Originally posted by sammorris:

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Just thought I'd raise a few points here.

I have NEVER run out of multitasking power with a dual core CPU. Two cores are enough for all standard windows tasks, I would only say a quad core is necessary in the desktop environment for ripping a DVD or folding at home whilst in conjunction with other multitasking, and realistically this won't happen often.
Quad cores are, however, starting to become useful for games, so that's something to think about.

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Originally posted by shaffaaf:

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Originally posted by sammorris:

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Just thought I'd raise a few points here.

I have NEVER run out of multitasking power with a dual core CPU. Two cores are enough for all standard windows tasks, I would only say a quad core is necessary in the desktop environment for ripping a DVD or folding at home whilst in conjunction with other multitasking, and realistically this won't happen often.
Quad cores are, however, starting to become useful for games, so that's something to think about.

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agreed.


im sure by the end of the year, there will be 3-4 more games that will utilise Qc, but untill next year with nehalam and DDR3 Qc are not essential

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Originally posted by shaffaaf:

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i dont like that it has a built in NB, as overclocking will be down to the chip not the mobo :(

and if intel decide not to allow Ocing, be sure it wont happen

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