1 00:00:00,320 --> 00:00:06,080 Intel's desktop CPU lineup contains at 2 00:00:03,520 --> 00:00:11,920 least, depending how you divide them up, six distinct segments with a total of 3 00:00:09,200 --> 00:00:17,359 nearly three dozen processors ranging all the way from under 50 bucks to 4 00:00:14,160 --> 00:00:19,359 around $1,700. 5 00:00:17,359 --> 00:00:24,960 And while this is admittedly a huge improvement over the last generation 6 00:00:21,680 --> 00:00:29,199 4000 series, which had twice as many in 7 00:00:24,960 --> 00:00:32,480 the desktop range and over 250 total, 8 00:00:29,199 --> 00:00:34,960 it's still super confusing. So, I fired 9 00:00:32,480 --> 00:00:39,600 up ARC, Intel's handydandy product database, extracted the most pertinent 10 00:00:37,520 --> 00:00:44,800 information, and put it in a spreadsheet that you can download below. That should 11 00:00:41,600 --> 00:00:47,280 make choosing the right CPU much, much 12 00:00:44,800 --> 00:00:54,840 easier. And give me a kickback if you buy using the included Amazon 13 00:00:57,719 --> 00:01:03,039 links. Tunnel Bear is the simple VPN app 14 00:01:00,800 --> 00:01:07,200 that makes it easy to browse privately and enjoy a more open internet. To try 15 00:01:05,439 --> 00:01:12,600 Tunnel Bear for free, check out the link in the video description. TLDDR. If 16 00:01:10,720 --> 00:01:18,080 you're building on the cheap, a Pentium G4400 dual core at around 60 bucks is 17 00:01:15,680 --> 00:01:23,840 your best bet. Because if you were willing to spend $92 for the 18 00:01:20,920 --> 00:01:30,360 G4520's marginal speed improvement, the Core i36100 is worth the extra 25 more 19 00:01:27,680 --> 00:01:35,040 thanks to its higher clock speed and hyperthreading. From there, if you're a 20 00:01:32,720 --> 00:01:41,280 heavier multitasker or a light content creator, the whole nont Core i5 lineup 21 00:01:39,360 --> 00:01:48,159 makes a fair amount of sense with the Core i56500 coming in strongest in my mind 22 00:01:45,439 --> 00:01:55,159 thanks to its 19% base clock advantage over the 6400 for only a 10% price 23 00:01:51,880 --> 00:01:57,920 premium. If I was going to spring for an 24 00:01:55,159 --> 00:02:02,719 i56600, personally, I'd pay the extra 20 or so for the K variant. It's got a 25 00:02:00,880 --> 00:02:06,880 higher TDP, that means more power consumption. But with an extra 26 00:02:04,399 --> 00:02:11,599 investment in a Z series motherboard, it supports overclocking, which can either 27 00:02:09,200 --> 00:02:16,239 give you a bit of extra oomph near the end of your computer's usable lifespan 28 00:02:13,599 --> 00:02:22,480 or improve resale value when the time comes to sell it and start from scratch. 29 00:02:19,200 --> 00:02:25,599 This is basically as high as I'd go for 30 00:02:22,480 --> 00:02:27,920 a pure gaming machine. For aspiring 31 00:02:25,599 --> 00:02:32,640 content creators, let's say gamers who also stream or edit together their game 32 00:02:30,400 --> 00:02:37,040 plays for later upload to YouTube, the Core i7 33 00:02:34,200 --> 00:02:44,239 6700K takes everything that's good about the 6600 K and adds hyperthreading, more 34 00:02:40,800 --> 00:02:46,720 cache, and the highest base and boost 35 00:02:44,239 --> 00:02:51,120 clocks across Intel's entire current generation lineup. And you can find 36 00:02:48,640 --> 00:02:56,959 links to all of these processors in the video description. Okay, so the TLDDR is 37 00:02:54,319 --> 00:03:02,800 over, kids. Let's see how we got there. I'm going to start with the easy way. 38 00:02:59,760 --> 00:03:06,319 Weed out products that have zero 39 00:03:02,800 --> 00:03:09,200 customer reviews. A given skew can have 40 00:03:06,319 --> 00:03:13,840 more reviews for a number of reasons. Sometimes it's because the people who 41 00:03:11,280 --> 00:03:18,080 buy them have invested very heavily