AMD or Intel

[Yorcie]

Hi Guys,

This is my first post and I am looking for advice.

I have for a long time been of the opinion that AMD were better for gaming machines than Intel, but have not been in the upgrade market for a year or more, and have really fallen behind the time times with what's hot and what's not!

My old system has and AMD Athlon 64 3200+ on a 939, and am looking to upgrade..

I know that I need to change my board, and memory too boot, so what would I be best investing in?

I game, and do a lot of photoshop work and find that my 3200+ cannot hack it no more.

I was looking at a AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 6000+ 3.00GHz (Socket AM2) but am I making the right move? I don't want to be spending more than £250 on the processor/board/memory

Cheers

Yorcie

 

[Yorcie]

Will you be overclocking?

If so go INTEL


Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "Energy Efficient SLACR 95W Edition" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail £141.99


Abit IP35-E (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £58.99
£58.99

2GB (2x1GB) PC2-6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400UDC) £24.99
£24.99

Sub Total : £225.97
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £8.25
VAT is being charged at 17.5% VAT : £40.99


Total : £275.21

This will be great for photoshop and will clock to 3.6ghz destroying anything by AMD by a massive margin.

Overclocking.... Duno... £166 on the CPU, can I do this safely with the stock fan?

I was having a look at:
Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "Energy Efficient SLACR Edition" Retail / OcUK Value IP35 Pro Intel P35 Motherboard / 2GB OCZ PC-8500 Dual Channel DDR2 Kit - Bundle

A little more expensive than what you suggest, but I thought it maybe a better board and memory? what are your thoughts.

Cheers

Yorcie