AMD Athlon II DC 3.1 vs Intel C2D E7400 2.8

[Fusilero]

vs.

Got most parts of this build down, but I'm at the last stage and I'm wondering which processor to use? (I know the processor's the main thing, but I drew up thing with the intel chip, then saw the AMD chip)

Stats wise, the AMD has a higher frequency and it's quite a bit cheaper than the intel.. well, I'm not actually sure what this intel chip does better than the AMD chip. Which is why I'm asking you guys now. Because at the moment it seems quite obvious to go with the AMD Chip, but I'm not sure how performance will turn out.

 

[Quixote]

They'll be very similar, probably close enough to be unnoticable in use. Might consider a 770 based mobo for the AMD instead of 780G, given that you have a seperate graphics card and to save a bit of money.

 

[gamesaregood]

Go AMD

This Board I would say:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-180-GI&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=805

Then flash with latest Bios and see if u can unlock it to a quad, otherwise overclock it a bit and it will still be a cracking dual core PC

 

[95thrifles]

Id go for the AMD550BE, the fact its BE means OCing is easy and you should see nice gains, for an extra £34 you could up it to true AM3/DDR3 combo too, get the gigabyte mobo and OCZ RAM
Not necessarily saying you should, just giving you the option, but if you go for xfired cards later this AM3 board has the benefit of 2nd PCIE slot running at x8 vs x4 for the AM3/AM2 version

 

[wbc1]

Id go for the AMD550BE, the fact its BE means OCing is easy and you should see nice gains, for an extra £34 you could up it to true AM3/DDR3 combo too, get the gigabyte mobo and OCZ RAM
Not necessarily saying you should, just giving you the option, but if you go for xfired cards later this AM3 board has the benefit of 2nd PCIE slot running at x8 vs x4 for the AM3/AM2 version

+1 definetly worth the extra!

 

[Quixote]

I agree, I'd probably lean towards the AMD too.
I don't think it's worth the extra (£50 extra over the UD3 770 and DDR2 listed) for AM3 board and DDR3 though, given that it's no faster and all AM3 CPU's are backwards compatable anyway.

 

[EvilOne]

AMD for me too, the C2D chip has no real upgrade path either.