Hello krooton,
I think there are a few points in your post we can discuss but for the most part the rest of it doesn't fall within the scope of this discussion (of this single thread). I know some people generally prefer a more organic flowing discussion but the propensity for
Thread-Drift on these forums is *huge* hehe!
The actual topic would be to more specifically to do with either of these two pieces of hardware and what value they bring to different people in different situations and generally is the premium of the more expensive item worth it or reasonable . . .
AMD® Athlon™ II X4 vs. Intel® Core™ i7
I spent most of my adult life in the AMD camp
Interesting, I've managed to split myself fairly evenly between the two. I *can* understand why someone would choose to stick with a certain technology manufacturer over another, if the product works and does the job then your tool works well and you can go on to begin performing tasks with it.
The advantages to sticking with a particular company are most likely a time-saving strategy . . . . as long as it works and performs its function then your happy. Sticking with a particular company is also more likely the most
Stress-Free option as it's a lot easier to choose an item from a limited range, most people (inc myself) can become
Overwhelmed when faced with an endless list of complicated choices . . . so it's a massive stress-saving exercise to simply reduce your selection . . .
AMD® Athlon™ II X4 vs. Intel® Core™ i7
There are a lot of people on this forum that find the task of choosing between the two pieces of technology above a daunting or slightly stressful prospect so those that would prefer a more simpler life will let someone else do their thinking for them, someone they trust, an expert maybe, an authority figure!
Simply put, either choice is gonna net you a serious piece of kit although one may be more suitable to your
Personal-Needs . . . In general I am advocating that people should not let other people do their thinking for them, you are the expect, you are the guru, only you truly know what is best for you and it just needs a little time to collect enough data together so you are able to make an *Informed* choice . . . . of course one big problem we are having here is getting access to that data.
It is my personal belief that these forums could be a technical mecca, there are so many truly great minds here with fantastic knowledge in their chosen realms that between us not only could we make sure that each and every member is given the information they need to make the choices they need but we could then go on to transform society and the world! . . . Haha!
Celeron 400mhz when I was a teen
Off topic but Kudo none the less, your old school bro!
Now my rig is primarily for gaming and audio editing, the latter not really needing as much oompf as video editing/encoding does. I do encode vids for my phone, but than is usually done as a batch while I am at work
The information you need is mostly out there, don't defer your thinking to an expert, don't let someone else do your thinking for you, there is enough data available to you to easily make a confident purchase.
To make it easier for you I would just say this, use the AMD system in the first post as base camp due to it being half the price, from that point do your homework and understand what the benefits are to you personally of buying something else . . . you may find either system is actually ott for your needs and could go with something else even more affordable . . .
don't really know enough about AMD's current range to make a decision
Indeed!
Why is that I wonder . . . .
Do the new AMD range run cooler than the similarly specced Intel range?
I've not personal experience with the Intel® Core™ i7 so can't really answer that, from what I've seen they do run hotter than
AMD® Athlon™ II but to be fair I've not seen a lot of people posting temps with a stock Intel® processor, I also have not used an
AMD® Athlon™ II X4 only an
AMD® Athlon™ II X3 which is basically a quad with one core disabled and can say they run extremely cool . . .
If you need more assistance krooton then please get yourself a dedicated thread going and I will be happy to help, if you care to comment on how you see the Pro's and Con's on
AMD® Athlon™ II X4 vs Intel® Core™ i7 from your personal perspective I would be grateful, sadly it won't be possible to go into other options like Intel® Core™ i3 and AMD® Phenom™ II in this single thread . .
Thanks in advance for your feedback!
Please Note: To anyone that has made a valid *but* off topic suggestion in this thread I would encourage each and every one of you to take that point and base a new thread around it . . . deffo some good points/comments being made so it would be a shame not to follow them through to their logical conclusion!
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