and feel compelled to shout from the 42 00:03:16,000 --> 00:03:22,480 treetops, especially to each other, about how justified they were in doing 43 00:03:19,920 --> 00:03:27,360 so. Though the psychology of consumer behavior is far beyond the scope of this 44 00:03:24,400 --> 00:03:31,680 video, but the most common reason is that someone else out there has already 45 00:03:29,840 --> 00:03:37,000 done the grunt work research to determine that, for example, the Core 46 00:03:34,840 --> 00:03:44,560 i36100 at $117 makes more sense than the 47 00:03:40,120 --> 00:03:47,879 i36300 at $138 with its barely higher 48 00:03:44,560 --> 00:03:50,760 clock speed, extra 1 meg of cache, 49 00:03:47,879 --> 00:03:56,799 and marginally faster onboard board graphics. There are exceptions to this, 50 00:03:53,599 --> 00:04:01,280 but some solid indicators aside from 51 00:03:56,799 --> 00:04:04,360 reviews are adequate stock and properly 52 00:04:01,280 --> 00:04:06,879 filled out product information pages and 53 00:04:04,360 --> 00:04:13,599 photos. Not to mention the availability of a box version directly from Intel. 54 00:04:10,720 --> 00:04:18,959 Though for a specialty, let's say a super low power consumption build, you 55 00:04:16,160 --> 00:04:28,000 might not be able to avoid nonbox, that is to say tray or OEM parts. The Core 56 00:04:23,639 --> 00:04:29,960 i56400T from the T low power series is a 57 00:04:28,000 --> 00:04:37,600 standout here as a 35W true quad core at 2.2 to 2.8 GHz for 58 00:04:35,199 --> 00:04:42,560 170 bucks. Though we can see that the comparison here is somewhat unfair 59 00:04:40,240 --> 00:04:47,680 because realworld pricing of similar chips like the 60 00:04:44,199 --> 00:04:51,120 6500T is way off of Intel's suggested 61 00:04:47,680 --> 00:04:53,440 price on ARC. This is pretty normal on 62 00:04:51,120 --> 00:04:58,400 these niche SKs though and yet another reason to gravitate towards the higher 63 00:04:56,000 --> 00:05:03,919 volume chips that every retailer in their dog is competing hard to sell so 64 00:05:01,199 --> 00:05:08,240 that they not only sell the CPU but also all the other accessories that go with 65 00:05:05,759 --> 00:05:13,520 it. In fact, for these high volume items, it's not uncommon to see them 66 00:05:10,240 --> 00:05:16,160 going for even less than Intel's MSRP on 67 00:05:13,520 --> 00:05:20,560 sale. Now, let's go deeper. You've probably noticed Xeon processors 68 00:05:18,639 --> 00:05:24,160 sprinkled in with the core branded consumer ones. I included those in my 69 00:05:22,880 --> 00:05:29,919 spreadsheet for the sake of completeness, but in a nutshell, Xeons 70 00:05:26,880 --> 00:05:33,840 at the same specs in the same socket 71 00:05:29,919 --> 00:05:37,199 perform identically to desktop chips and 72 00:05:33,840 --> 00:05:39,440 differ from consumer CPUs primarily in 73 00:05:37,199 --> 00:05:44,560 their ability to use ECC error correcting memory, which you can learn 74 00:05:41,199 --> 00:05:46,960 more about here. Most 1000 series Xeons 75 00:05:44,560 --> 00:05:52,479 can even actually run unofficially though in the same consumer LG1 1151 76 00:05:50,479 --> 00:05:57,199 motherboards as everything else that I've talked about so far. So if you find 77 00:05:54,720 --> 00:06:01,919 one you like, you can do that. Though, please note that ECC memory support 78 00:05:59,520 --> 00:06:06,880 depends on the motherboard chipset, too. So, you'd lose some of the benefit that 79 00:06:04,160 --> 00:06:12,720 you're usually paying extra for in that case. Moving up higher than the 6700 K 80 00:06:11,039 --> 00:06:18,400 means we're getting into two different territories here. Both of which require 81 00:06:15,440 --> 00:06:22,800 moving up to the big boy pants socket LGA 82 00:06:19,880 --> 00:06:27,120 20113. Proumer and professional use where dramatically reducing