how to work out quad cores!?

[dransy]

Hi guys im running an amd athalon 1.4ghz atm #

So im on about upgrading

ive seen a motherboard bundle for 139 quid

Processor
Cache 2MB
Clockspeed 2.0Ghz
Manufacturer AMD
No. of Cores 4
Description AMD Quad Core X4 9350e

Does this mean that with all 4 cores it equals 9350ghz?

So that would be 2.3ghz a core am i correct?

Im not quite sure ?

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[chris-red]

No 9350 is the name of the cpu.

It has a speed of 2ghz and 4 cores, means has 4 threads each running at a max of 2.0ghz.
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[dransy]

so compared to my 1.4ghz at the mo is it gonna be like lightning compared to what im used to?
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[Frost]

The 2 Ghz cores will also include architecture that is much better than what your currently on. Processor performance isn't all about clock speed. Judging a CPU by clock speed alone is like judging the performance of a bike / car by how high the rev counter goes.

So a single task (well thread) like unzipping a file i would expect it to be about twice as fast. For multi tasking it is going to be up to 8 times as fast. e.g unzipping 2 files, running a browser with a few tabs open will take the same amount of time as unzipping just that 1 file as it will run all simultaneously on all the cores.

You will see a big improvement as well as your new motherboard will support faster RAM helping matters no end.

[el_oso]

in short yes it will seem like lightening.
seems like a reasonable bundle to me. any chance of letting me know what the exact component spec for the bundle is.
don't forget that you may need to budget in RAM and maybe a graphics card/power supply depending on what you already have or what you are putting the system together with

what is this build going to be used for?
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[dransy]

Hi full spec is here

https://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/prods/motherboardbundles/Novatech/MBB-93502G.html

It comes with 2gb ddr2 ram as well and thats what i have in my comp at the mo so i can put the gig i have in mine onto that , i hope , to give me 3 gig

I will most likely need a new gfx card as at the mo i have a radeon x800pro , also i think ill need a new hard drive as mine are ide not sata

And i will just be using it for general internet stuff and playing WoW and CSS
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[Silver]

As has already been said, the clockspeed is only one element so it's not the 'be all and end all'.

Performance increase due to multiple cores is also dependant upon how well the software is written to utilise those cores. Worst case scenario you could have three cores kicking back doing fuck all while one is running at 100%.

[panrider_uk]

[pinkyfloyd]

I had an old clapped out pc. Could turn it on in the morning and go put the kettle on. click to open a proggy, make the coffee, drink the coffee, have a shower, all before the proggy would open. It evetually died and now I have a shiny new pc with 3gig ram and a amd triple core processor.

Its fookin great! I can now surf the net on a webpage, play a dvd on the media player and download a torrent without slowing the pc down!

So in summary, the double/ triple/ quad core allows you to run more programs at the same time without compromising on performance.
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[Frost]

[pinkyfloyd]

[Frost]

Truth is that the way people have written programs in the past has not taken full advantage of multi threading. It is also difficult for the operating system to anticipate which threads are going to be the most work load and distribute them evenly over the cores. My PC currently has 615 threads running on windows 7, but even if they are split over all 6 cores 99.9% of them are doing nothing. It's then probably that a couple that are doing the actual work are on the same core, and some other cores have a load of inactive threads on them.

I'm not saying Multi core isn't a good thing, just that operating systems and programmers have a way to go to get the best out of them. Buying a system with a shit load of cores like i did is just another attempt at future proofing. Much like everybody buying a 64bit system as 32bit is dead right?

[panrider_uk]

You can manually assign processes to particular cores if you want to using the Affinity option.

Mark
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[chris-red]

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i7 FTW
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Well, you know what they say. If you want to save the world, you have to push a few old ladies down the stairs.
Skudd:- Perhaps she just thinks you are a window licker and is being nice just in case she becomes another Jill Dando.
WANTED:- Fujinon (Fuji) M42 (Screw on) lenses, let me know if you have anything.

[Frost]

A mate with an I7 claimed to have 8 processors, i told him to stop talking bollocks. I even looked it up to prove him wrong. However now i can see exactly why he thinks he's got 8!

[chris-red]

[Silver]

8 cores is not the same as 8 processors though

[TomCB]

[Frost]

[TomCB]

seems there all quads bar one, which is a hex

https://www.intel.com/products/processor/corei7/specifications.htm
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i5 Will do, 2540x1440 res is far more important

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