of hours a week... that's about it. as i mentioned, the adobe creative suite would be the most taxing thing it'd have to work with and even that i use primarily for desktop publishing (i use InDesign more than any other facet of it... some illustrator and acrobat, but very little).

i was looking at a pentium M735, 1.7ghz, 512ram, 40gb hd for about $550... pretty solid sounding deal?

 

[Calvin]

can anyone briefly outline the heirarchy of the intel processor chips for me? i'm about to get a computer and have totally lost track of them... i see so many different ones but have no idea how to compare with any certainty.

thank you for the help.

well it would be hard to do briefly but if you follow this Wikipedia link it will give you a complete list of Intel processors starting with 4 bit -

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Intel_microprocessors

you might want to follow some of the links at the bottom that deal specificly with the Lappy processors - lots of good info here..... hope it helps.