AMD or Intel

Archer said:
No need for such fast RAM. You are paying for "performance" that you will never ever see.
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Thanks final question

Price wise there is not a big difference in the following is it better to go for the 2500k will I use all of this ?


Intel® Core™ i5 2400 - 3.10GHz Quad Core, Socket 1155, 6MB L3, DMI Bus, 32nm, x64, Intel VT, Intel HD Graphics @ 850MHz, 3 Year


Intel® Core™ i5 2500 - 3.30GHz Quad Core, Socket 1155, 6MB L3, DMI Bus, 32nm, x64, Intel VT, Intel HD Graphics @ 850MHz, 3 Year

Intel® Core™ i5 2500K - 3.30GHz Quad Core, Socket 1155, 6MB L3, DMI Bus, 32nm, x64, Intel VT, Intel HD Graphics @ 850MHz, 3 Year

And lastly I have always been a asus fan should I go asus or intel mobo ?

Also ram is the corsair vengeance better than corsair xms3 or does it not really matter ?
 
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2500k = you can overclock
Everything below that and there is no overclock. So if you dont thing you will OC, then just get the 2400/2500
I would choose almost any mobo over an Intel one. Asus is currently serving me well, but MSI + Gigabye are good choices too
RAM just get the cheapest, as long as it runs at 1.5V. When it comes to RAM us normal people will just about never see the performance differences between different sticks
 
byron_spy said:
I have always been an intel fan and noticed something today

I can get a AMD Phenom II X4 965 Quad-core AM3 3.4Ghz Black Edition Boxed Processor for about R1100 @ compared to i5 2500 for about R1900

The i5 I noticed is a 3.3 why is it that intel is more expensive though ?

My mobo, ram and power supply I have an idea so not too worried on that field
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For what use?
 
byron_spy said:
Wow thats a huge difference definately going the i5 route then

Thank you all for commenting
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No thats BS.
Let me show you

For gaming playing 1080p
http://www.guru3d.com/article/crysis-2-dx11-vga-and-cpu-performance-benchmarks/6

3fps difference between a x4 and a 2600k
From that same link
Now 1920x1200 is the most preferred monitor resolution (next to to 1920x1080). Here's where the CPU starts to matter less and less, and where the GPU gets increasingly more important. The irony is always the same, bang for buck wise a cheapo CPU will get you the better deal. Hence for hefty gaming the graphics card is way more important then the processor.
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Moral of the story. Spend the R900 you saved on a better gpu as a x4 with a better gpu will outperform a I5 with a slower gpu in gaming.
Those benches were done on 720p where they artificially create bottlenecks with a fast gpu. Which is unrealistic
 
shovenose said:
No thats BS.
Let me show you

For gaming playing 1080p
http://www.guru3d.com/article/crysis-2-dx11-vga-and-cpu-performance-benchmarks/6

3fps difference between a x4 and a 2600k
From that same link


Moral of the story. Spend the R900 you saved on a better gpu as a x4 with a better gpu will outperform a I5 with a slower gpu in gaming.
Those benches were done on 720p where they artificially create bottlenecks with a fast gpu. Which is unrealistic
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Thanks it will be for gaming and visual studio 2010

What would you say is a good gpu to go with a gaming rig like this ? and should I consider a proper cpu cooler as well ?

I just want to get my feelers out for amd
 
byron_spy said:
Thanks it will be for gaming and visual studio 2010

What would you say is a good gpu to go with a gaming rig like this ? and should I consider a proper cpu cooler as well ?

I just want to get my feelers out for amd
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Hmmm, I guess shovenose is right. I would either spend the R900 saved on graphics, better motherboard (trust me, skimping on your mother board only leaves you wanting features), and can go into getting a really nice PSU (get an awesome PSU, and you're next upgrade will be a grand cheaper ;) ).

As for compiling... Well, unless you are writing some crazy amounts of code, I really wouldn't worry.

So unless you trying to run a simulator (like multisim... sweet jesus it makes more core2quad crap itself :( ), or you in need of serious processing power... I really don't think you'll notice any difference at all between Intel and AMD.
 
SATA III. Make sure your Mobo supports it. Once you buy a SSD that support SATA III and you are stuck on SATA II, the tears will literally fall down, I guarantee you.

I had a case like this on a i7 Machine this week, not a pretty picture :p
 
shovenose said:
No thats BS.
Let me show you

For gaming playing 1080p
http://www.guru3d.com/article/crysis-2-dx11-vga-and-cpu-performance-benchmarks/6

3fps difference between a x4 and a 2600k
From that same link


Moral of the story. Spend the R900 you saved on a better gpu as a x4 with a better gpu will outperform a I5 with a slower gpu in gaming.
Those benches were done on 720p where they artificially create bottlenecks with a fast gpu. Which is unrealistic
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Totally correct.

+1
 
GIVE US A BUDGET!
please :)

For gaming the sweet spot would be i5 2500, 4GB, nVidia 560ti or AMD 6950, 500w PSU.
 
Qwikslver said:
Well if you get an i5 you won't have the dosh for a better GPU. That's the point.
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I think we miss communicated somewhere.

The previous poster which you acknowledged said an X4 with a better GPU will outperform an i5. Point being that I won't go with AMD on this one.
 
byron_spy said:
Thanks it will be for gaming and visual studio 2010

What would you say is a good gpu to go with a gaming rig like this ? and should I consider a proper cpu cooler as well ?

I just want to get my feelers out for amd
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What is your native resolution

Its simple. Native resolution, a gpu that can power it and a cpu that can keep up

You dont have to go Amd. The 2100 is also a SB cpu altough a dual core performs almost the best in gaming than out off all the cpus. If you later on want to upgrade you can just pop the cpu upgrade in because its on 1155

X4 955be or whatever x4 9xx from the 955be and up you can get the cheapest
6870/560ti/6950 whatever one you can afford
Amd mobos are cheap. Just look for socket Am3

or

Intel Core i3-2100
BIOSTAR H61MGC Intel H61 LGA1155
Radeon HD 6850/560Ti or 6950

Power supplies look for Antec Neo 520w psu they are always cheap
 
shovenose said:
What is your native resolution

Its simple. Native resolution, a gpu that can power it and a cpu that can keep up

You dont have to go Amd. The 2100 is also a SB cpu altough a dual core performs almost the best in gaming than out off all the cpus. If you later on want to upgrade you can just pop the cpu upgrade in because its on 1155

X4 955be or whatever x4 9xx from the 955be and up you can get the cheapest
6870/560ti/6950 whatever one you can afford
Amd mobos are cheap. Just look for socket Am3

or

Intel Core i3-2100
BIOSTAR H61MGC Intel H61 LGA1155
Radeon HD 6850/560Ti or 6950

Power supplies look for Antec Neo 520w psu they are always cheap
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Budget wise I am looking at spending R3500 on cpu, ram and mobo

Graphics Card about R1500 - R2000

Power Supply R800
 
byron_spy said:
Thanks it will be for gaming and visual studio 2010

What would you say is a good gpu to go with a gaming rig like this ? and should I consider a proper cpu cooler as well ?

I just want to get my feelers out for amd
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For Visual Studio, here is a benchmark showing the difference between 2600K and 2500K
http://www.anandtech.com/show/4083/...core-i7-2600k-i5-2500k-core-i3-2100-tested/19

From what I've seen, most of the Intel Quad Cores perform kinda the same for gaming.

So for just gaming and Visual Studio, 2600K would only make sense over the 2500K if you were compiling huge amounts of code....
 
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