AMD vs. Intel - let the battle commence!

[srynznfyra]

This thread is for the amd and intel geeks to give PROPER REASONS for loving or hating either side - AMD or Intel, and certainly A LITTLE BIT OF FLAMING ALONG THE WAY!

Personally, I'm going with AMD on my next build, but that's only cause of the price. i would get intel if it was cheaper. Also i found a relatively good board for what I want that supports socket AM2 (amd) processors.

I think intels only processor that's actually REALLY alot better than AMD is its Core i7, but right now that processor runs into the hundreds of pounds per processor, and you also need DDR3 memory which breaks the bank aswell. And you need one of those fancy new socket 1366 motherboards, another half grand easily.

[RecT]

Are you kidding that AMD is cheaper than Intel??????

Even the low-end intel dual cores can out pace the AMD equivalents and have oodles of overclocking headroom! (For those who like to play with fire that is....) I currently use a Core2Duo with no probs and with only DDR2 Ram - all for a very low cost and no performance worries at all.

[RecT]

BTW... welcome to the forum!! Let the flaming commence.... :-)

[srynznfyra]

Are you kidding that AMD is cheaper than Intel??????

Even the low-end intel dual cores can out pace the AMD equivalents and have oodles of overclocking headroom! (For those who like to play with fire that is....) I currently use a Core2Duo with no probs and with only DDR2 Ram - all for a very low cost and no performance worries at all.

Hi
Give me the price of all your components.

AMD 6000+ dual core athlon x2 3.1GHz 89W costs £70. Its competitor not including O/C is a Core2Duo around 3GHz (not below that figure). I don't include overclocking cause A) some motherboards don't support it, B) that often voids the warranty, C) most people don't O/C and D) for a review of overclocking what you need to do is overclock each CPU that your comparing to its limits and compare them then.

Nice hearing from you (we always need 2 sides to an argument :P),
Fela

[RecT]

Pentium E2160 is £40 (in terms of absolute basic) (what my laptop uses)

Core 2 Quad Q6600 is £108 - albeit slightly more expensive, but i think more bang for the buck. (For desktop)

Of course, if we're going nuts, there is the QX9775 @ a shade under £2000! (I can dream!)

[WWP]

Being British is all about supporting the underdog.... something very non-British about supporting Intel, but even so... I'm an Intel chap.

[srynznfyra]

An AMD 6000 CPU is roughly the same performance as a Core2Duo 3Ghz isn't it?

I could find a C2d for £100+, and a AMD 6000 for £70. How is intel not more expensive?

For my new build I'm gonna have to go amd anyway cause i got a amd board ha! :P

[srynznfyra]

the cheapest athlon over 2GHz that i could find was just over £20. Beat that with intel! plus the athlon has some nice system performance. Especially compared with the Pentium4. Don't get me started on that. BTW I'm posting this with a computer running with a Pentium 4. I'm in the process of building a new, AMD, computer.

[Federalli]

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[srynznfyra]

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OK, why is that? I choose AMD cause it's cheap for performance (but so is intel in some categories i hear), but also because I have an amd motherboard.