What are your computer specs?

[SilentShadow]

AMD Phenom(tm) II X2 565 Processor (2 CPUs), ~3.4GHz
8GB Ram
1.5 TB HHD
HIS IceQ5 ATI Radeon HD 5770 1GB
Windows 7 Professional 64-bit

came to no more than $600

An extra $100 and you get two more cores and a better graphics card at the cost of .5tb of HDD. XD

[Apocist]

I refused to go four core for technical reasons, as for the hhd it was only 65$

[SilentShadow]

Lol I understand why you don't want any more cores, they don't take a whole lot away from the initial core. The second core jsut calculates numbers. Need to use the built in calculator? You're using core two. Everything else? Core one. I don't know what the otehrs are for, I only know core two, but they probably don't do that much. As for the processor itself, I imagine that the higher core processors also have better a better processing speed. It would make sense but that's not a confirmed fact, I have no idea. Some company makes processors with 56 cores or something like that. I'd like to know what each core does..... Core thirty-seven probably loads a single pixel XD.

[Apocist]

Ummm..accually I think you've mistaken that for the ALU..thats apart of one of the cores.

Each core itself processes instructions seperatly but not every computer application is multi-core optimized(only most modern games). The most compatible setup for gaming rigs would be a 2 core system due to the fact that multiple cores are best used for multitasking. Some games can only make use of two cores...that means the other 2 cores are not being used and the game is running at half your total computer processing speed.

[Zane]

Sorry but that's pure bs. I don't see any reason why you should stay @ a phenom ii x2. The Intel quads are MUCH better and cheap.

[Apocist]

heck i could have went phenom 6 core, that would have been alot faster for video editing/rendering but i wanted something that was most compatible with games, there are a few games/emulators that i have that only support 2 cores

plus that certain chip was the fastest cheapest one on newegg...intel is awesome but pricy

[Zane]

intel is quite cheap compared to amd.. mid/high end is a clear lose for amd

but let's keep it here would like to see more specs

[SilentShadow]

Ummm..accually I think you've mistaken that for the ALU..thats apart of one of the cores.

Each core itself processes instructions seperatly but not every computer application is multi-core optimized(only most modern games). The most compatible setup for gaming rigs would be a 2 core system due to the fact that multiple cores are best used for multitasking. Some games can only make use of two cores...that means the other 2 cores are not being used and the game is running at half your total computer processing speed.

I was given that information from my father, who knows quite a bit about computers and went to school for programming. I should trust his knowledge of computers but I honestly don't..... He isn't caught up with all this new technology, and all the new styles and formats. He doesn't like to show it but I know it confuses him greatly. I honestly think more cores would actually do something but he keeps insisting that they do next to nothing >.> What would be the point of adding more cores if they only did a few tiny things? There has to be a reason, and I think it's cause they actually do something. If someone knows what they're talking about please explain, I would like to know the truth about this becasue I don't fully believe in teh info I was given....

[Apocist]

When you have more than one core you have something like multiple computer engines processing all of the data for all of your programs. its like giving yourself 2 or 4 or even more brains in which to think with.

[NorthStar]

Some cores share the work load. Such as the i5 and i7, they're optimized to adapt or share when necessary so people won't realise that if Intel came with a single core nowadays they would need a refund.