Hi<br><br>On Thursday, 19 January 2012, John Stepien <<a href="mailto:hackerbeavis@yahoo.com">hackerbeavis@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<br><br>> The processors I'm considering are either a Core i5-2405S Sandy Bridge 2.5GHz (3.3GHz Turbo Boost) LGA 1155 65W or a Core i7-2600S Sandy Bridge 2.8GHz (3.8GHz Turbo Boost) LGA 1155 65W, and there is about a $90 price difference between these two processors.<br>
><br>> So my question is, will the i5 handle these tasks with a little room to spare, or do I need the i7? I don't want to pay for CPU that won't get used, but I don't want to come up short, either.<br>><br>
<br>I used an i5-2300 for my latest FE/BE. The reason I chose that CPU is because 1) it's the cheapest and 2) various reports showed the power consumption to be overall less or the same than the more expensive low-power i5 version. The figures are max TDP, not how much it will use overall.<br>
<br>My BE does everything you listed above and more, and the CPU is pretty much constantly idle: hence the power saving being the same.<br><br>Having said that the processor I used before a e8200 core 2 duo was just as good too and I never felt the machine wasn't fast enough. The processor will spent most of its time idling..