processorYousef, dwaters, Vinod_SQL, Henrike, NickB, randguth, HumanCompiler, BestSnowman, tina, Jenp, extreme, Clint, Nogare, Sampy, Anaquil, VolkerW, kunjal, Charles, Grace, tokianuki, IvanaTilca, MrNAP, Fabian, JeanGray, mkleef, Chenley, Sasza, loper, Guerra, cykho, DaveMorehouse, markjo, Miguel, qixing, MS Recruiting, BuckWoody, leonardopires, Tao, TechNetMagazine, pseudotot, MJV, Max, Matt_Duffin, SaNdMaX, zeddy, SilkeChristina, bsarica, Ellery, feder, wolfh, gogole, Jaguar, eminay, madd0, magicMajid, Olaf, bietiekay, Yizhe, BipinPaulBedi, chidioc, sarahintampa, onyourmark, Ian, imkin, gbarnett, sriram, littleguru, Joey, Laura, dmelanchthon, HilaryP, Exsilio, gmarchetti, akinoriy, Surfer, edunhill, smanus, masakit10051, Lean, fuady, SampyLive2, ethelcilla, MWahby, ZachSkylesOwens, anmari, narenda, tendulkar, UrJiT, Michael_Greene, neil, TheContempt, wperr, Diane, SecurityGuy, AdamBomb, JamesSun, alanle, ASchabus, compozer, Fernik, gkrishnaa, jaircazarin, arnostevens, steffenk, Farol, Daniel, Larry, gsmodi, mesmann, erickingfrog, alain, DiegoNogare, Arun, campusK0der, ronald, KenR, Johnny_Yu, bencoley, Pascal, Lisa, tunckanat, sos, AlexJimenez, SanilSingh, anoop, armanhal, Barbara, System, krobi, Beatriz, Carla_Silva, Duncan, Elisa, Ata, AlfredTwo, RaidDawghttp://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/Dev/App_Themes/Channel8/images/feedimage.pnghttp://channel8.msdn.com/Tags/processor/processorhttp://channel8.msdn.com/Tags/processor/en-usMon, 10 Dec 2007 22:45:36 GMTMon, 10 Dec 2007 22:45:36 GMTEvNet (EvNet, Version=1.0.3229.2473, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null)<img src="http://channel8.msdn.com/Link/cf4f86cc-65e5-4a68-8e97-062bfc30eaa4/" border="0" />Looks like we have a close race in the <a href="http://channel8.msdn.com/Posts/Max-Builds-a-PC-Series-Part-I-The-Case/" target="_blank">case selection </a>with the camps generally siding with either a lian-li or an antec solution (I tallied 6 votes for each).&nbsp; I'm going to leave the <a href="http://channel8.msdn.com/Posts/Max-Builds-a-PC-Series-Part-I-The-Case/" target="_blank">discussion open on that one </a>still while starting the new--sure to be a heated discussion--thread: <br /><br /><strong>What CPU should we use???!?!?<br /><br /></strong>I'm going to leave this one a little more open ended instead of starting you off with two great choices, I will give you some pointers.<br /><br />Pointer 1: <a href="http://www.intel.com/" target="_blank">Intel </a>and <a href="http://www.amd.com/" target="_blank">AMD </a>are the current giants in the CPU space.&nbsp; While there are others still in the game, for our build I would rather stick with the more mainstream choices.<br /><br />Pointer 2: While clock speed may have been the deciding factor in years past, these days there are more features to consider such as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi-core_%28computing%29" target="_blank">cores and cache</a>.<br /><br />Pointer 3: Both Intel and AMD have different front side bus architectures and memory controller placements... for example Intel currently offers 1066MHz and 1333MHz FSB options.&nbsp; AMD utilizes what they call "hypertransport" and have recently released their new version with their <a href="http://multicore.amd.com/us-en/AMD-Multi-Core/Quad-Core-Advantage/Spider.aspx" target="_blank">Spider platform</a>.<br /><br />Pointer 4: Don't forget thermal and power requirements... an <a href="http://www.intel.com/products/processor/core2XE/index.htm?iid=prod_desktopcore+body_core2exQX9650" target="_blank">Intel Extreme Edition</a> chip may be fast, but it sure is power hungry and requires a good cooling solution.&nbsp; The new <a href="http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/ProductInformation/0,,30_118_15331_15332,00.html" target="_blank">AMD Phenom </a>is quad core and has a surprisingly low thermal envelope...<br /><br />Point 5: well don't just sit there... comment COMMENT <strong>COMMENT</strong>!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />PS: original rules <a href="http://channel8.msdn.com/Posts/Max-Builds-a-PC-Series/">here</a>.<br /><br /><img src="http://channel8.msdn.com/553/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0" height="1" width="1" alt="" />http://channel8.msdn.com/Posts/Max-Builds-a-PC-Series-Part-II-The-CPU/Looks like we have a close race in the case selection with the camps generally siding with either a lian-li or an antec solution (I tallied 6 votes for each).&nbsp; I'm going to leave the discussion open on that one still while starting the new--sure to be a heated discussion--thread: What CPU should we use???!?!?I'm going to leave this one a little more open ended instead of starting you off with two great choices, I will give you some pointers.Pointer 1: Intel and AMD are the current giants in the CPU space.&nbsp; While there are others still in the game, for our build I would rather stick with the more mainstream choices.Pointer 2: While clock speed may have been the deciding factor in years past, these days there are more features to consider such as cores and cache.Pointer 3: Both Intel and AMD have different front side bus architectures and memory controller placements... for example Intel currently offers 1066MHz and 1333MHz FSB options.&nbsp; AMD utilizes what they call "hypertransport" and have recently released their new version with their Spider platform.Pointer 4: Don't forget thermal and power requirements... an Intel Extreme Edition chip may be fast, but it sure is power hungry and requires a good cooling solution.&nbsp; The new AMD Phenom is quad core and has a surprisingly low thermal envelope...Point 5: well don't just sit there... comment COMMENT COMMENT!PS: original rules here.http://channel8.msdn.com/Posts/Max-Builds-a-PC-Series-Part-II-The-CPU/Mon, 10 Dec 2007 19:47:00 GMThttp://channel8.msdn.com/Posts/Max-Builds-a-PC-Series-Part-II-The-CPU/3455http://channel8.msdn.com/553/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0Looks like we have a close race in the <a href="http://channel8.msdn.com/Posts/Max-Builds-a-PC-Series-Part-I-The-Case/" target="_blank">case selection </a>with the camps generally siding with either a lian-li or an antec solution (I tallied 6 votes for each). I'm going to leave the <a href="http://channel8.msdn.com/Posts/Max-Builds-a-PC-Series-Part-I-The-Case/" target="_blank">discussion open on that one </a>still while starting the new--sure to be a heated discussion--thread: <br /><br /><b>What CPU should we use???!?!?<br /><br /></b>I'm going to leave this one a little more open ended instead of starting you off with two great choices, I will give you some pointers.MaxMax74http://channel8.msdn.com/Posts/Max-Builds-a-PC-Series-Part-II-The-CPU/RSS/http://channel8.msdn.com/553/Trackback.aspxcpumax builds a pc seriesprocessor