| snakenobi said:
also do what application could take more
also what intel threads vs amd more cores?
don't worry about cost though just tell if its good for that cost |
I'd be more worried about the CPU being outdated than the RAM. The RAM is an easy and cheap upgrade even if you do find you need more, whereas the CPU (especially Intel CPUs) will likely need a different socket and therefore require a whole new motherboard. If you want to completely future proof top of the range CPU then go for one of the extreme Core i7 3XXX series (assuming price is no issue- it's ridiculously expensive vs the other i7s).
You can also overclock but I can't offer any advice about how to do that as I've never done it before.
As for threads vs AMD cores, from what I understand, in the Intel i7, each core can handle 2 threads (known as HyperThreading), so the 6 core i7 3XXX can carry out 12 threads. The AMD bulldozers on the other hand have a very different architecture. Each core is paired with another core in a module. The cores within a module share a certain amount of resources and is comparable with a single Intel core with Hyper threading. This basically means an 8-core (4-module) AMD bulldozer (e.g. AMD 8150 FX) is comparable with an Intel 4-core Hyper Threaded CPU (e.g. i7 2600/2700K).
