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Amd v Intel

jonwhite

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AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 8320 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £120

a kind sales person was kind enough to reccomend me an intel cpu / motherboard, then i came across this cpu and on the face of it looks very competitive much better than the intel 4 core which was more expensive

question is do i go for amd higher speck / lower cost or intel lower speck higher cost, im kind of wanting to get an amd dut to cost and better performance, or are amd cpus's poor quality?

be great if i could get this cpu and an compatable m/board for under £200

any advice greatly appreciated thanks
 
i do fancy having a go at gaming the cpu was this one but i stumbled upon the amd cpus and they do look very competitive in price and a better speck

this cpu
Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM £180 (4 core)

surly the Amd is a no brainer better speed and double the cores ie 8 core instead of the 4 core.
 
now youve got me havnt got one yet, gaming is not my priority im going to be using it for audio, and dabbling into gaming, so would be nice if i could get a good speck cpu/mother/b, then i stumbled upon the 8 core cpu,

surly my logic is correct 8 core is better than 4 core ie doubling the processing power and slightly faster clock?
 
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ive got everything except a graphics card, it would be great if i could get that cpu and a asus motherboard for under 200,
i will get the graphics card later, be a great saving compared to the intel speck that i was kindly given

so really if i am allowed the amd cpu what mother board can i get for say £80 ? or am i making a mistake?

cheers
 
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thanks for all the input, that does sound a good idea get a minimal card for now to get by on that 8 core does look good value for the money.

just out of interest what graphics card will i need for gaming?

thanks
 
ok to be sure teppic, this its this motherboard you refer to ?

Asus M5A97 EVO R2.0 AMD 970 (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £89

thank you very much for the help
 
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ok i see, ive got a water cooler for the motherboard so that should be fine

really appreciate all the help fantastic, most greatfull,

blimy pcs certainly have moved on since i built my last one probable in the 80's (always had laptops)
 
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ok i see thanks very much for explaining that, i kind of got the impression Asus were pretty good motherboards i occasionally design pcbs, must say their boards are extremely well designed and components they use are not cheap rubbish, especially the capacitors they use, though for a multi layer board they are pretty thin,

most 2 layer boards are 1.6mm thick, their boards are close to that being id say 4 layers which is pretty amazing they really mush shift a lot of boards to turn a profit
 
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hi Marine-RX179

well, my current board/cpu has a fault i brought it second hand not sure which is at fault the cpu or motherboard, it keeps on freezing all new equipment except for the cpu/motherboard so had to send it back

wish i had just brought these had a look at a few reviews on you-tube really slating this cpu, saying intel is much better i really dont know what to do now

im really not going to be messing with anything really just keeping everything stock
 
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hi martin im looking for new m board and cpu, my current one is faulty brought it from ebay would prefer to buy new and get a 3yr warrenty
 
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