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- Thu Dec 06, 2012 1:57 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Building a new system
- Replies: 37
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Re: Building a new system
For image processing, the number of cores is paramount, with other things like CPU cache also being important. If the number of cores are equal, I don't see an i7 have a huge advantage over an i5. I had figured as much. Are you saying then that the 4 "logical" cores presented by the hyperthreading ...
- Thu Dec 06, 2012 12:56 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Building a new system
- Replies: 37
- Views: 39030
Building a new system
So last weekend, my laptop took a dive (literally) and is a total loss. Looks like I'm building a new system. This one will be a desktop PC. Astro (and some terrestrial) image processing will be the primary function, and I'm willing to spend a bit to get what I want. I've got fairly significant past...