A processor. A small piece of hardware that has such a huge impact on the rest of the system. I was so wanting a new processor ever since I heard that the Core 2 Duo's came out. Then as I was reading online I came across a review for a Core 2 Quad processor. Hmmm. I read the whole review like a thirsty man. And then I read another review and another. The price for this cool piece of hardware was $300. But it only utilized 1066mhz FSB and the core speed was only 2.4ghz. I wanted to utilize the full FSB of my board, 1333mhz. So, I looked at other processors, first the E6550 2.2ghz 1333mhz FSB at $179 Then the E6850 3Ghz 1333mhz FSB at $300, this was the absolute best processor you could get without moving into the Extremes.
And because I wanted the best, it finally came down to a contest between the Quad core and the E6850. Back and forth I went every minute. Then one day we were at Fry's and I was determined to get A processor that day, but I couldn't decide!! Arrghhh!! Then a light bulb struck. "Ask your dad." it said. And I did. He recommended the Quad core and gave me a couple of good reasons why. 1. This is where technology is going. 2. Its at the same price as the E6850. 3. Why not?
Now how could I argue with that. I went and purchased a brand new Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600.
Now she isn't the fastest horse on the track, but multiply the 4 cores by 2.4ghz and you get more processing power than the E6850 or even the brand new 45nm Core 2 Duo's. The 8MB L2 cache doesn't hurt either.
We then move on to the mean green eye, Nvidia and their awesome GPU's. Which of them will be my next graphics card?
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