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Thread ID: 126958	2012-09-26 23:53:00	Home pc Build	osbornezo (16903)	Press F1

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1303627	2012-09-27 04:49:00	AMD has terrible single thread performance when compared to Intel, thats why they suck for gaming....however if not gaming they are fine!	SolMiester (139)
1303628	2012-09-27 05:24:00	AMD has terrible single thread performance when compared to Intel, thats why they suck for gaming....however if not gaming they are fine! That's a very generalized statement. It depends entirely on the game and how much load it puts onto the cpu. This would be a prime example: 4304	icow (15313)
1303629	2012-09-27 05:38:00	At the budget end of the scale the intel vs AMD argument is a lot less important. At the same price point they still perfom similarly with intel having the advantage in performance per thread and AMD having better graphics. That said I think AMD mucked up my introducing a different socket for their Fusion CPU's it leaves no upgrade path and because you can still get a socket AM3 combo deal for about the same price as a socket FM1 fusion deal I'd avoid the fusion alltogether. At least with AM3 you can add a more powerful CPU and a graphics card later if you want to, and onboard graphics is still good enough in many cases even without fusion driving it. Personally I'd prefer a quad core AMD for general computing over a dual core intel because they multi-task better. For gaming I am intel all the way, AMD doesn't get a look in. But for home users that don't game either one performs fine, even the sandybridge pentiums perform very well for general computing. I like combo deals such as the ones here www.pp.co.nz (intel is further down the page) for $200-400 depending on your requirements you can easily replace MB/CPU/RAM. Some of the deals also include a HDD	dugimodo (138)
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