AMD or Intel quad-core? Budget build.
Title basically says it all. I'm looking at building a rig with some of my tax return and i'm trying to keep it budget-friendly (the less I spend on the PC, the more I can put in to savings...), probably $600ish for the whole build. I don't need a PSU or case but I am going to get a 1TB hard drive and a nice GPU as well.
Though poking around on Newegg is showing me that AMD chips are a bit cheaper.
Right now the cpu/mobo combo I have picked out is an i5-2310 2.9GHz quad core with an MSI P67A-G43 motherboard but that combo is just about $300. Newegg is showing me an AMD FX-4100 3.6GHz quad-core for $109 and a comparable MSI board for the AM3+ that's only $90, but still has SATA 6gb/s, two VGA slots and four DDR3 slots.
So what are your guys thoughts? I feel like these combos are probably comparable and if I can knock off over $100 from my current total (which is about 670 shipped) then I wouldn't complain. Would I even really notice a difference if the AMD does turn out to be slower? I don't really tax my computer that much, 80% of it's use is web browsing and such, but I would like to have technology that's a little newer than my C2D and could handle games better.
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oh and my last AMD chip was an athlon 64 3200+, so that gives you an idea of how much I know :P
Re: AMD or Intel quad-core? Budget build.
If you have a Microcenter nearby, the 2500K there is cheaper than Neweggs 2310.
Re: AMD or Intel quad-core? Budget build.
Depending on what you want to use it for, and your budget, AMD might also be a good choice, the battle between them will never end :D I'm sure you can use the $100 saved from the combo you're lookin' at ;)
Re: AMD or Intel quad-core? Budget build.
IMHO? AMD with an unlocked multi and get a good cooler? lol
Re: AMD or Intel quad-core? Budget build.
Passmark benchmarking Scores
Intel Core i5-2310 @ 2.90GHz = 5,882
AMD FX-6100 Six-Core = 5,715
AMD FX-4100 Quad-Core = 4,343
http://www.cpubenchmark.net/high_end_cpus.html
Just more info for you to make an informed decision.
Re: AMD or Intel quad-core? Budget build.
All depends on what you're doing with it. Few, heavy single-thread processes? Get the Intel chip. Lots of processes of all shapes and sizes? Get the AMD. Lots of tiny processes? Bump up to a HT-enabled Intel. Lots of heavy processes? Get the AMD.
...budget? Well, the AMD combo is $100 less. I'll let you figure that one out. ;)
Personally I prefer AMD for several reasons; some technical, some not...but that's a topic for another place...
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Looks about right to me. ;)
For your intended uses, I would say save the $100 and get the AMD set.
Re: AMD or Intel quad-core? Budget build.
Now I need to benchmark my Phenom.....
Just giving you one more option....
Re: AMD or Intel quad-core? Budget build.
what AE said...buy yourself a case or two of beer on the side too :D
BTW, Tigerdirect.com is selling this for $109 after rebates...
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...6&sku=A79-1350
