AMD or Intel

Digital_hero · 18 Dec 2013 at 18:56

Idleman said:
What hdd`s do you have and do you need an optical drive?

I have 1x 160 WD Caviar...sorry can't spell it, and 1x 500Gb WD blue For my RAW Files before I edit them (my 500 blue is about three months old)

As for optical drive am using some pretty old dvdRw Asus combo from two previous builds so I could do with new ones for my new builds any suggestions would be awesome, thank you

Digital_hero · 18 Dec 2013 at 18:59

Also this is going to sound daft but which ever I choose AMD Or Intel, am I right in thinking that I will see a performance gain com paired to my core 2 duo

OvEr_KiLL · 18 Dec 2013 at 19:07

would he not be better going for idlesman spec changing the cpu cooler and waiting for the after market coolers on the 290?
edit. exrayteds spec

Digital_hero · 18 Dec 2013 at 19:20

Also the only thing that is swaying me towards intel is I've heard that AMDs newer CPUs eg FX ect gets rather hot, I've only heard this from YouTube reviews ect so no idea wether this is true or not........I've noticed that if you say anything that sounds like your siding with one company as apposed to the other you get accused of being a fan boy

OvEr_KiLL · 18 Dec 2013 at 20:28

Digital_hero said:
Also the only thing that is swaying me towards intel is I've heard that AMDs newer CPUs eg FX ect gets rather hot, I've only heard this from YouTube reviews ect so no idea wether this is true or not........I've noticed that if you say anything that sounds like your siding with one company as apposed to the other you get accused of being a fan boy

they are slightly hotter yes but nothing an aftermarket cooler cant handle

the stock amd one is loud and rubbish