Processor Advice

[TheEn|gma]

I'm a AMD guy at heart, I like AMD chips I've always have better experiences with them don't know why but the P3's I had were IMO just awful and never really looked back since I went AMD.

I'm looking to build a killer rig mid summer with the money from my new job as it stands I'm looking at spending no more than £1500 but hell I may spend more. I just want for once the best of the best at time of purchase.

I know that at this point in time Intel are ahead so I'm asking if there a substantial bang for buck difference between the top of the AMD chips and Intel? Or is there any expected release of new AMD chips Summer time? I don't really know of any good comparison sites so any links would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers.

[Hayden-G]

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I recommend an Intel Core 2 Duo:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115015

Easily OC'd to 3.0ghz

[=98=]

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AMD's next proposed release is going to be the "phenom" chip (http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/05...details_leak/), which looks like it will be good, but still not good enough to beat the Core 2 Duo. It will probably be released in 4 different flavours. Until then, i would expect to see them to continue to release new 5 series models, including some which are branded "energy efficient" and maybe some which are made with a new 45nm die.
As for C2D, 6 new models are to be released which have had their FSB upped from 1066mhz to 1333mhz, which should help. In the next few months they will be releasing a quad core Xeon (which will be off the scales in terms of performance)

For now, you would have to either be plain stupid or a die hard AMD fan, not to go for the Core 2 Duo. They offer brilliant value, run cool and overclock like a madman.
My personal product recommendation is the E6320 (if OCing) or the E6600 (if not OCing). This is because the E6320 can easily reach E6600 speeds and has the full 4mb cache.

Hope i have helped.

[BoloMarkXXX]

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Here is a CPU comparison chart

http://www23.tomshardware.com/cpu.html

[=98=]

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Thats a pretty aweful comparison...

An AMD X2 5000+ IS NOT faster than a Core 2 Duo. Plus music encoding works better on certain architectures. So i wouldn't use that as a decision tool.

[TheEn|gma]

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Cheers for the input guys, I'm taking an e6600 probably just going to take the lower FSB speed, the faster one might not even be released yet when I'm building it. Besides it's pretty cheap TBH ~£150, very nice

[Oli]

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Intel is beating AMD recently. The Core 2 Duos have excellent overclocking potential. I have the lowest range Intel Core 2 Duo and im overclocking to 2.5 ghz

[Reeps]

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Intel is beating AMD recently. The Core 2 Duos have excellent overclocking potential. I have the lowest range Intel Core 2 Duo and im overclocking to 2.5 ghz

lol nice bs there oli condisering you didn't even have much of a clue on how to build the pc, now your telling us your overclocking....very amusing..

[=98=]

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lol nice bs there oli condisering you didn't even have much of a clue on how to build the pc, now your telling us your overclocking....very amusing..

Well, what he is saying is actually correct.

[Reeps]

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i'm not saying that you can't overclock it i'm saying theres no way in hell he could...lol

[=98=]

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Ha, your probably right there!

[sammytheman]

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This is what I recommend buddy:

e4300
8800 gtx
asus p5b deluxe wifi
Thermaltake Armor VA8000 Tower Case
2X1 GB Corsair XMS2 PC6400 C4 800MHz
Samsung 226BW 22" monitor
logitech x540 speakers
logitech G5 mouse
seagate 320gb 7200 rpm HD
Zalman 9500led heatsink
LG Lightscribe 16X DVD DL Burner, GSA-H10L
seasonic S12 600W power supply

[solofowaffles]

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This is what I recommend buddy:

e4300
8800 gtx
asus p5b deluxe wifi
Thermaltake Armor VA8000 Tower Case
2X1 GB Corsair XMS2 PC6400 C4 800MHz
Samsung 226BW 22" monitor
logitech x540 speakers
logitech G5 mouse
seagate 320gb 7200 rpm HD
Zalman 9500led heatsink
LG Lightscribe 16X DVD DL Burner, GSA-H10L
seasonic S12 600W power supply

that looks like yours*sarcasm*

[sammytheman]

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Hey it is a really nice system. I did a month research before building it. Got advice from people from different forums.