Best processor besides core i7 for CPU intensive programs

[azcitycrew]

Hello,
I have been searching in the forums for advice on CPU for video editing/programming/ripping/graphics editing, etc and the consensus is Core i7's but I cant afford that right now. Would one of the Core i5 series or Phenom II X4 965 would be the next best thing?

 

[abswindows7]

Core i5 all the way

 

[someguy7]

Next step down would be the i5 and the phenom II 955/965. If those are still to costly you could go down to the lower clocked phenom IIs. Below that is the athlon II x4 quad core.

 

[Kewlx25]

the i7 is about 50% faster than the Phen II x4 for heavily multi-threaded apps

 

[Cryslayer80]

the i7 is about 50% faster than the Phen II x4 for heavily multi-threaded apps

 

[Kewlx25]

i said "heavily" multi threaded apps for a reason... not games.

you should see the i7 vs AMD on server end apps where there's tons of multi-threading. it gets wasted.

 

[lordszone]

hi
as far as i know if u want to buy a cpu for work other than gaming, and no core i7 then go for a xeon. i think it will work just fine for your tasks. hope i helped

 

[verndewd]

cant beat intel for video work . AMD tries but its just not ballzee enough

 

[azcitycrew]

hi
as far as i know if u want to buy a cpu for work other than gaming, and no core i7 then go for a xeon. i think it will work just fine for your tasks. hope i helped

Which Xeon do you suggest? Something like Xeon X3440 Lynnfield 2.53GHz?

 

[ElMoIsEviL]

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Why are you face palming at this claim? From a pure empirical standpoint he is bang on (assuming the context of this claim which does indicate heavily multi threaded environments).