Thinking about my media PC project and that the Intel Q9650 (retail value about 330 quid here and in the UK) might be OTT for a simple media PC / server for streaming FLACs, internerd radio and watching the odd Netflix. This CPU might be better "recycled" into another workstation for the wife's office.
SO...
Given it has to be an LGA775 intel chip, running Windows 7 (the wife doesn't speak Linux) what alternative (cheaper) options would you think about? Price point I'm looking at is around 100 quid / 170 dollars, 2.5 to 3.0 GHz and Core2 quad probably.
Suggestions please....
SO...
Given it has to be an LGA775 intel chip, running Windows 7 (the wife doesn't speak Linux) what alternative (cheaper) options would you think about? Price point I'm looking at is around 100 quid / 170 dollars, 2.5 to 3.0 GHz and Core2 quad probably.
Suggestions please....