Which CPU?

[nathan]

Im looking into building a machine to use as a asterisk pbx server, reading up on what sort of spec i need, it says i need a cpu that can handle the most floating point operations. I'm a bit out of touch with how cpu's are performing at the minute, so im asking if anyone has an advice for cpu/price with good floating point handling.

ta

 

[NickS]

Intel Pentium D 805. The cheapest dual core on the market, you can pick one up retail in USA for about $135. They can easily overclock on practically any mobo to about 3.5GHz + on stock air, 4Ghz on a good aftermarket solution such as a Thermaltake Big Typhoon, or a Thermalright XP-120.

Nick

 

[WC Annihilus]

Or a Scythe Ninja or Tuniq Tower

 

[nathan]

Or a Scythe Ninja or Tuniq Tower

never actually heard of those :S

 

[WC Annihilus]

Hmm, Scythe Ninja has gained a fairly fearsome rep. It was designed as a passive cooler, but with a 120mm fan or 2, it's right up there with the BT. The Tuniq Tower is a somewhat recent creation but tests have shown that it's way up there too.

You can buy the Ninja here

I did a quick search on the Tuniq Tower on Froogle for the UK, didn't turn up any results. Here's the manufacturer's site if you want to check it out.

 

[nathan]

Which would be better out of the AMD64 Dual Core 4200+ or the Pentium D 805 Dual Core 64 bit LGA 775 2 x 2.66 GHz 2MB.

Is for a video editing suite.

ta much

 

[Ham]

From what ive seen in reviews the intel is better for application crunching (such as video editing). Have a look at the cores on each and thier overclockability.

 

[FarFarAway]

From what ive seen in reviews the intel is better for application crunching (such as video editing). Have a look at the cores on each and thier overclockability.

Nein, Nada, no!!

Check it

And Full article

 

[Ham]

Ok then lol. I must learn not to trust these dam magazines...

 

[FarFarAway]

Ok then lol. I must learn not to trust these dam magazines...

Yeppers