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AMD vs Intel

PatZ1989

PatZ1989

PatZ1989

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Building a new gaming rig and wanted to know who is best to go with atm, the core i7's look pretty impressive but not having used AMD's im not sure

Thanks
 
They both perform well. i5 + i7 can be slightly better, quad PIIs can be slightly better. Just look at a bunch of benchmarks for the games you play and decide from there.
a lot of it is budget constrained too, how much you want to spend?

inb4 fanboi arguments.
 
i5 IMO :p They're cool running, clock fantastically and generally perform the same as/outperform the 3.4ghz PII 965 when at 2.66ghz. However, if you want crossfire and an i5 then you generally have to pay a fair bit to get decent crossfire support in the motherboard. Cheapest mobo I've seen with decent crossfire support is 137 quid for the P7P55D PRO, although this also does SLI as an added bonus.
 
The best is I7 9 series by a margin.
But depends on what budget you the...LET THE WAR BEGIN :)
 
i5 750 2.66gz (clock it to 4GHz), as most games dont use much cpu power
Its all done by the G Card.

I send a grenade to the i7 camp:)
 
Budget isnt really an issue, its a long overdue upgrade, however i noticed the price jump from a 922 core i7 (£250ish) to the next one was about 200 pound, not really worth it IMO
 
The i5 750 is the best gaming chip in terms of performance and also happens to be much cheaper than the i7's.

The only reason you might want a 1366 i7 is if you use more than one graphics card. You'll have to spend more for the i7 but if you're getting a second graphics card you've got the spare cash for it anyway.
 
The i5 750 will give you a very nice gaming rig, you could maybe save a little going for a Phenom 955/965 without really losing much (or possibly anything) in terms of performance though.
 
For gaming the i7 is better only if you use more than one graphics card. With one card the i5 beats the i7.

For non-gaming multithreaded programs the i7s hyperthreading can help them run faster.
 
you should think about the feature sets you get with each platform/socket. depends if you want triple channel memory and more future proofing. if so go for the 1366. that way in a year or 2 you could pick up a cheaper hex-core i7 to go with the platform you already have. im not saying 1156 is dead end but i dont think it will go as far as 1336. and dont dismiss AMD but i have only experienced intel so ill leave that to others
 
The i5 has an on die pci-e controller which gives it a slight edge over the x58 i7 when using a single graphics card. I'm surprised it's measurable, but the gpu subsystem is the bottleneck for a gaming rig so it's plausible that it would be.

That the 920 is a far quicker processor, in almost every respect, than the 750 doesn't matter since either are far too quick to be a bottleneck in gaming. Likewise triple channel vs dual channel ram, it just doesn't matter for a gamer.
 
If you have no budget then Ipersonally would go with an i7 build and Crossfire some hd 5870s, or if your a little more sane than that i would go with the i5 750 as previousmentioned with a single graphice card :)
 
ok i take that back after looking at some benchmarks. im so misinformed :p

but like i said before it will be nice to buy a relatively cheap hexcore a few years from now and be able to pop it in to your X58 mobo without too much hassle with upgrading. dont you think?

so right now, yeah, go with i5. sorry guys!
 
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