best processor

larry486

hi looking to buy a new desktop computer what should i look for regarding processors i want something for home use i.e browsing music video, that dosent slow down soon as i start to do something any advice or tips be good want to spend around £400...thx

DatabaseError

brilliant bit of kit, £411.25
...or did you mean computer base unit? Would that have to include a monitor, could you build your own pc?

DCFC79

If your confident you could build your own for maybe £200 but i depends what processor you buy and what os you install

jaydeeuk1

When building your own, under £50, AMD provide the best out of box performance, above that Intel is usually the way to go. Very simple way of putting it though, depending on what you want to do, eg -overclocking is one of intels strengths, the e7X00 series can be whacked up to ridiculous levels.

abibee

Goodness, who can afford £400 for a cpu!? Well, except those that can.

A quick look on Ebuyer and I see this ready-made system, free 19" monitor, looks quite nice.

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/151905

Mobeer

The core2Quad Q9650 that tonyhague mentions is good but expensive compared to a Q9550 - £411 vs £257 at Ebuyer. I have a Q9550 that overclocks easily to 3.4 GHz, which is plenty fast enough for me.

PROLIANT

For performance and relibility I would recommend any of the current Pentium-Class processor family, keep away from Celeron type chips.

DatabaseError

mobeer...he said £400, I was kinda taking the mickey a little bit 'cos i'm fairly sure he didn't really mean CPU.
3.4 is pretty good, walks all over my q9300 @3, still not worked out which component is letting me down (possibly NB or ram), but i'll get to 3.2 eventually (on air).

larry486

larry486 wrote: »

hi looking to buy a new desktop computer what should i look for regarding processors i want something for home use i.e browsing music video, that dosent slow down soon as i start to do something any advice or tips be good want to spend around £400...thx

sorted now thx to all