The amount of estrogen in this thread is overwhelming.
I seem to be the current King of Cores doing actual work on this board (as Markfw looks to be doing nothing with his but destroying the planet trying to pointlessly increment some online counters), and yet even I can't arsed to get off an...
16:9 is utter crap for working with video:
4:3? Oooh, look -- tiny.
16:9? No way to fullscreen while having access to any tools.
16:10 can fullscreen a 16:9 video while leaving the Windows taskbar up.
What the frack are you talking about? You don't see the 2990WX selling for $5 because it's a bunch of parts glued together, do you?
A high-end 8 core CPU may still be usable in 2 to 3 years? What a bold statement to make when a Sandy Bridge quad is still more than most people need, and that's...
What is "binned" about ECC support vs not?
What is "binned" about VT-x support vs not?
What is "binned" about VT-d support vs not?
What is "binned about TSX-NI support or not?
What is "binned" about hyperthreading vs not?
What is "binned" about L3 cache amount?
What is "binned" about integrated...
Either point out where anybody has ever said Intel has a separate die for every SKU or admit the lie.
A google search for "Intel has a separate die for every SKU" comes up with bupkis.
Nobody said K.
He said his use was web browsing. A FX is a sidegrade from a Phenom in that respect.
The 2500 has vastly superior single-threaded performance to both.
You can get i5 2500 systems off ebay for $90 that would run rings around the FX 8350.
Though you'd have to do some research if you have 4x8GB since many of them only support 4GB sticks.
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