Okay I built 2 computers on the same day, using all the exact same parts except
1) one cpu is an I5 3350P, the other is I3 2125
2) I have 16 gigs of 1600 mhz memory, other Has 8 Gigs, Mine has since been OCed to 1866, but it was faster before then, I do think it sped things up however.
EDIT: We do use different graphics cards but the other computer isn't using the Intel HD graphics either, and I'm not even comparing gaming, its night and day but I know the I5+better graphics card causes that.
Any board you read will tell you a few things usually.
1) for general computing an I3 is as fast as an I5
2) There is almost no difference between sandy bridge and ivy bridge
3) More than 8 gigs of memory does nothing
4) memory above 1600 is no faster
Well the two computers are identical (same board, same psu, same model memory, same HD, same case). But everything I do on my computer is almost instantaneous, on the other one, its a nice upgrade from a Q6600, but is not close to as fast. Its slower opening IE, loading windows, changing tabs in IE... its noticably slower in everything.
This seems to be the perfect testbed. I guess I could pull 8 gigs out of my computer, but that still leaves 2 variables (i5 vs i3, and SB vs IB)
So which of the common statements everyone tells people on Tom's hardware/Newegg is a lie?
1) one cpu is an I5 3350P, the other is I3 2125
2) I have 16 gigs of 1600 mhz memory, other Has 8 Gigs, Mine has since been OCed to 1866, but it was faster before then, I do think it sped things up however.
EDIT: We do use different graphics cards but the other computer isn't using the Intel HD graphics either, and I'm not even comparing gaming, its night and day but I know the I5+better graphics card causes that.
Any board you read will tell you a few things usually.
1) for general computing an I3 is as fast as an I5
2) There is almost no difference between sandy bridge and ivy bridge
3) More than 8 gigs of memory does nothing
4) memory above 1600 is no faster
Well the two computers are identical (same board, same psu, same model memory, same HD, same case). But everything I do on my computer is almost instantaneous, on the other one, its a nice upgrade from a Q6600, but is not close to as fast. Its slower opening IE, loading windows, changing tabs in IE... its noticably slower in everything.
This seems to be the perfect testbed. I guess I could pull 8 gigs out of my computer, but that still leaves 2 variables (i5 vs i3, and SB vs IB)
So which of the common statements everyone tells people on Tom's hardware/Newegg is a lie?
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