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| Thread ID: 124936 | 2012-05-28 17:39:00 | One computer is 3 times as fast? | lostsoul62 (16011) | Press F1 |
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| 1278063 | 2012-05-28 17:39:00 | I have an E6550 Intel 2.33 Gig dual core - 4 Gigs of 6400 RAM - 1 TB Sata 3 (6 Gb) Hard drive The other is a AMD 955 3.2 Gig Quad core - 60 GB SSD Hard drive and 2 USB3 Hard Drives - 1333 Gigs of RAM The AMD does a virus check at 3 times the speed using the same software so is it 1. The CPU 2. The RAM 3. The Hard Drive which on paper is the same speed but not in reality? Or all 3? But which one gives it the most speed? I'm going to build another computer which is an 8 core and just wondering what gives it the most speed? |
lostsoul62 (16011) | ||
| 1278064 | 2012-05-28 20:22:00 | Since it is birus scanning it will be the SSD and cpu to a lesser extent. Also the cpus speed is measured in Hz not gigabytes. And i dont thing its possible to have ram clocked ar 6400 nor 1333gb of ram. | Slankydudl (16687) | ||
| 1278065 | 2012-05-28 20:22:00 | 1333G of RAM? :drool: I'll bet your SSD in the AMD box is responsible for a lot of the difference. How do the machines compare when virus testing an external HDD? Tried any benchmarking software on the 2 boxes? |
MushHead (10626) | ||
| 1278066 | 2012-05-28 20:42:00 | The Amd has a smaller hd so should go faster. | stratex5 (16685) | ||
| 1278067 | 2012-05-28 20:56:00 | I have an E6550 Intel 2.33 - 4 Gigs RAM - The other is a AMD 955 3.2 - 1333 Gigs of RAM ? Somehow I don't think it has 1333GB of RAM. Not enough RAM slots for that much.... The one PC may be quite a clean instal, and the other full of bloat. Try them both in safe mode, any difference? The slow one - do a fresh install of windows. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 1278068 | 2012-05-28 21:59:00 | It'll be the SSD, no question. They're just much quicker for accessing files than the traditional platter-based HDDs. On paper, they may use the same interface eg.SATA2 but they're nowhere near close in terms of read & write speeds - stuff that actually counts :D |
autechre (266) | ||
| 1278069 | 2012-05-28 22:56:00 | It will be the SSD. Not only is the read and write speed quicker, but its a lot smaller as well. Also, you won't have 1333 gigs or ram, the 1333 will refer to how fast your ram it. It will be measured in the mhz, just like the cpu is measured in the ghz. For your 8 core machine, I would give it a SSD to run windows and important programs, and then a large HDD for your files. |
Nick G (16709) | ||
| 1278070 | 2012-05-28 23:51:00 | Comparing pumpkins with kumara? | KarameaDave (15222) | ||
| 1278071 | 2012-05-29 00:43:00 | The Amd has a smaller hd so should go faster. No, not the size, but the speed of it. The SSD will be significantly faster! The size isn't really the relevant factor here. |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 1278072 | 2012-05-29 02:03:00 | Yeah, the SSD is most likely the biggest factor here. And depending on which AV software, the CPU also but to a far lesser degree. The 955 is blazing fast if you're running something that can actually take advantage of it's cores. | inphinity (7274) | ||
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