Re: CPU - Hertz v. Cache

From: SKH (skh_at_yoyodyne.net)
Date: 06/02/04


Date: Wed, 02 Jun 2004 15:04:12 GMT

On Wed, 02 Jun 2004 07:30:34 -0700, Keith wrote:

> I've another question about the system I'll be building for myself...
>
> Imagining for a moment that I have chosen a mainboard that suits me fine,
> but requires a Pentium 4 CPU.
>
> What's better for a given price? Higher clock speed, or more cache?
>
> For example:
> - P4-C, 3.2 GHz with 8KBytes of Level 1 and 512KBytes of Level 2
> cache for EUR285
> - P4-E, 2.8 GHz with 16KBytes of Level 1 and 1024KBytes of Level 2
> cache for EUR190
>
> I'd be tempted to go for the second... Keith.

        So would I.



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