On 25/07/2011 05:38 PM, Le_Forgeron wrote:
> Le 25/07/2011 17:57, Invisible nous fit lire :
>> Intel Core i7 970
>> Socket 1366 "Gulftown", 3.20 GHz, 6-core, 12MB L3 cache.
>> Pass Mark: 9,919; Rank: 7th fastest.
>> Price: $583 US (recommended)
>>
>>
>> Intel Core i7 2600K
>> "Sandy Bridge", 3.40 GHz, 4-core, 8MB L3 cache.
>> Pass Mark: 9,804; Rank: 9th fastest.
>> Price: $317 US (recommended)


> Not in your equation: the motherboard, and the memory.

And that's where it gets interesting. Gulftown requires triple-channel 
memory, and hence all the motherboard for it are *very* expensive. Sandy 
Bridge works with normally-priced motherboards.

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