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Intel Turbo Boost vs. AMD Turbo Core Explained
An anonymous reader recommends a PC Authority article explaining the whys and wherefores of Intel Turbo Boost and AMD Turbo Core approaches to wringing more apparent performance out of multi-core CPUs. "Gordon Moore has a lot to answer for. His prediction in the now seminal 'Cramming more components onto integrated circuits' article from 1965 evolved into Intel's corporate philosophy and have driven the semiconductor industry forward for 45 years. This prediction was that the number of transistors on a CPU would double every 18 months and has driven CPU design into the realm of multicore. But the thing is, even now there are few applications that take full advantage of multicore processers. What this has led to is the rise of CPU technology designed to speed up single core performance when an application doesn't use the other cores. Intel's version of the technology is called Turbo Boost, while AMD's is called Turbo Core. This article neatly explains how these speed up your PC, and the difference between the two approaches. Interesting reading if you're choosing between Intel and AMD for your next build."
The description said - "This article neatly explains how these speed up your PC, and the difference between the two approaches. Interesting reading if you're choosing between Intel and AMD for your next build."
But it really don't have any performance information to help you choose.
There are a multitude of aftermarket CPU coolers ...
I spent several mostly unproductive years occupying my spare time (while offering up my spare dollars) by sifting through the specs, recommendations, user comments, product lifecycles, and marketing campaigns of what I'll call the Cool and Quiet industry. I say that as preface to the following comment:
They're not coolers, they're fucking fans. Get over it.
Some are "less cheap" than others, but they're all made of plastic, they all spin, they all make noise, and they all suck. Or blow. Whatever. And eventually, they fall.
And if "noise" isn't a problem for you, you're either deaf, wear head phones, have grown accustomed to the excessive ambient din of your environment, never learned to tell the difference, live in a trailer park where classic 70s rock rules the day, are slightly retarded, or all the above.