Performance per dollar based off overall system price, which CPU is you?

[nordlead]

jefforange89 said:

nordlead said:

jefforange89 said:
I'm happy with my Phenom II.

Since I bought it in July though, it's come down in price by like 130$, though. >_> Luckily I got a 60$ off combo between it and my motherboard.

luckily the Sempron 140 I'm looking to buy won't drop a cent before it goes off the market Then again, I'm shopping for a super cheap, super low power HTPC. The other nice thing is if I do need the extra power the Sempron 140 can be unlocked to essentially a Athlon II X2 240 Regor. If it wasn't for the $20 coupon for the Sempron 140 it wouldn't make sense to risk the lower power option.

Anyways, I clicked Athlon II even though I don't have one

Why would you buy that? <_<  Unless it's something like a low-power fileserver, there's absolutely no application in 2010 for a single-core CPU.

You should at least get the lowest dual-core Athlon.

Cause there is a $40 price difference up to the cheapest Athlon X2 (yay for discounts). I already know exactly what this PC needs to be capable of, and it should be capable to do it. According to what I've read, the CPU is capable of playing 1080p signals with 5.1 surround sound. Even then, it won't really be doing 1080p with 5.1 surround until blu-ray drives drop in price enought to make it worth it. It'll probably only serve up 720p video from my camera for a few years, and by then I could grab a newer AM3 processor for $30-40 that is multicore and over 3GHz if I need it. The goal (besides playing certain content) is cheap and low power.