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| Thread ID: 101226 | 2009-07-06 00:04:00 | System builders: AMD or Intel? | wratterus (105) | Press F1 |
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| 789333 | 2009-07-06 05:22:00 | You save roughly $30-40 if you go with the 7750 instead of the 7850, however you loose 100MHz clock, however considering the price for that 100MHz you may indeed go with the 7750 instead. | PCT Joe (15018) | ||
| 789334 | 2009-07-06 06:35:00 | Those 7750's sure are priced right. Especially since a 3GHz OC is easy, by all reports. Unlocked mult helps. Maybe, but so are the E5200's from Intel at $120. And its not hard to overclock those either plus you would get better performance. E5200 on stock settings hits 3.6GHz :clap Some better cooling will net you 3.8GHz and some even hit 4GHz (without suicidal voltages). The E5200 would use less power as well by about 15w despite higher clocks. Bit-tech done a review vs'ing these CPU's against each other. The E5200 once overclocked won in 9/10 tests: www.bit-tech.net |
trinsic (6945) | ||
| 789335 | 2009-07-06 07:48:00 | I buy whatever is cheaper. So far, that has always been AMD. Give me the fastest i7 for $10 though and I wouldn't complain.... |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 789336 | 2009-07-06 07:54:00 | Shouldn't you be looking at the price vs speed ratio instead of just the price? | Blam (54) | ||
| 789337 | 2009-07-06 08:02:00 | Nothing wrong with the case, but for a gaming machine something with better thermal management would be preferable. Enermax Chakra comes to mind. I have one of these, an excellent case with an f...ing big fan in the side panel (250mm, runs at 600rpm and is silent), and lots of mesh in the front panel; E6750 cpu runs at 26-27 deg C at idle (not oc'd), std Intel HSF. |
feersumendjinn (64) | ||
| 789338 | 2009-07-06 09:01:00 | Maybe, but so are the E5200's from Intel at $120. And its not hard to overclock those either plus you would get better performance. E5200 on stock settings hits 3.6GHz :clap Some better cooling will net you 3.8GHz and some even hit 4GHz (without suicidal voltages). The E5200 would use less power as well by about 15w despite higher clocks. Bit-tech done a review vs'ing these CPU's against each other. The E5200 once overclocked won in 9/10 tests: www.bit-tech.net I am inclined to agree as I read a review in a magazine and the OC'ed 5200 was amazing.They reckoned it had to be the best bargain they had seen! However, the OP was about the regular mid range home PC so we need to bear this in mind. I would only make a mild tweak (if any) to a machine made up for someone else. |
linw (53) | ||
| 789339 | 2009-07-06 09:06:00 | Shouldn't you be looking at the price vs speed ratio instead of just the price? I'm too much of an AMD fanboy :lol: |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 789340 | 2009-07-06 09:52:00 | I'm too much of an AMD fanboy :lol: :rolleyes: |
Blam (54) | ||
| 789341 | 2009-07-06 10:31:00 | I'm too much of an AMD fanboy :lol: I find nothing wrong with this, I was too a major AMD fanboy(and still am) I however have had to agree that AMD and ATI are not the best on several occasions. |
PCT Joe (15018) | ||
| 789342 | 2009-07-06 10:42:00 | I find nothing wrong with this, I was too a major AMD fanboy(and still am) I however have had to agree that AMD and ATI are not the best on several occasions. There is no best. IMO they're both good for different purposes. I've always built AMD PCs for familes, and Intel for gamers |
Blam (54) | ||
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