POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.off-topic : Value for money : Re: Value for money Server Time
29 Jul 2024 16:25:24 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Value for money  
From: Invisible
Date: 26 Jul 2011 04:07:26
Message: <4e2e75be$1@news.povray.org>
On 25/07/2011 04:57 PM, Invisible wrote:
> 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)



Cheapest memory kit: 14.01 (2x1GB Kingston DDR3 1333MHz)




Ratio: Gulftown is 97.13% more expensive - in other words, approximately 
twice the price - for 1.17% more performance.



N.B.: Intel Core i7 2600 is identical to the 2600K, except that you 

cheaper).


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