Finding the Right CPU For You

Looking to build a new machine, or just upgrade the processor in the one you already have? Be sure not to miss our latest article that’s goal is to help you in your search. Depending on whether you want an AMD or Intel processor, the choices might be complicated. Intel offers so many different models, that it’s both hard to decide on one, and it’s easy to be suckered into buying one that doesn’t live up to the one you should have bought.

Thanks to recent AMD price drops, there is really only two choices on that side, so your decision is made extremely easy there. Their lowest-end triple-core can be had for a measly $102, while their highest-end offering is being offered for around $180. It’s really hard to go wrong with either, depending on what you are looking for.

The other sticky part of the equation is knowing that you can sometimes get a better processor for almost the same price. Take the Q9450 and Q9550, for example. $5 apart, but one is a nice upgrade over the other. We take all this into consideration in our article though, so if you need a new CPU, don’t miss it.

Our choice for recommended CPUs are based off of our expertise. We stalk new CPU releases, benchmark them the life out of them in our labs and also keep a close eye on pricing, as is evident by our news section. Because of the sheer number of processors available on the market, we don’t include all of them here, but rather pick different models are varying price-ranges that seem to make the most sense.

Source: Fall Processor Pricing – Finding the Best Bang for the Buck