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Which would be better AMD or Intel?
nstgc:
Nah, I would still go with their APUs over Intels.
pantywraith:
Depending on tasks, with Llano you can get 90% or better performance than anything intel has in it's price range for 2/3rds the cost. If you are playing games or doing anything video heavy and do not have the 800+ to get a i3 setup that is as good as Llano in video, then AMD is the way to go. You can get a very nice system for less than 600. 500 if you are willing to make a few compromises in quality components or overall speed.
fohfoh:
IIRC, intel wins hands down. the issue lies that intel is in many prebuilts. However, if building from the ground up, then intel wins straight up, but AMD on price vs performance on occasion can match intel after an overclock.
Freedom Kira:
--- Quote from: Zankes on December 27, 2011, 09:32:19 AM ---AMD or Intel? I could possibly to get [Phenom] 6x or Intel i5 4x, but dunno which would better.... For intel I would get the 2500k and not overlock it, but it's just 10 euro for the overlocking version, so it really doesn't matter
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For performance of a hex Phenom vs. a quad i5, the i5 wins pretty much everywhere, especially if you are looking at Sandy Bridge CPUs. Ivy Bridge CPUs (to be released early 2012) are expected to increase efficiency even further while keeping performance the same or slightly better.
There is no point in buying the K version of an Intel processor if you won't overclock (in fact, you lose out on Intel Virtualization Technology, which is included in the regular chip but not the K chip IIRC). A penny saved is a penny earned.
By the way, it's better to say x6 and x4 instead of 6x and 4x. The former refers to a core count, while the latter usually refers to a model range; i.e. 60-69 and 40-49.
AnimeJanai:
Or you can say that all the performance after a certain point is "wasted" because at a certain point (which differs for each user of course), any extra speed is not noticeable. Then, one could say that either AMD or Intel is good enough. But really, the graphics card is the real bottleneck for most people playing games (not the CPU).
Exceptions are people that are going to continuously peg their CPU at 100% because they are grining 24/7 on those CPU (and electric power bill) distributed computing projects. I wish distributed computing projects would also keep track of the COST of the project to planet earth by also allowing users to enter the approximate wattage used by the PC with the CPU at 100% as well as the kilowatt/hour cost of the electricity. Then the cost for each user could be added to the running total cost of the project.
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