Core i5 650 or Amd six core 1055T

[Elim]

ok im planning to buy a barebones system and upgrade. theres a 50 pound price difference between the two cpu's with the AMD being the higher.

Im not going to be gaming or anything like that, i will be doing mainly web surfing, photo editing, some video editing, and watching HD movies.

I will also need to buy a dedicated graphics card if i buy the AMD, whereas Intel hd's grahics will be enough for me with the i5.


Is there a significance performance difference between the two.

 

[psychas]

650 is dual core 1055t is 6 core even do 650 has Hyperthreading 1055 is much better for gaming and encoding video editing and etc

 

[Blue160]

For video editing the six core AMD will be much faster. The rest probably similar speeds between the two.

 

[cmndr_andi]

650 is dual core 1055t is 6 core even do 650 has Hyperthreading 1055 is much better for gaming and encoding video editing and etc

+1

Also, if you go for a barebones then you should have the option to get one with decent onboard graphics. Something like a 785G or 880G board will be plenty for your uses.

 

[Elim]

ive just read about this sandy bridge cpu's coming out, i guess i could wait until then.

when can we start purchashing them?

 

[cmndr_andi]

January 9th looks to be the launch date.

 

[Elim]

ok thanks a lot for your help

do you think its worth waiting for? or should i just go for the AMD option

 

[cmndr_andi]

Looking at the performance shown here, I think it's definitely worth the wait.

 

[Elim]

i take it new motherboards will be needed for sandy bridge.

will everything be available on the 9th? or just some of the products

 

[cmndr_andi]

Well it looks like loads of LGA 1155 (the socket used by the mainstream sandy bridge CPUs) motherboards are already ready, with plenty of review sites pouring over them. So I reckon that as soon as the CPUs are available on the 9th, a wave of motherboards and full systems will arrive to make full use of them.

 

[Gangster]

Looking at the performance shown here, I think it's definitely worth the wait.

Performance looks good, but whats the price difference?

 

[cmndr_andi]

If you go to the link in post #6 the table shows prices - this should be the US dollar price for 1000 units.

To put this in perspective, the 1000 unit price for the i5 750 at launch was $196, and in the UK it arrived at ~£160.