Energy Efficient Processors

[Lord Mythirion]

Is there any performance change if someone uses energy efficient AMD Athlon 4200+ rather than a regular 4200+?

 

[PerfectSK]

Where did you find energy efficient cpus?

 

[alvino]

No performance change, but it just uses less power.

 

[Lord Mythirion]

I found Energy Efficient AMD Athlon CPU's at Fry's Outpost.com

 

[PerfectSK]

If theres no performance change, go for it. It saves you more electricity!

 

[Lord Mythirion]

Yeah, that's probably what I'm going to do. Is there any major difference between and AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ and 5000+?

 

[linnerd40]

Betwenn the X23800+ and the X25000? Yeah... there is quite a performance increase. What are you going to be using it for though? Chances are a 4200+ or 3800+ is good enough for your needs.

 

[Lord Mythirion]

I'm going to use it for some gaming like Guild Wars, Elders Scrolls IV, and some other stuff. And then Adobe Photoshop and a lot of microsoft office.

 

[mayorredbeard]

a 3800 or 4200 would be suffice, invest more money in ram though. Applications like photoshop are just as if not more RAM intensive as CPU intensive.

 

[PerfectSK]

An X2 3800+ is good for the price. If you got the cash, just save up for the Conroe. In your sig it says you already have a X2 5000+, so is this for another computer or something?