equivalant amd system

bigjimmyauk · 13 Jan 2010 at 20:36

what would be the amd equivalant to this
*OVERCLOCKED* Intel Core i3 530 Clarkdale 4.00GHz / Gigabyte GA-H55M-UD2H Intel H55 Motherboard / Corsair 4GB DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz DDR3 Bundle
£339.99 INC vat

They look like a good buy thinking hard now about ditching a new GFX card (4870 died the other day) using my 2600xt for the mean time..But £340 looks like quite and improvement over my rig in sig plus the sale of my current system and socket 939 prices is making it look very tasty :eek:

Eat_My_Brains · 13 Jan 2010 at 20:49

For that kind of money you could get a tricore AMD phenom and OC to 3+ghz

bigjimmyauk · 13 Jan 2010 at 20:56

Eat_My_Brains said:
For that kind of money you could get a tricore AMD phenom and OC to 3+ghz

would it yield a similar performance to the i3 or would it be better

arknor · 13 Jan 2010 at 21:17

this would kill that i3 system even with this beeing stock
AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 955 Black Edition 3.20GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £121.89

Gigabyte GA-MA790XT-UD4P (Socket AM3) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard £107.99

Patriot Sector 5 G Series 4GB (2x2GB) PC3-12800 1600MHz Dual Channel (PGV34G1600ELK) £82.99

ThermoLab Baram CPU Cooler (Socket AM2/AM3/LGA775/LGA1366) £29.99

£342.87 inc vat

you could even swap the motherboard for a Gigabyte GA-MA770T-UD3P AMD 770 (Socket AM3) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard £74.99 and save around 30 quid

BIGBC · 13 Jan 2010 at 21:19

'kill' is a strong term to use. It depends what applications he is running, even in a well written quad thread capable the Intel would fair well.

bigjimmyauk · 13 Jan 2010 at 22:18

BIGBC said:
'kill' is a strong term to use. It depends what applications he is running, even in a well written quad thread capable the Intel would fair well.

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