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

[averyblund]

nordlead said:

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.

To be fair you can get a Blu-Ray reader for $60 on NewEgg ATM. That is a drop in the bucket. Of course for people like me who don't do discs anymore even $60 isn't worth it.