Need help Choosing a CPU Intel V AMD under R1000

roughiain

roughiain

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Hi

Looking to buy a new CPU for my computer have a budget of R1000, looking at prophecy website have found the following

http://www.prophecy.co.za/athlon-triplecore-33ghz-boxed-processor-p-87531.html

or

http://www.prophecy.co.za/intel-core-i3530-293ghz-lga1156-boxed-processor-p-66395.html

The AMD gets a slightly better score on passmark ranked 195 v the intel of 210, but that means very little to me main use of the PC is to run Basic dreamweaver cs3 and photoshop cs3 plus be able to handle 20 odd tabs at a time in FF.

Any suggestions welcome
 
Hold on... :confused:

What motherboard do you currently have? Almost sounds like you going to pop the new CPU in your current board. If not, then tell us what your total budget is for mobo+CPU+RAM.
 
Archer said:
Hold on... :confused:

What motherboard do you currently have? Almost sounds like you going to pop the new CPU in your current board. If not, then tell us what your total budget is for mobo+CPU+RAM.
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Will choose the motherboard after i have decided on the cpu, will be spending about the same on the motherboard as the cpu.
 
I have the Athlon x3 445 in my HTPC, really nice chip (the 455 will be even better).


Can't comment on the Intel though.
 
roughiain said:
Basic dreamweaver cs3 and photoshop cs3 plus be able to handle 20 odd tabs at a time in FF.
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AMD tri, no question.

But you can get a mobo for less than your CPU, and then rather put the saving towards a better CPU.

±R625 Asus M4A78LT-M LX - all-in-one AM3 motherboard , on-board core unlocker button / unlocking the extra cores , support Hybrid CrossfireX , hypertransport 3.0 , fanless heatpipe design ; Amd 760G+ATi sb710 chipset , 2x dual channel DDR3-1800(O.C)/1333 , 6x sata with raid 0/1/0+1/10 , on-board HD3450 1Gb UMA directX10.1 vga with d-sub + ALC887 7.1 audio + gigabit lan ; 2x pci-e (1x) , 1 x Pci , 1 x pci-e 2.0 (16x) , with EPU4 + anti-surge protection + Turbo key , with com/serial + parallel port, 2 x PS2 , micro-atx

±R1,400 Amd socket AM3 ( AM2/AM2+ backward compatiable ) Phenom2 x4 , Quad-core 955 ( 3.2Ghz ) Black edition , unlocked clock multiplier ; 4X128k L1 + 2mb - 4x 512k L2 + 1x shared 6mb L3 ; 45nm , 125w , 4000mhz HT3.0 HT3.0 , with PVT - box cpu ( with fan )

And 2 x 4GB RAM

±R425 Corsair CMV4GX3M1A1333C9 , value select , 4Gb , ddr3-1333 ( PC3-10666 ) , CL9 , 1.5v - 240pin - lifetime warranty

±R500 Corsair CMX4GX3M1A1333C9 , XMS3 with heatsink , 4Gb - support Intel XMP ( eXtreme Memory Profiles ) , ddr3-1333 , CL9 , 1.5v - 240pin - lifetime warranty
 
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PostmanPot said:
AMD tri, no question.

But you can get a mobo for less than your CPU, and then rather put the saving towards a better CPU.

±R625 Asus M4A78LT-M LX - all-in-one AM3 motherboard , on-board core unlocker button / unlocking the extra cores , support Hybrid CrossfireX , hypertransport 3.0 , fanless heatpipe design ; Amd 760G+ATi sb710 chipset , 2x dual channel DDR3-1800(O.C)/1333 , 6x sata with raid 0/1/0+1/10 , on-board HD3450 1Gb UMA directX10.1 vga with d-sub + ALC887 7.1 audio + gigabit lan ; 2x pci-e (1x) , 1 x Pci , 1 x pci-e 2.0 (16x) , with EPU4 + anti-surge protection + Turbo key , with com/serial + parallel port, 2 x PS2 , micro-atx

±R1,400 Amd socket AM3 ( AM2/AM2+ backward compatiable ) Phenom2 x4 , Quad-core 955 ( 3.2Ghz ) Black edition , unlocked clock multiplier ; 4X128k L1 + 2mb - 4x 512k L2 + 1x shared 6mb L3 ; 45nm , 125w , 4000mhz HT3.0 HT3.0 , with PVT - box cpu ( with fan )

And 2 x 4GB RAM

±R425 Corsair CMV4GX3M1A1333C9 , value select , 4Gb , ddr3-1333 ( PC3-10666 ) , CL9 , 1.5v - 240pin - lifetime warranty

±R500 Corsair CMX4GX3M1A1333C9 , XMS3 with heatsink , 4Gb - support Intel XMP ( eXtreme Memory Profiles ) , ddr3-1333 , CL9 , 1.5v - 240pin - lifetime warranty
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This.

As for the OP. Get the tri core. The more cores, the better.
 
PostmanPot said:
AMD tri, no question.

But you can get a mobo for less than your CPU, and then rather put the saving towards a better CPU.

±R625 Asus M4A78LT-M LX - all-in-one AM3 motherboard , on-board core unlocker button / unlocking the extra cores , support Hybrid CrossfireX , hypertransport 3.0 , fanless heatpipe design ; Amd 760G+ATi sb710 chipset , 2x dual channel DDR3-1800(O.C)/1333 , 6x sata with raid 0/1/0+1/10 , on-board HD3450 1Gb UMA directX10.1 vga with d-sub + ALC887 7.1 audio + gigabit lan ; 2x pci-e (1x) , 1 x Pci , 1 x pci-e 2.0 (16x) , with EPU4 + anti-surge protection + Turbo key , with com/serial + parallel port, 2 x PS2 , micro-atx

±R1,400 Amd socket AM3 ( AM2/AM2+ backward compatiable ) Phenom2 x4 , Quad-core 955 ( 3.2Ghz ) Black edition , unlocked clock multiplier ; 4X128k L1 + 2mb - 4x 512k L2 + 1x shared 6mb L3 ; 45nm , 125w , 4000mhz HT3.0 HT3.0 , with PVT - box cpu ( with fan )

And 2 x 4GB RAM

±R425 Corsair CMV4GX3M1A1333C9 , value select , 4Gb , ddr3-1333 ( PC3-10666 ) , CL9 , 1.5v - 240pin - lifetime warranty

±R500 Corsair CMX4GX3M1A1333C9 , XMS3 with heatsink , 4Gb - support Intel XMP ( eXtreme Memory Profiles ) , ddr3-1333 , CL9 , 1.5v - 240pin - lifetime warranty
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Postman Pot

Were you getting your prices from?


Rebeltech has for R1315 but sold old Prophecy is R1600,
 
roughiain said:
Postman Pot

Were you getting your prices from?


Rebeltech has for R1315 but sold old Prophecy is R1600,
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From a supplier's price list, with mark-up in line with Prophecy's usual pricing.

RebelTech's price is good, go with who ever's cheapest (although Prophecy might have better after-sales/warranty service, which is why I suggest them).
 
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