For software Development: Sandy Bridge or core i7 extreme ed?

[tijuana]

Hi!

I'm about to buy a new PC and need to know whether I should get an Intel Core i7-2600k or an i7-980x.

I know sandy bridge is the newer, better, faster architecture but I'm going to use the pc for .net software development and testing, so I'll have a VM open at all times with windows 2008 for all my VS dependencies (sql server and team foundation server) and up to 5 vms to test my apps (on XP, Vista 32/64 and 7 32).

My rationale for choosing intel's core i7-980x is that it has 2 extra cores, which would mean 4 extra parallel processes, but sandy bridge is so much cheaper...

So my question is for this type of load are 2 cores better or wil sandy bridge compensate with it's better per clock performance?

Regards!

 

[tijuana]

hmmm I guess I'll just wait and see then, since one of those adapters should be available at a hardware store, right?

 

[MU_Engineer]

hmmm I guess I'll just wait and see then, since one of those adapters should be available at a hardware store, right?

They may be at a store that sells computer hardware, but not at a typical hardware store that sells drills and nails and such. Otherwise you can order them from many online computer stores for a few bucks.

 

[tijuana]

I was referring to computer hardware stores. typical hardware stores are called something like iron stores here in Chile =)