project 83 00:06:24,880 --> 00:06:33,280 times with more processing cores will improve productivity and therefore 84 00:06:29,039 --> 00:06:34,960 profit. or because I can land where 85 00:06:33,280 --> 00:06:39,280 often knowing what they're doing, enthusiast consumers will drop obscene 86 00:06:37,280 --> 00:06:44,160 amounts of money knowing that they aren't getting a good value. Let's try 87 00:06:41,440 --> 00:06:50,479 to cover both of them. All 2011 3 processors require a $50 to $100 more 88 00:06:47,680 --> 00:06:56,000 expensive motherboard, but they support more PCI Express lanes and quad channel 89 00:06:53,759 --> 00:07:01,520 versus dual channel memory. Though this is of dubious value to the typical gamer 90 00:06:58,639 --> 00:07:08,240 with core branded products and 1000 series Xeon EPS limited to one CPU on a 91 00:07:05,440 --> 00:07:12,720 motherboard, 2000 series Xeon EPS, bumping that up to two CPUs on a 92 00:07:10,160 --> 00:07:16,960 motherboard, and EXClass Zeons capable of running four CPUs on a single 93 00:07:15,440 --> 00:07:21,560 motherboard, though you'll pay a significant premium for that feature. In 94 00:07:20,000 --> 00:07:28,400 the core range, the i76800 K stands out to me. It comes with 95 00:07:24,639 --> 00:07:31,199 28 PCIe lanes, so two-way SLI, the 96 00:07:28,400 --> 00:07:37,080 highest we recommend, is all good. You get 94% of the clock speed at 73% of the 97 00:07:35,360 --> 00:07:43,120 price compared to the 6850K, which also boasts 40 PCIe lanes 98 00:07:40,639 --> 00:07:49,840 if you're an expansion fiend. And like the rest of the HEDT or high-end desktop 99 00:07:46,800 --> 00:07:52,800 Core i7s, it supports overclocking, 100 00:07:49,840 --> 00:07:58,639 meaning that the clock and architectural disadvantage versus the 6700 K that 101 00:07:55,759 --> 00:08:03,840 comes with being based on the slower updated server workstation platform are 102 00:08:01,599 --> 00:08:10,240 a little more palatable given the reasonable $100 premium for 50% more 103 00:08:07,440 --> 00:08:16,240 processing cores. It's got six of them. The rest of the 20113 Core i7s seem to 104 00:08:13,440 --> 00:08:22,639 be priced more like high clock speed, high power consumption Xeon SKs. The 105 00:08:19,160 --> 00:08:25,639 6850K and the 6t900 K hold their own 106 00:08:22,639 --> 00:08:27,639 pretty well against the very similar 107 00:08:25,639 --> 00:08:34,360 E51650 and E51660 if you want to trade ECC support 108 00:08:30,960 --> 00:08:38,080 for overclocking. But as for the 10 core 109 00:08:34,360 --> 00:08:40,399 6950X extreme edition, while it enjoys a 110 00:08:38,080 --> 00:08:44,800 significant max turbo boost clock speed advantage over the entire Xeon range, 111 00:08:42,719 --> 00:08:48,959 with a couple exceptions, including this weird quad core that I wouldn't 112 00:08:46,320 --> 00:08:56,160 recommend over a lowerriced LG 1151 model, it doesn't make as much sense to 113 00:08:51,600 --> 00:08:58,720 me as the similarly priced E52680 V4. I 114 00:08:56,160 --> 00:09:04,320 mean, if you need 10 cores, wouldn't you also benefit from 14 and probably ECC? 115 00:09:02,480 --> 00:09:09,920 Because that's the basic process for choosing a Xeon. In theory, clock speed 116 00:09:07,519 --> 00:09:13,040 times the physical cores and total logical cores provided by hyperthreading 117 00:09:11,920 --> 00:09:18,000 technology, which you can learn more about here, where applicable for 118 00:09:15,600 --> 00:09:22,480 multi-threaded workloads like CPUbased video encoding or 3D modeling and 119 00:09:20,480 --> 00:09:26,640 scientific number crunching, will give you total 120 00:09:23,880 --> 00:09:31,480 performance sort of. And you'll need to weigh that then against your sensitivity 121 00:09:28,800 --> 00:09:37,279 to high power consumption and high price. Though again, it isn't quite that 122 