first up of course is to figure out
which you prefer between AMD or Intel
right wrong we do not shop by brand we
shop by what delivers us the best
performance features and quality for the
money we're spending and just to make
this crystal clear AMD and Intel both
make extremely high quality micro
processors so let's move on to that
other stuff step one if you already have
your PC and you're upgrading is to make
sure you're shopping for CPUs that
actually fit in the frakking motherboard
that you're planning to use don't feel
bad about needing to look it up Intel
for example maintains current generation
products across two different physical
sockets at any given time and often has
a trailing older socket along with more
complex electrical and compatibilities
so go ahead ask a friend next up is to
look at what delivers more bang for your
buck within your target budget
performance used to be simple the
younger viewers may be surprised to hear
that not only did AMD and Intel CPUs
used to perform the same clock for clock
but they even fit into the same
motherboards at one point comparisons
were easy whoever had the faster clock
speed was faster and the megahertz war
was born then everything started
changing because the megahertz or
gigahertz or frequency of a CPU became
no longer any more meaningful than
gauging the performance of a car by how
many rpms the engine spins at I mean
yeah it's it's a useful metric somewhat
but only if we have other information at
the same time so let's talk about this
other information number one we need to
know how much work a CPU can perform
with each of those cycles how many
instructions per clock it can perform
its CPU a run at two gigahertz and did
one instruction per cycle and CPU B ran
at one gigahertz into two instructions
per cycle then they actually do the
exact same amount of work so the only
way to measure which one is really
better is by running real-world tests
but just like putting a car on a dyno
and measuring peak horsepower running
one test or one benchmark isn't the
be-all and end-all of CPU performance
either modern CPUs have multiple
processing cores and signed them and
while some benchmarks will measure the
speed of a single-core with more power
redirected to it in a turbo mode other
benchmarks will tell us more about how
that CPU behaves with that heavier load
that's spread across all the processing
course a multi-threaded test and other
tests will tell us you know if the CPU
has enough cash to keep up with a
particular workload in a perfect world
you want to find websites that test the
exact applications you're using most
frequently so you know exactly what
you're getting and that's the only way
to figure it out but let's continue the
car analogy for some people it isn't
just about how fast you go what about
creature comforts like air conditioning
and cruise control CPU reviews from
reputable sites like tech report
hardware Cox and PC perspective we'll
give you a rundown of other important
information like power consumption heat
output security features maximum
supported memory expected overclocking
limits for tweakers and so much more and
once you've got all of that information
you are ready to make a non fanboy
tastic decision about what gives you the
best value for your money before
plunking down your hard earned cash ola
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