New PC: Intel or AMD?
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New PC: Intel or AMD?
Which would you choose? If Intel, a quad core, dual core or one of the newer i3, i5, etc? And which of the above? the i3 seems cheaper, but has a higher processing speed.
And have AMD caught up with Intel, or are they still playing second fiddle?
And have AMD caught up with Intel, or are they still playing second fiddle?
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Intel, no brainer, depends on what you want also, the i7 is top dog but the i5 does nearly as much, nearly as quickly.
Have AMD caught up? Well they keep saying about the bulldozer chips, they keep putting them back, suppose to be sept 19th 2011 but that may not happen (only been 6 years and its been delayed several times in the last year already) they will also be competing against the intel i7 2600k quad with an 8 core chip, and it may still not be up there with it (note intel will be replacing its current 32nm chips next year with 22nm chips and sandybridge-e is due in november).
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Have AMD caught up? Well they keep saying about the bulldozer chips, they keep putting them back, suppose to be sept 19th 2011 but that may not happen (only been 6 years and its been delayed several times in the last year already) they will also be competing against the intel i7 2600k quad with an 8 core chip, and it may still not be up there with it (note intel will be replacing its current 32nm chips next year with 22nm chips and sandybridge-e is due in november).
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It all depends on what you want it for chap...
Gaming pc - Intel i7 all the way..
something to just surf the net on, cheapest pc you can get tbh..
just remember its not just about the cpu, a chain is only as strong as its weekest link, hence a pc is only as fast as its slowest component..
if you have a budget to stick to go for a compromise, its pointless to have a top of the range i7 running 8gig (or more) ram 2tb hdd with a 256mb vid. card and expect it to play all modern games flat out...
toms hardware is a good place to have a look m8..
Gaming pc - Intel i7 all the way..
something to just surf the net on, cheapest pc you can get tbh..
just remember its not just about the cpu, a chain is only as strong as its weekest link, hence a pc is only as fast as its slowest component..
if you have a budget to stick to go for a compromise, its pointless to have a top of the range i7 running 8gig (or more) ram 2tb hdd with a 256mb vid. card and expect it to play all modern games flat out...
toms hardware is a good place to have a look m8..
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I find this usually clear things up: http://www.cpubenchmark.net/
Press ctrl+F and Stick in the CPU codes of the PCs that interest you and compare them to see where they sit in the rankings.
Basically speaking the order from goes like this (slowest/oldest first):
Core2Duo, i3, Core2Quad, i5, i7.
There are some cross overs where a top of the range older generation like a core2 quad Q9550 is faster than a lower end i5 like the i5 750.
As for AMD, not a clue; I stopped keeping tabs on them years ago.
Press ctrl+F and Stick in the CPU codes of the PCs that interest you and compare them to see where they sit in the rankings.
Basically speaking the order from goes like this (slowest/oldest first):
Core2Duo, i3, Core2Quad, i5, i7.
There are some cross overs where a top of the range older generation like a core2 quad Q9550 is faster than a lower end i5 like the i5 750.
As for AMD, not a clue; I stopped keeping tabs on them years ago.
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Bought an Acer Aspire X3960, it has an i3 at 3.2GHz, 4MB and 1TB, plus eight usb slots, wireless keyboard and mouse, HDMI slot and CF card reader as well as the others...........many of the cheaper ones DON'T have a CF reader, and as I have a D300 which uses CF, I wanted one.
Paid £369 from comet, so quite happy.
Paid £369 from comet, so quite happy.
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