AMD or Intel

tom# · 31 Mar 2011 at 22:26

hello everyone...

i have a dilema. i cannot chose between AMD or intel for my first ever build. i kow AMD are a lot cheaper than intel, but intel have really high performance stuff. it will be mainly for editing and maybe abit of gaming, but i dont know a huge amount on the matter, and i am sure there are some know-it-alls out there.

please help

tom

stulid · 31 Mar 2011 at 22:28

You can use this to pick and compare different CPU's - http://www.anandtech.com/bench/CPU/2

But generally, Intel beat AMD at all things.

Azuse05 · 31 Mar 2011 at 22:37

stulid said:
You can use this to pick and compare different CPU's - http://www.anandtech.com/bench/CPU/2

But generally, Intel beat AMD at all things.

Except price*, you aren't going to find a 6 sata 3 pro mobo from intel at amds prices for a while. I think, pound for pound, the 2500k is better value than the equivalent amd (unless you're encoding video, amd hex core are ecxeptional for this). The real question is whether you'll use all that cpu. A 955 or 1055t is more than enough cpu for any game or program most people will throw at them. The 1055t at £125 is, frankly, a steal for video editing.

1. set budget
2. decide main use
3. 1 dictates 2, but for editing amds hex core are the way to go.

*and amd just outpace the i7 on video encoding

joem1983 · 31 Mar 2011 at 22:37

I think the price for performance of sandybridge intel stuff is hard to beat at the moment

tom# · 31 Mar 2011 at 22:41

ok.
budget: £400 excluding graphics and PSU
Main use: Editing

tom

stulid · 31 Mar 2011 at 22:45

Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail with FREE Shogun 2 Game £167.99
(£139.99) £167.99
(£139.99)
MSI P67A-C45 Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) ** B3 REVISION ** £104.99
(£87.49) £104.99
(£87.49)
Coolermaster Elite 430 Windowed Case - Black £38.80
(£32.33) £38.80
(£32.33)
OCZ Special OPS 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C8 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (OCZ3SOE1600LV4GK) £35.99
(£29.99) £35.99
(£29.99)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3500413AS) £30.98
(£25.82) £30.98
(£25.82)
Sony Optiarc AD-5260S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.98
(£12.48) £14.98
(£12.48)
Sub Total : £328.10
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.00
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £67.62
Total : £405.72

Add a PSU and GPU and your sorted, also 8gb of Ram would also be a good idea too.

CAT-THE-FIFTH · 31 Mar 2011 at 22:48

Out of interest what editing programs is the OP using??