AMD or Intel? 26 members have voted

[crazy_tim412]

I choose you, Intel

Because of its reabilty and

I use PC normally over a couple of years

but if I change my mobo, and I dont wanna change my proc

I end up with an intel for its compabilty with other mobos

, But its more an discussing of who haz money and who likes what

[Bilbo Baggins]

atm if you want top performance a i5 760 is the way to budget go. an i7 820 or w/e it is is the better "budget" 1156 chip.

 

I would not buy an 1156 processor, ever. Main reason being your limited to one graphics card or an X8 X8 setup because on 1156 intel limited the number of pcie lanes to 16 and all the new gizmos like usb 3.0 and sata 6 gbps (which is a little silly) use pcie for connectivty till they're integrated onto the chipset. While for most people this probably won't effect performance too much if at all it really makes me not want to risk limiting myself.

 

here's a great tom's hardware article which explains what I'm talking about

[ReGIONALS]

amd is fine for gaming/multi tasking at a much cheaper price than intel

 

intel is better performance wise with a much greater price tag

 

if i had the money id buy the Intel Core i7-980X Extreme Edition

 

but for a budget build and with amd's current x6 cpus going for 200-320$ when they just recently released i definitely take them over intel

[SgtJoo]

amd is fine for gaming/multi tasking at a much cheaper price than intel

 

intel is better performance wise with a much greater price tag

 

if i had the money id buy the Intel Core i7-980X Extreme Edition

 

but for a budget build and with amd's current x6 cpus going for 200-320$ when they just recently released i definitely take them over intel

 

Why buy that when you can just get a 920 and OC it?

[Jager]

I would not buy an 1156 processor, ever. Main reason being your limited to one graphics card or an X8 X8 setup because on 1156 intel limited the number of pcie lanes to 16 and all the new gizmos like usb 3.0 and sata 6 gbps (which is a little silly) use pcie for connectivty till they're integrated onto the chipset. While for most people this probably won't effect performance too much if at all it really makes me not want to risk limiting myself.

 

here's a great tom's hardware article which explains what I'm talking about

 

as i said budget ie the chips and motherboards are 100-200 bucks cheaper together then a 1366 setup.

 

budget also means people arent likely going to be putting 2 video cards together or running a full set of sata 6gb/s drives. while i agree 1156 is a "dead end" slot mobo, tbh so is the 1366 if intel isnt blowing smoke up our asses that their next performance chip is going to be a new socket again.

[ReGIONALS]

Why buy that when you can just get a 920 and OC it?

 

if i had more money than i had brains so to speak

[Sniper]

AMD

 

I've always had good luck with them. That and you can unlock cores on some of them.

[SchmoSalt]

Depends on who has the latest and greatest. I don't pledge brand loyalty to any company.

 

Though if you want to know about my current computer I am using a Q6600.

[b0red]

as i said budget ie the chips and motherboards are 100-200 bucks cheaper together then a 1366 setup.

 

budget also means people arent likely going to be putting 2 video cards together or running a full set of sata 6gb/s drives. while i agree 1156 is a "dead end" slot mobo, tbh so is the 1366 if intel isnt blowing smoke up our asses that their next performance chip is going to be a new socket again.

 

hehe gotta love my 6gb/s satas and I'm saving for another 470 so i can sli.

 

if i had more money than i had brains so to speak

 

basically what i did. but i haven't seen a reason to oc my 920 yet.

[Coffee Crisp]

Why buy that when you can just get a 920 and OC it?

 

Because the 980x is a septa core and everyone needs a septa core system when most games today are built for the GPU and barely push two threads