Which is better?

[LaughingLarry]

I'm trying to figure out the price comparison between Apple's Mac Mini CPU:
2.8GHz dual-core Intel Core i5 with 3MB on-chip shared L3 cache

vs.

A $200 i5 3.2GHz Quad-Core 6 MB Cache.
The majority of i5 cpu's are minimum 3.1Ghz and many models for example (i5-4570, Core i5-4430, Core i5-4590S ) are even quad core.

I belive building a hackintosh is the better deal, considering the (clock speed/hyperthreading/Turbo of Apple's Mac mini Cpu lineup.

What do you think?

 

[AnPCtester]

Building a new computer is certainly better than anything from apple from price/performance point of view. If you prefer convenience and effort free setup and operation of your computer get the mac mini. The socket 1150 i5s (i5-4570, Core i5-4430, Core i5-4590S ) are all quad cores but they do not have hyper-threading. The mac mini i5 is dual core with hyper-threading. The normal i5s also has more cache(6MB vs 3MB) and all have turbo boost enabled. So basically, the normal i5s are better than the mac mini ones.

 

[LaughingLarry]

Hey, can you tell me if "all" 4th Generation Haswell Core i Cpu's (i3, i5, i7) are compatible with LGA1150 LogicBoards?
There's so many varieties of Intel i5 and Amazon doesn't always list the specifications you'd need like GHZ or anything really. For Example:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00J2LIF3C/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=tonymacx86com-20

Thanks AnPCtester

 

[AnPCtester]

Hey, can you tell me if "all" 4th Generation Haswell Core i Cpu's (i3, i5, i7) are compatible with LGA1150 LogicBoards?
There's so many varieties of Intel i5 and Amazon doesn't always list the specifications you'd need like GHZ or anything really. For Example:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00J2LIF3C/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=tonymacx86com-20

Thanks AnPCtester

All Intel Pentium, Celeron, Core i3, Core i5 and Core i7 that starts with 4xxx as a model number except the one's that have M in the end is LGA1150 compatible. The M at the end denotes mobile CPU for laptops. Similarly, the S at the end of the amazon link you gave is low power processor. It has a lower TDP so it can do less work in a given peroid of time. The wikipedia link provides more info about this. However, if your making a workplace PC or a gaming PC avoid low power parts. Go with the normal retail ones or the unlocked K series ones.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haswell_%28microarchitecture%29