00:09:34,320 --> 00:09:42,000 simple. The base clock is not necessarily representative of the speed 123 00:09:39,519 --> 00:09:46,640 at which the chip will actually operate and neither is the boost for that 124 00:09:43,440 --> 00:09:48,959 matter. This handy chart that I found 125 00:09:46,640 --> 00:09:56,560 for current generation Xeon EP processors reveals that in heavy AVX 126 00:09:51,839 --> 00:10:01,120 loads, the 14 core 2690 V4 costs 20% 127 00:09:56,560 --> 00:10:03,920 more than a 14 core 2680 V4 and appears 128 00:10:01,120 --> 00:10:10,480 to enjoy a 10% clock speed advantage. but in actuality only runs 7% faster 129 00:10:08,000 --> 00:10:17,480 with up to six cores boosted and only three and a half% faster with all 14. 130 00:10:14,519 --> 00:10:21,040 Furthermore, for workstation use, uh, virtualization, that technology that 131 00:10:19,360 --> 00:10:26,480 allowed me to have 10 gamers running off of a single computer here, or bursty, 132 00:10:24,480 --> 00:10:32,560 uh, singlethreaded application use, games love high performance cores. High 133 00:10:29,200 --> 00:10:35,760 boost clocks can be as important as many 134 00:10:32,560 --> 00:10:38,800 cores, if not more so, as our comparison 135 00:10:35,760 --> 00:10:43,120 between the 6700 K quad core, which 136 00:10:38,800 --> 00:10:46,399 costs 350 bucks, and the 6T50X10 core, 137 00:10:43,120 --> 00:10:49,760 which costs 1,700 demonstrated with the 138 00:10:46,399 --> 00:10:52,720 6700 K being a clearly superior gaming 139 00:10:49,760 --> 00:10:59,440 chip due to its higher peak clock speed. I'll have that chart linked below as 140 00:10:55,320 --> 00:11:01,760 well. Which leads us to two more things. 141 00:10:59,440 --> 00:11:06,320 I haven't touched on some specialized features like trusted execution 142 00:11:03,959 --> 00:11:10,000 technology. If you need that, your decision is pretty simple. Buy one of 143 00:11:07,920 --> 00:11:15,680 the few SKs that supports it. And finally, it almost never makes sense to 144 00:11:12,399 --> 00:11:17,839 buy a last generation CPU brand new. 145 00:11:15,680 --> 00:11:21,920 Clearance deals do happen, but they're rare because Intel usually carefully 146 00:11:20,240 --> 00:11:25,680 manages supply in their distribution channels. So, basically nothing is left 147 00:11:24,160 --> 00:11:29,760 by the time the new ones start hitting shelves, usually at the same price for 148 00:11:28,160 --> 00:11:34,560 something slightly better than the old one. Secondhand chips, on the other 149 00:11:31,920 --> 00:11:38,959 hand, can be a steal. I'd take this aging six core for 200 bucks at the time 150 00:11:37,040 --> 00:11:43,440 of writing and overclock the stuffing out of it over our current generation 151 00:11:40,560 --> 00:11:48,959 quad for certain workloads. But watch out, CPUs, especially older ones, 152 00:11:46,720 --> 00:11:54,079 generally outlast their motherboards by a considerable margin. So finding a 153 00:11:51,440 --> 00:11:58,240 compatible board at all, let alone one at a reasonable price with a somewhat 154 00:11:56,320 --> 00:12:03,440 up-to-date feature set, can make this approach less 155 00:12:00,279 --> 00:12:06,079 feasible. So then, have you made it this 156 00:12:03,440 --> 00:12:09,120 far and still feel lost? I'll have some references. I talked about some of them 157 00:12:07,519 --> 00:12:13,600 linked in the video description, but worst case scenario, join the 158 00:12:10,839 --> 00:12:16,800 linesttips.com forum and ask for help. Our community is awesome and someone 159 00:12:15,279 --> 00:12:21,360 would be happy to help you find the right CPU for your new machine. So, 160 00:12:19,760 --> 00:12:26,240 thanks for watching, guys. If this video sucked or it was too long, you know what 161 00:12:23,440 --> 00:12:30,240 to do. 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