Soleron on 28 September 2009
| Crazymann said: Actually, I haven't finalized whether to do i5 or i7 yet. My current rig is an AMD, and it has served me well, but I think I'm going Intel this time (I live in a hot place so the lower TDP is a big plus.) I am thinking i7 because I need lots of RAM for sample editing, and some other tasks (12 GB will be the minimum). Plus... is it me or is i5 not that much cheaper than i7? |
Have you looked at the upcoming 45W Propus quads? Lower TDP than any quad Intel has.
i5 is cheaper because P55 is cheaper than X58, not really because the CPUs are cheaper. But for 12GB of RAM with memory-intensive apps, the i7 and X58 will benefit you more than the cost saved.
